Example: Although this may be an exaggerated or even fictional account by Gaius, it must have had some basis in fact if it was to be BELIEVABLE.
es: Creíble
Conceivable
Adjective
Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally.
Example: Conversely, an increase in loans might indicate current lack of funds, or a CONCEIVABLE lack of funds in the future.
es: Concebible
Convincing
Verb
Capable of causing someone to believe that something is true or real.
Example: He viewed rhetorical dialogues as 'language tricks' which were subordinate to 'CONVINCING argument' based on well corroborated evidence.
es: Convincente
Credible
Adjective
Able to be believed; convincing.
Example: However, Benjamin Friedman (2000, p13-14) questions how transparent and CREDIBLE inflation targeting is.
es: Creíble
Dubious
Adjective
Hesitating or doubting ; not to be relied upon.
Example: However, an observation by Collins that in Classical thought, the gods were not supernatural but within the confines of nature, makes this a DUBIOUS replacement, since Egyptian thought probably matched Classical thinking.
es: Dudoso
Far- fetched
Adjective
Not easily or naturally deduced or introduced : improbable. a far-fetched story.
Example: Such a focused strategy would be much more efficient in reducing the incidence of infant and child mortality and helping India achieve the targets set in the Millenium Development Goals, which seem FAR FETCHED going the current rate.
es: inverosímil
fishy
Adjective
Arousing feelings of doubt or suspicion.
Example: Something FISHY in the Neolithic?
es: Sospechoso
Iffy
Adjective
full of uncertainty; doubtful.
Example: It's still pretty IFFY about us going to the Algarve. That engine sounds a bit iffy to me.
es: Dudoso
Misleading
Verb
giving the wrong idea or impression.
Example: It seemed that all of them had a good performance of being Shapers, whereas, they should have more clearer targets and establish priorities to avoid MISLEADING team.
es: Engañoso (a)
Phony
Adjective
That is contrary to the truth by mistake or malice.
Example: In the third experiment, a PHONY blind man stood in a traffic light waiting for aid just as it turned green; 281 trials were run.
es: Falso
Plausible
Adjective
(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
Example: Wills concedes that 'every element' of the story 'is PLAUSIBLE for some periods and some relations' but rejects Fairbank's generalised model as being 'undermined by inadequate empirical knowledge."
es: Plausible
Well-founded
Adjective
based on good reasons
Example: In light of this, Keohane's judgment that: "neo-realism is better at telling us why we are in such trouble than how to get out of it" (Keohane, 1986, p.15) appears to be WELL-FOUNDED.
