noun, masculine/emˈbuste/plural: embustes
lie, deception, hoax; trinkets
“Mentira explica sólo la idea de una cosa falsa: embuste, supone además de la falsedad la malicia; porque nadie dice un embuste de buena fe.” — "Mentira" indicates only the idea of something false: embuste implies malice in addition to the falsehood; thus, no-one tells an embuste in good faith.
Synonyms: mentira, grupo
From Latin impositum according to 1914’s DRAE, of unknown origin according to recent editions.