Translation for "half-truth" to spanish

Half-truth

noun

• verdad a medias

Translation examples

verdad a medias noun

It would be charitable to characterize his remarks as half-truths.
Sería caritativo caracterizar sus observaciones como verdad a medias.

Unfortunately, the two special sessions on the situation of human rights in Gaza had been characterized by biased information, and the resulting resolutions had been one-sided and based on half-truths.
Lamentablemente, en los dos períodos extraordinarios de sesiones sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Gaza se ha presentado una información sesgada y las resoluciones resultantes han sido unilaterales y se han basado en verdades a medias.

Regrettably, the last intervention by our Syrian colleague was one in which a fair number of half-truths and untruths were contained.
Lamentablemente, la última intervención de nuestro colega sirio se distingue por contener muchas verdades a medias y falsedades.

We are dealing here with half-truths -- indeed, truths fabricated by the media across the board.
Estamos tratando aquí con verdades a medias, de hecho, con verdades fabricadas por los medios de comunicación en general.

174. The representative of Greece’s statement was full of distortions and half-truths.
174. La declaración del representante de Grecia está llena de distorsiones y verdades a medias.

17. Uganda's statement that it had permitted Sudanese monitoring teams on its border with the Sudan represents a half-truth.
Por lo que se refiere a la afirmación de Uganda de que había permitido la presencia de grupos de observación sudaneses en su frontera con el Sudán, se trata sólo de una verdad a medias.

This letter contains a series of misrepresentations and blatant half-truths and I am obliged to endeavour herein to set the record straight.
Esa carta contiene una serie de tergiversaciones y alegaciones que a todas luces constituyen verdades a medias, por lo que me veo obligado a aclarar los hechos a continuación.

It was disturbing that such a well-researched and fairly presented report had been the subject of a rebuttal before the Commission, with half-truths presented as arguments.
Resulta inquietante que un informe tan bien documentado y presentado tan equitativamente se haya refutado ante la Comisión mediante argumentos que no son sino verdades a medias.

As can be seen from the above-mentioned letter, the Zagreb authorities tend to resort to half-truths and falsification of historical facts.
Como se desprende de la mencionada carta, las autoridades de Zagreb tienden a decir la verdad a medias y falsear hechos históricos.

Contrary to what had been suggested by the Secretariat, his delegation had drawn attention not to an isolated mistake but to a clear pattern of mistakes, half-truths and untruths.
Contrariamente a lo que ha sugerido la Secretaría, la delegación de Singapur señaló a la atención no un error aislado sino un cuadro claro de errores, verdades a medias e inexactitudes.

Which was a half-truth.
– Lo cual era una verdad a medias.

It was a careful half-truth.
Era una cuidadosa verdad a medias.

It wasn’t a consolation or a half truth.
No era una consolación ni una verdad a medias.

It was a half-truth, I supposed.
Era una verdad a medias, supuse—.