Frankly vs To tell you the truth

Cuándo usar cada una en inglés, con significado, registro y ejemplos.

Frankly

Top 2000 (común) C1 adverb

To tell you the truth

Top 2000 (común)

	Frankly	To tell you the truth
Pronunciación	🇬🇧 /["/ˈfræŋkli/"]/ 🇺🇸 /["/ˈfræŋkli/"]/	🇬🇧 //tə tɛl jʊ ðə truːθ// 🇺🇸 //tə tɛl jʊ ðə truθ//
Significado	Honestamente o directamente. Honestly or directly.	Honestamente, te estoy diciendo la verdad. Honestly, I'm being truthful with you.
Ejemplo	He spoke frankly about the ordeal.	To tell you the truth, I wasn't very excited about the party.
Registro	Neutral	Neutral
Qué tan común	Top 2000 (común)	Top 2000 (común)
Nivel CEFR	C1	-
Categoría gramatical	adverb
Colocaciones	speak frankly, frankly speaking, respond frankly	to tell you the whole truth, to tell you the absolute truth, to tell the truth
Antónimos	deceptively, insincerely, dishonestly	to lie, to deceive
Errores comunes	Used in questions when it should be a statement., Confused with 'frank' as an adjective., Overused in casual settings.	Omitting 'the' ('to tell you truth'), Using in formal contexts too often, Overusing in casual conversations
Notas de uso	Usa 'francamente' cuando quieras expresar tu opinión honesta. A menudo se usa en conversaciones más serias y podría considerarse demasiado directo para contextos muy formales. Use 'frankly' when you want to express your honest opinion. It's often used in more serious conversations and might be considered too direct for very formal contexts.	Se usa para introducir una opinión franca o una confesión. Mejor en conversaciones donde se valora la honestidad; evitar en escritura formal. Used when introducing a frank opinion or confession. Best in conversations where honesty is valued; avoid in formal writing.

Míralo en clips reales

We're tight but frankly, there's a lot of windows up here.

Frankly, I don't see how you can vote for acquittal.

Sherlock › S1 E1

- No. No, he wasn't, really, was he? - Frankly, a bloody awful cabbie.

We're tight but frankly, there's a lot of windows up here.

Frankly, I don't see how you can vote for acquittal.

Frankly

The Lord Of The Rings › The Fellowship Of The Ring

To tell you the truth, Bilbo's been a bit odd lately.

The Queen Gambit › S1 E1

To tell you the truth of it, child…

The Sopranos › S1 E1

To tell you the truth,

The Lord Of The Rings › The Fellowship Of The Ring

To tell you the truth, Bilbo's been a bit odd lately.

The Queen Gambit › S1 E1

To tell you the truth of it, child…

To tell you the truth

Preguntas frecuentes: Frankly vs To tell you the truth

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Frankly y To tell you the truth?

Frankly: Honestly or directly. To tell you the truth: Honestly, I'm being truthful with you.

¿Puedes mostrar un ejemplo de cada una?

Frankly: He spoke frankly about the ordeal. To tell you the truth: To tell you the truth, I wasn't very excited about the party.

¿Puedo usar Frankly y To tell you the truth indistintamente?

No siempre. Frankly y To tell you the truth están relacionadas y a veces se solapan, pero difieren en registro, frecuencia y uso, así que cambiar una por otra puede alterar el significado o el tono. Revisa las diferencias de arriba antes de sustituir.