We explain what something reliable is, the origin of the word and its various meanings. Also, examples in sentences.
What is something reliable?
The word fehaciente (literally: “that makes faith”, that is, “that attests to something”) is a term of cultural or technical use in Spanish. Its meaning is “reliable”, “true” or “indisputable”.. For example, a “credible witness” is a person whose testimony regarding something (a crime, for example) is absolutely reliable and can be considered true and valid.
The meaning of this word comes from times before modernity, in which faith was an absolute religious value that could be applied to the administration of justice. For this reason, oaths (with a hand on the Bible, for example) had the value of truth, since something was being affirmed not only before men, but also before God himself, whose justice according to religion is inescapable. and eternal.
Thus, what is considered reliable or carried out reliably has the meaning of what is valid, true, which cannot be subjected to any doubt, since it is done with faith. In that sense, it is synonymous with “unquestionable”, “undoubted”, “resolute”, “absolute”, depending on the context.
Some examples of sentences that use this word would be the following:
- The awarding of the Nobel Prize was a demonstration reliable of the importance of the author's work.
- The judges considered the photographs as evidence reliable of the innocence of the accused.
- The police stated reliably having witnessed the bank robbery.
- The very high abstention in the elections clearly illustrates reliable the complex political situation of our country.
- There is scientific evidence reliable of human responsibility for climate change.
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References
- “Reliable” in the Language Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- “Information about Reliable” in the Online Spanish Etymological Dictionary.
- “Reliable” in the Wiktionary.
- “Connotations on the term 'reliable'.” in the Spanish Forum of the Cervantes Virtual Center.
