mentiroso
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese mentiroso, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentior (“to lie”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ro‧so
Noun edit
mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)
- liar (one who tells lies)
- Synonyms: enganador, mentireiro
Adjective edit
mentiroso (feminine mentirosa, masculine plural mentirosos, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)
Synonyms edit
- (which lies of deceives): see Thesaurus:ilusório
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “which lies of deceives”): see Thesaurus:ilusório
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mentiroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mentiroso (feminine mentirosa, masculine plural mentirosos, feminine plural mentirosas)
Noun edit
mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mentiroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014