誤魔化す

Meanings

1. Godan verb · Transitive

   to deceive; to cheat; to swindle

2. Godan verb · Transitive

   to falsify; to misrepresent; to lie about; to tamper with; to fiddle; to doctor; to cook

3. Godan verb · Transitive

   to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge; to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to smooth over; to get one's way out of (a difficult situation); to explain away

4. Godan verb · Transitive

   to embezzle; to pocket

In Spanish

1. despistar; confundir; disimular; estafar

Kanji in this word

• 誤
• 魔
• 化

Example sentences

• 彼らは税金を逃れるために帳じりをごまかした。

  They falsified the account balances to evade the tax.

  Falsificaron la contabilidad para evadir impuestos.

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• 彼かれはそのことを笑わらってごまかした。

  He laughed the matter away.

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