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Letter f

Falsear / falsificar
Falsear: The truth or reality is falsified or distorted ("falsear").
Falsificar: Money is forged ("falsificar"). To produce something that is false.
Ejemplo:
En muchos casos la historia está falseada.
Cogieron a una banda que falsificaba billetes de 20 euros.

Finés / finlandés
The term finés can be used both for an inhabitant of Finland and the language spoken in that country, while finlandés can only be used for the inhabitant, never for the language.
Ejemplo:
Los finlandeses hablan finés.

Fuera / afuera
In Spanish as spoken in Spain fuera is used with verbs of movement and with verbs of non-movement such as "estar". Afuera is only used with verbs of movement.
Ejemplo:
He ido afuera / fuera.
He estado fuera mucho tiempo.

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