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Meanings of hearsay in English

Portuguese
fama
Catalan
rumor
Spanish
voz
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Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.

        fama

        Hearsay.

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                Usage of hearsay in English
                1
                It's important to note, however, that these reports are still mostly hearsay.
                Wired
                2
                Fans of Hov and Bey really want the hearsay to be true.
                Ebony
                3
                I think we can all agree that an unnamed source is hearsay.
                Reuters
                4
                The only real witness was Jason; the bass player's story was hearsay.
                Book of shadows
                5
                With perhaps just a sprinkling of hearsay thrown in for good measure.
                BBC
                6
                Trump denies he ever asked Zelenskiy for help, claiming it's all hearsay.
                The Guardian
                7
                The rest of the story I can speak of only from hearsay.
                The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
                8
                Our informants spoke of it with the vague respect accorded hearsay honor.
                Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
                9
                I speak not from hearsay alone; I can personally substantiate these facts.
                The Black-Sealed Letter / Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cock...
                10
                The rest of the story I must give you mainly from hearsay.
                The Gray Madam / 1899
                11
                Of the last I speak only from hearsay, not from personal knowledge.
                Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
                12
                No vehicle entered it from outside and the war was only hearsay.
                "Over There" with the Australians
                13
                The lying charts, compiled in main from hearsay, were now constantly consulted.
                The Son of the Wolf
                14
                The works of Herodotus are untrustworthy because he frequently believed hearsay evidence.
                Practical Argumentation
                15
                He called to mind what he knew by hearsay of the owner.
                Australia Felix
                16
                All she knew of the world outside those walls was from hearsay.
                London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
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                Hearsay through the time
                Hearsay across language varieties
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