hearsay

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɪərseɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɪrˌseɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hēr′sā′)

  • WordReference
  • Collins
  • WR Reverse (6)
  • Definition
  • Synonyms

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
hearsay n (rumour, gossip)rumor nm
  habladuría nf
  chisme nm
 I thought Gina was dating Owen, but that was just hearsay.
 Pensé que Gina estaba saliendo con Owen, pero solo era un rumor.
hearsay n (law: second-hand information) (testimonio, evidencia, etc.)de oídas loc adj
  (testimonio, evidencia, etc.)referencial adj mf
  (testimonio, evidencia, etc.)por referencia loc adj
 It's pointless to try to use hearsay as an argument in court.
 No tiene sentido tratar de utilizar un testimonio de oídas como argumento en la corte.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
double hearsay n (law: hearsay within hearsay)testimonio de oídas de otro testimonio de oídas grupo nom
hearsay evidence n (indirect, second-hand testimony)testimonio de oídas loc nom m
 The allegations rested mainly on hearsay evidence.
 Hearsay evidence is usually excluded, but there are many exceptions to this rule.
 Los alegatos se basaban sobre todo en testimonios de oídas.
hearsay rule n (law ruling out indirect testimony)invalidez del testimonio de oídas loc nom f
 He confessed his crime to me, but I can't testify against him because of the hearsay rule.
 Me confesó su crimen pero no puedo testificar en su contra por la invalidez del testimonio de oídas.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'hearsay' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
double hearsay - indirect evidence - secondhand evidence
Spanish:
habladuría - vox populi - rumor - chinchorrería - de oídas


Forum discussions with the word(s) "hearsay" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.
See Google Translate's machine translation of 'hearsay'.

In other languages: French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Infórmanos de los anuncios inapropiados.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.