No estaba mintiendo, hablaba de deveras.

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#1
English Translation

He wasn’t lying, he was speaking sincerely.

deveras

a. ǁ de a ~. loc. adv. Mx, Ho, ES, Ni, CR, Ec:S, Pe, Bo. De veras, con verdad. pop. (de deveras).
b. ǁ de ~. Mx, RD. de a deveras. pop.

(deveras | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE)

I don’ now whether “ES” above refers to Spain, but then it wouldn’t be an americanism, would it?

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#2

I’m not sure about this one. I have never heard ‘‘de deveras’’ in my life, perhaps it’s used in Canary Islands and that’s the reason it’s marked as used in Spain too??

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#3

La expresión correcta es hablar de veras, por lo que la frase debería ser:

No estaba mintiendo, hablaba de veras.

#4

Eso en el caso peninsular, pero en Hispanoamérica sí se utiliza ‘de deveras’.

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