confabulation

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	confabulation - an informal conversation             chat, confab, schmoose, schmooze conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions
	2.	confabulation - (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered memory - something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost" psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

Translations

confabulation [kənˌfæbjʊˈleɪʃən] N → conferencia f