La Palabra Del Dia: "mentira"
mentira ( mehn-tee'-rah )
noun ( lie )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
Examples:
1. ¡No me digas mentiras! Sé que te robaste mi dinero.
Don't tell me lies! I know you stole my money!
2. Cuando dijeron que Plutón ya no era un planeta, sentí como si todo lo que había aprendido/sabido fue una mentira
When they said Pluto was no longer a planet, I felt as though everything I had ever known was a lie.
9 Answers
Mi marido no me puede decir una mentira con una cara seria.
My husband cannot tell me a lie with a straight face.
There are many people who tell lies about their age.
Hay mucha gente que dice las mentiras sobre su edad.
I wondered if there was a term in Spanish for a white lie. Yes, it seems. It is una mentira piadosa.
Me pregunté si hay un término en español de ¨white lie¨ Parece que sí. Es una mentira piadosa.
Yo nunca decir digo una mentira , a veces, quizás una o dos tal vez,
pero no más de una al día
que uno por día.
I never tell a lie , sometimes perhaps , one or two maybe, but no more than one per day.
Es importante que no le digas mentiras a tu mujer.
It is important not to tell lies to your wife.
Nunca he sabido que las películas de Disney tienen un núcleo de verdad. Creí que la amistad de Timon y Pumba fue una mentira.
Nunca había sabido que las películas de Disney fueran basadas en hechos verdaderos. Yo pensaba que la amistad de Timon y Pumba era mentira.
I never knew that Disney-movies have a core of truth. I thought that the friendship of Timon and Pumba was a lie.
Todos mienten algunas veces por diferentes razones. En mi opinión, las mentiras no son peligrosas si son pequeñas e inofensivas. El problema es cuando las personas dicen mentiras grandes y dañan a los demás para conseguir sus deseos.
Everyone lies sometimes for different reasons. In my opinion, lies are not dangerous if they are small and harmless. The problem is when people use big lies and hurt others to accomplish their wishes.
The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.
John Ruskin
La esencia de la mentira es en el engaño, no con palabras.
John Ruskin
A veces una mentira es preferible que una verdad a medias.
Sometimes a lie is more preferable than a half-truth.
