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ficticio

fictitious

adjective feek-TEE-syoh Rare

Also means

fictional

Usage Note

Ficticio describes something invented or not real: un personaje ficticio ('a fictional character'), una empresa ficticia ('a fictitious company'). It is slightly more formal than inventado or falso. The word is a near-cognate of English 'fictitious', but note the Spanish stress falls on the penultimate syllable — ficTIcio not FICTicio.

Examples

"Los nombres del relato son ficticios."

Natural Translation

The names in the story are fictitious.

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