English-Spanish translations for specious

• de pretexto
• especioso
  Este razonamiento puede ser superficialmente plausible, pero lo encuentro especioso. This reasoning may be superficially plausible but I find it specious.
  Y, sin embargo, la bien intencionada y abierta izquierda está defendiendo un argumento sumamente especioso. What specious reasoning we are hearing from the well-meaning, open-minded Left, however!
• falso
• fingido
• pretextado

Definition of specious

• Seemingly reasoned|well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious
• Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful
• Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive
• Beautiful, pleasing to look at

Examples

• This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound

Related words

• speciousness
• speciose
• speciology