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"Mentiras" is a form of "mentira", a noun which is often translated as "lie". "Y" is a conjunction which is often translated as "and". Learn more about the difference between "mentiras" and "y" 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.
y(
ee
)A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, clauses, or sentences (e.g., The cat and the dog slept.).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
¿Y Juan dónde está?So, where is Juan?
¿Y cuál es el problema?What is the problem?
A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
