La Palabra del Día: "mentir"
mentir ( mehn-teer' )
verb ( to lie )
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Examples:
1. No te puedo mentir, estoy enamorada de otro.
I cannot lie to you, I am in love with another man.
2. Lloraba, miente, sollozaba de tristeza al despedir a su hija en el aeropuerto.
She was crying, I lie, she was sobbing when she said goodbye to her daughter at the airport.
20 Answers
Parece gracioso pero yo no puedo mentir, yo ver Dora La Exploradora todos los sabados para aprender español!
It seems funny but I cannot lie, I watch Dora The Explorer every Saturday in order to learn Spanish!
Cuando su padre le preguntó quién había cortado el cerezo, George Washington respondió "No puedo mentir. Fui yo."
When his father asked him who had cut the cherry tree, George Washington snswered "I cannot lie. I did it".
Mentir es fácil. Enfrentar la verdad es realmente difícil.
Lying is easy. Facing up to the truth is really difficult.
A veces hay que mentir. Por ejemplo: cuando tu mujer te pregunta, "Cariño, ¿me pone parecer gordita este vestido? ¿este vestido me hace ver gorda?"
Sometimes you have to lie. For example: when your wife asks you, "Dear, does this dress make me look fat?"
She could see from his face that he was not lying.
Ella podía ver en su cara que él no estaba mintiendo.
Dijó que no salió con otros hombres.Es una mentirosa. She said she wasn't going out with other guys.She is a liar.
Decir la verdad es dificil. Sin embargo, mentir es muy destructivo.
To tell the truth is difficult. However to lie is very destructive.
A veces, nos gusta que la gente nos mienta.
Sometimes, we like people to lie to us.
Mírame alos ojos, entonces, sabré si estás mintiendo
Look into my eyes, then, I will know if you are lying
Creo que alguien nos mintió. Este no parece el vestido adecuado para la ocasión.
I think someone lied to us. This doesn't seem to be the appropriate dress for the occasion.
Confíe en la gente que le gustan los traseros grandes....no puedan mentir. Trust people who like big butts.....they cannot lie.
Yo sé de todo, por lo tanto , no me mientas.
I know everything, so, don´t lie to me.
Si eliges cuidadosamente, es posible mentir con estadísticas. De esta manera puedes probar que los cigarillos son sanos y las armas de fuego son seguras.
If you choose carefully, it is possible to lie with statistics. In this way you can prove that cigarettes are healthy and firearms are safe.
No, no, no, los tabloides están mintiendo, nunca he tenido ninguna cirugía plástica y tampoco ninguno de mis colegas.
No, no, no, the tabloids are lying, I never had any plastic surgery and neither has anyone of my colleagues.
"¡A veces se puede mentir, pero la expresión facial dice la verdad!"
"One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth!" (Nietzsche)
..trying to use the verb rather than the noun in the translation..
