mentir

∗ ≈

to lie

∗ verb

mentir
intransitive verb
1to lie
  • no me mientas -> don't lie to me
  • miente más que habla -> he's a born liar
  • esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… -> those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…
  • llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir -> it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave

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mentir [men-teer’]
article & verb transitive
1To lie, to utter falsehoods.
2To disappoint, to frustrate, to deceive (engañar), to feign.
3To gainsay, to retract; to equivocate, to falsify.

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mentir
verbo:intransitivo
to lie
nos mintió he lied to us; miente quien diga que hubo un acuerdo whoever says there was an agreement is lying; mentir no está bien it's wrong to tell lies; no he mentido en mi vida I've never told a lie in all my life; ¡miento! sorry!; I'm wrong!; my mistake!; ¡esta carta no me dejará mentir! this letter will bear me out confirm what I say;o

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Verb Conjugation for "mentir"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo miento mentí mentía mentiré mienta
Tú mientes mentiste mentías mentirás mientas
Ella/Él/Usted miente mintió mentía mentirá mienta
Nosotros mentimos mentimos mentíamos mentiremos mintamos
Vosotros mentís mentisteis mentíais mentiréis mintáis
Ellos/Ustedes mienten mintieron mentían mentirán mientan
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