No. 14,103 in Spanish
tergiversación
Distortion or misrepresentation of the truth.
In a sentence
La tergiversación de sus palabras llevó a un malentendido.
The distortion of his words led to a misunderstanding.
Here, 'tergiversación' is used to describe the act of distorting or misrepresenting someone's words or statements.
El informe contiene algunas tergiversaciones de los hechos reales.
The report contains some misrepresentations of the real facts.
In this sentence, 'tergiversación' refers to the alteration or misrepresentation of factual information.
Se disculpó por su tergiversación de las intenciones del proyecto.
He apologized for his misrepresentation of the project's intentions.
This usage of 'tergiversación' expresses the act of misunderstanding or misrepresenting the intentions behind an idea or action.
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