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confabular

  • [kõɱfaβ̞uˈlaɾ]

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Where it comes from

Del latín cōnfābulor, cōnfābulārī ('conversar'), de con- (indica contigüidad) y fābulor, fābulārī ("hablar", "fabular"), y este derivado de fābula, fābulae ('narración'), a su vez de for, fārī ("decir", "hablar").

verb haber confabulado · confabulando · habiendo confabulado · confabulado · confabulo · confabulas

  1. Ponerse de acuerdo dos o mas personas para realizar algún plan, generalmente ilícito.

verb haber confabulado · confabulando · habiendo confabulado · confabulado · confabulo · confabulas

  1. outdated Conversar, hablar entre sí dos o más individuos.
  2. outdated Contar fábulas o historias.

    Similar: fabular, narrar, referir, relatar

In English

  • confabulate to fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory
  • connive to secretly cooperate with another person or persons in order to commit a crime

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"confabular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/es/confabular. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{confabular_2026,
  title = {confabular},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/confabular},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}