What does 'alguien que no dice la verdad' mean?

Question

This is one of my questions that I need help on. I can't find a Spanish dictionary so I wanted to use a translator and that just isnt working for me right now as you can see. So if you can be of help that would be great

• Someone who does'nt tell the truth. we call them politicans in the UK. - kenwilliams Sep 3, 2009
• Typo should read politicians - kenwilliams Sep 3, 2009

Answer 1

Using the translator on this site, I got

Someone who does not speak the truth.

• Also known as a liar. - Nathaniel Sep 3, 2009

Answer 2

That translator did a good job: Someone who doesn't speak/tell the truth

Answer 3

Got a kick out of the preface, "I can't find a Spanish dictionary" while on this site

• No so fast. Try finding liar in our dictionary. It gives the Spanish verb liar; but not liar as in mentiroso. - qfreed Sep 3, 2009
• But the question was not "I cannot find xxxx in a dictionary" but that they "can't find a dictionary" - YeOleImposte Sep 9, 2009

Answer 4

Hi colmandn

What you are describing is a mentiroso (or mentirosa if the person is female) i.e. a liar.

Answer 5

Try finding liar in our dictionary. It gives the Spanish verb liar; but not liar as in mentiroso.

Very odd. If I simply double-click on "liar", I get "mentiroso" as a translation but if I follow the link to the dictionary entry I only see the verb "liar".