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"Mentiras" is a form of "mentira", a noun which is often translated as "lie". "Yo" is a pronoun which is often translated as "I". Learn more about the difference between "mentiras" and "yo" below.
la mentira(
mehn
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tee
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rah
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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
feminine noun
a. lie
Descubrí que todo era mentira.I found out everything was a lie.
2.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(anatomy)
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.
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yo(
yoh
)
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., she).
pronoun
a. I
Yo soy su hermana.I am her sister.
a. me
Ella es más joven que yo.She is younger than me.
A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
a. ego
Tu yo es tu esencia.Your ego is your essence.
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