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con·fab·u·late  (kn-fby-lt)

intr.v. con·fab·u·lat·ed, con·fab·u·lat·ing, con·fab·u·lates

1. To talk casually; chat.

2. Psychology To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

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[Latin cnfbulr, cnfbult- : com-, com- + fbulr, to talk (from fbula, conversation; see fable).]

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con·fabu·lation n.

con·fabu·lator n.

con·fabu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

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confabulate [kənˈfæbjʊˌleɪt]

vb (intr)

1. to talk together; converse; chat

2. (Psychiatry) Psychiatry to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true See also paramnesia

[from Latin confābulārī, from fābulārī to talk, from fābula a story; see fable]

confabulation  n

confabulator  n

confabulatory  adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders cook up, fabricate, invent, manufacture, make up - make up something artificial or untrue
	2.	confabulate - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, gossip, chatter, visit converse, discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
	3.	confabulate - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" confer, confab, consult hash out, talk over, discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" collogue - confer secretly

Translations

confabulate [kənˈfæbjʊleɪt] VI → conferenciar