mentira

∗ ≈

lie

∗ sustantivo

mentira
feminine noun
1lie
  • es mentira -> it's not true, it's a lie
  • aunque parezca mentira -> strange as it may seem
  • parece mentira que lo hayamos conseguido -> I can hardly believe we've done it
  • parece mentira que te creas una cosa así -> how can you possibly believe a thing like that?
  • ¡parece mentira, las cinco y todavía no ha llegado! -> can you believe it, it's five o'clock and she's still hasn't arrived!
  • de mentira -> pretend, false
  • dinero de mentira -> pretend money
  • una mentira como una casa -> a whopping great lie
  • mentira piadosa -> white lie

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mentira [men-tee’-rah]
noun
1Lie, falsehood, mendacity. (f)
2Error, mistake in writing. (f)
3White mark (señal). (f)
4to crack one's knuckles. (Andes) (f)
5Pretend, sham (artificial). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
  • Una mentira como una casa -> a whopping great lie
  • Aunque parezca mentira -> however incredible it seems

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mentira
sustantivo:femenino
1 (embuste) lie
¡mentira! it's a lie!; no digas mentiras don't tell lies; sus mentiras le causaron problemas his lying got him into trouble; coger a algn en una mentira to catch sb in a lie
de mentirade
una pistola de mentira a toy pistol
parecer mentiraparecer
aunque parezca mentira however incredible it seems; strange though it may seem; ¡parece mentira! it's unbelievable!; I can't don't believe it!;o parece mentira que no te acuerdes I can't believe that you don't remember
parece mentira que aún no te haya pagado
una mentira como una casa como una catedral un templooo a whopping great lie; (familiar)
la mentira tiene las patas cortas
no hay mentira que no salga
truth will out
mentira caritativa mentira oficiosa (S. Cone)mentira piadosa mentira reverenda (S. Cone) white lie
2 (en uñas) white mark on fingernail; (on fingernail)
3 (errata) erratum

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