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"Mentira" is a form of "mentira", a noun which is often translated as "lie". "Verdad" is a noun which is often translated as "truth". Learn more about the difference between "mentira" and "verdad" below.
la mentira(
mehn
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tee
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rah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (falsehood)
2. (colloquial) (anatomy)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. white spot
Las mentiras de las uñas no se deben, como solía creerse, a una falta de calcio.White spots on fingernails are not caused, as was commonly believed, by a lack of calcium.
la verdad(
behr
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dahd
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (veracity)
a. truth
Te estoy diciendo la verdad y nada más que la verdad.I'm telling you the truth and nothing but the truth.
2. (reality)
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Invitamos nosotros, ¿verdad?We're paying, aren't we?
Te gusta Marta, ¿verdad?You like Marta, don't you?
