Capcioso is an adjective in the Portuguese language, which qualifies something or someone who seeks to deceive, inducing the error.
A person with a tricky behavior has the malicious intention to confuse and deceive someone, using cunning, seduction and cunning.
Individuals with deceptive behavior are usually characterized by trick questions, that is, questions with the intention of extracting information from other people that could be compromising and serve as a reason for blackmail, for example.
Example: "The husband confessed to betrayal after his wife's trick question”.
All tricky questions are malicious or malicious, intended to make someone confused, contradict or reveal something compromising.
Etymologically, the word "capcious" came from the Latin captiosus, which means “false”, used in the sense of “falseous argument”, that is, arguments that are not endowed with logic.
In the realm of philosophy, the sophists were ancient Greek teachers who preached sophism, a line of thought to reinforce the rhetoric that aimed to deceive and deceive people, according to the purpose desired.
Synonyms for tricky
- Skulduggery;
- Artificial;
- Caviloso;
- Chicanist;
- Deceiving;
- Smart ass;
- Insidious;
- Sly;
- Sophistical;
- Sneaky;
- Cunning;
See also the meaning of sophism.