confabulate

A verb meaning to engage in informal conversation or discussion, or in psychology, to fill gaps in memory with fabricated or misinterpreted details.

ruГлагол, означающий вести неформальную беседу или обсуждение, а в психологии — заполнять пробелы в памяти вымышленными или искажёнными деталями.esVerbo que significa mantener una conversación informal o discutir algo, y en psicología, rellenar lagunas de memoria con detalles ficticios o distorsionados.frVerbe signifiant avoir une conversation informelle ou une discussion, et en psychologie, combler les lacunes de la mémoire avec des détails fictifs ou déformés.deVerb, das bedeutet, ein informelles Gespräch oder eine Diskussion zu führen; in der Psychologie bezeichnet es das Auffüllen von Gedächtnislücken mit erfundenen oder verfälschten Details.ptVerbo que significa conversar ou discutir de forma informal; em psicologia, significa preencher lacunas da memória com detalhes inventados ou distorcidos.zh动词，指进行非正式的交谈或讨论；在心理学中，指用虚构或歪曲的细节填补记忆空白。arفعل يعني إجراء محادثة غير رسمية أو مناقشة، وفي علم النفس يعني ملء الفراغات في الذاكرة بتفاصيل مختلقة أو مشوّهة.

1. Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in memory C2 formal

   To fill gaps in one's memory with fabricated or distorted details, often without the intention to deceive, typically as a result of a neurological condition or psychological process.

   • The patient began to confabulate, describing events that never happened as if they were real.
   • After the accident, he would confabulate stories about his childhood that his family knew were false.
   • Researchers studied how the brain can confabulate memories under stress.

   ruКонфабулироватьesconfabular (memoria)frConfabuler (psychologie)deKonfabulationptConfabularzh虚构症arالتلفيق الذاكري

2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information C1 formal

   To engage in light, informal conversation or chat, often about trivial matters.

   • They confabulated over coffee about the weather and local news.
   • At the party, guests confabulated in small groups, avoiding serious topics.
   • We confabulated for a while before the meeting started.

   ruБолтатьesconversarfrBavarder, discuter de choses et d'autresdePlaudernptConversar fiadozh闲聊arالدردشة

   Synonymes: chatchatterchitchatconversegossiptalkvisit

3. Have a conference in order to talk something over C1 formal

   To hold a formal discussion or meeting to deliberate on a specific matter.

   • The board members confabulated to decide the company's future strategy.
   • They confabulated for hours before reaching a consensus.
   • The diplomats confabulated in a closed session to resolve the dispute.

   ruОбсуждатьesConferenciar, deliberar en conferenciafrConférer, délibérer en conférencedeBeratenptConfabularzh商讨arتشاور

   Synonymes: conferconsultconversedeliberatediscussnegotiateparleytalk

• confabulated past participle
• confabulated past simple
• confabulating present participle
• confabulates third person singular