hearsay

• Informação recebida de outras pessoas que não pode ser devidamente confirmada; boato, rumor.

Information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.

1. Based on rumorB2formal

   Information that is not based on direct knowledge but on what others have said.

   Baseado em boatos

   • The court dismissed the hearsay evidence as unreliable.
   • His story was based on hearsay, not facts.
   • Hearsay accounts of the event spread quickly through the town.

   Sinônimosanecdotalreportedsecondhandunsubstantiatedunverified

   Antônimosauthenticconfirmeddirectverified

• Informação ou afirmação ouvida de outra pessoa, e não obtida por experiência ou conhecimento pessoal; em contexto jurídico, é geralmente considerada não confiável ou inadmissível como prova.

A noun referring to information or statements that are heard from another person rather than from direct knowledge or experience, often considered unreliable or inadmissible as evidence in legal contexts.

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1. Unverified rumorB2formal

   Information that is heard from someone else but not confirmed as true.

   Boato

   • The story is based on hearsay, not on evidence.
   • You shouldn't believe everything you hear; it's just hearsay.
   • The court dismissed the testimony as hearsay.

   Sinônimosbuzzgossiprumorscuttlebutttalkword

   Antônimosevidencefactproof

2. GossipB2informal

   Casual talk about other people's affairs, often unsubstantiated.

   Fofoca

   • I don't pay attention to office hearsay.
   • The news spread through hearsay before the official announcement.
   • He dismissed the rumors as mere hearsay.

   Sinônimosgossiprumorscuttlebutttalktittle-tattle

   Antônimosevidencefact