mentir

to lie

mentir(mehn-teer)

intransitive verb

1. (to tell a falsehood)

a. to lie

Mintió y dijo que le gustaba mi corte de cabello.

He lied and said that he liked my haircut.

mentir

intransitive verb

1. (general)

a. to lie

no me mientasdon't lie to me

miente más que hablahe's a born liar

esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta…those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…

llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salirit was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave

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mentir

intransitive verb

to lie

nos mintió he lied to us; miente quien diga que hubo un acuerdo whoever says there was an agreement is lying; mentir no está bien it's wrong to tell lies; no he mentido en mi vida I've never told a lie in all my life; ¡miento! sorry!; I'm wrong!; my mistake!; ¡esta carta no me dejará mentir! this letter will bear me out o confirm what I say