mentira

See also: mentirá and mentirà

Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)

1. lie

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mentira”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mentira f (plural mentires)

1. lie (intentionally false statement)

Related terms

• mentir

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/

• Audio (CAN)

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Verb

mentira

1. third-person singular simple future of mentir

Anagrams

• marient, martien, Martien, Martine, minaret, termina

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Galician

Alternative forms

• mintir

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mentira, probably from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentiri, present active infinitive of mentior, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”) in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [menˈtiɾɐ]

Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)

1. lie, falsehood

Related terms

• mentir
• mentireiro

Further reading

• “mentira” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “mentira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mentira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mentira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mentira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mentira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese mentira and Spanish mentira and Kabuverdianu mintira.

Noun

mentira

1. lie (intentionally untrue statement)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mentira, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentiri, present active infinitive of mentior, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”) in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-tis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.ˈti.ɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/, /mĩ.ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /mĩ.ˈti.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ra

Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)

1. lie (intentionally untrue statement)

   Synonyms: (more formal) falsidade, (slang) balela, (slang) lorota, (usually euphemistic) inverdade, (euphemistic) fábula, patranha, (obsolete, rare) desverdade

Antonyms

• verdade

Derived terms

• mentirinha, mentirazinha (diminutives)
• mentirona (augmentative)
• de mentira
• mentira branca
• mentira tem perna curta
• mentiroso

Related terms

• mentir

Interjection

mentira

1. (informal) I mean (used to correct a piece of information)

   Eu comprei trinta... mentira, vinte, tomates.

   I bought thirty... I mean, twenty, tomatoes.

   Synonyms: quer dizer, digo, quero dizer

Verb

mentira

1. first-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of mentir
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) pluperfect indicative of mentir

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Spanish

Etymology

From mentir (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menˈtiɾa/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪i.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ra

Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)

1. lie, trick, falsity

   Parecía mentira que su cuerpo fuera tan hermoso.

   It was unbelievable how beautiful her body was.

Derived terms

• parece mentira

 

Related terms

• mentir (verb)
• mentiroso

See also

• embuste m
• patraña f
• trufa f

Further reading

• “mentira” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.