mentir
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir (first-person singular indicative present mento, past participle mentíu)
- to lie (tell an intentional untruth)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | mentir | ||||||
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gerundive | mentiendo | ||||||
participle | m mentíu, f mentida, n mentío, m pl mentíos, f pl mentíes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | mento | mentes | mente | mentimos | mentís | menten |
imperfect | mentía | mentíes | mentía | mentíemos/mentíamos | mentíeis/mentíais | mentíen | |
preterite | mentí | mentiesti/mentisti | mentió | mentiemos/mentimos | mentiestis/mentistis | mentieron | |
pluperfect | mentiere/mentiera | mentieres/mentieras | mentiere/mentiera | mentiéremos/mentiéramos | mentiereis/mentierais | mentieren/mentieran | |
future | mentiré | mentirás | mentirá | mentiremos | mentiréis | mentirán | |
conditional | mentiría | mentiríes | mentiría | mentiríemos/mentiríamos | mentiríeis/mentiríais | mentiríen | |
subjunctive | present | menta | mentas | menta | mentamos | mentáis | mentan |
imperfect | mentiere/mentiera | mentieres/mentieras | mentiere/mentiera | mentiéremos/mentiéramos | mentiereis/mentierais | mentieren/mentieran | |
imperative | menti | mentíi |
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir (first-person singular present menteixo or mento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- to lie (say something untrue)
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mentir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Plural form of Old Norse ment (education, art).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)
- art, capability, skill
- (spiritual) culture
- (archaic) wizardry, witchcraft
- (archaic) power
Declension
[edit]f2p | plural | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentir | mentirnar |
accusative | mentir | mentirnar |
dative | mentum | mentunum |
genitive | menta | mentanna |
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentīrī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir
- (intransitive) to lie (say something untrue)
- mentir à quelqu’un sur quelque chose ― to lie to someone about something
- mentir par omission ― to lie by omission
- mentir comme on respire ― to lie like a cheap rug (literally, “to lie like one breathes”)
- Il ne faut pas se mentir : l’entreprise s’annonce difficile.
- Let's not kid ourselves: this promises to be a difficult undertaking.
- 2013, Zaz, Je rentre:
- Je fais la promesse de ne plus croire en ce qui me ment / Ne plus me nier dans ma souffrance
- I promise to stop believing in things that deceive me / To no longer deny myself in my suffering
Conjugation
[edit]This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) mens and (il) ment in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *mentis and *mentit (as in the past historic).
infinitive | simple | mentir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mentant /mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | menti /mɑ̃.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mens /mɑ̃/ |
mens /mɑ̃/ |
ment /mɑ̃/ |
mentons /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
mentez /mɑ̃.te/ |
mentent /mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | mentais /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentais /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentait /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentions /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
mentiez /mɑ̃.tje/ |
mentaient /mɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mentis /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentis /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentit /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentîmes /mɑ̃.tim/ |
mentîtes /mɑ̃.tit/ |
mentirent /mɑ̃.tiʁ/ | |
future | mentirai /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
mentiras /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
mentira /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
mentirons /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
mentirez /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
mentiront /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mentirais /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirais /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirait /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirions /mɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mentiriez /mɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ |
mentiraient /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mente /mɑ̃t/ |
mentes /mɑ̃t/ |
mente /mɑ̃t/ |
mentions /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
mentiez /mɑ̃.tje/ |
mentent /mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | mentisse /mɑ̃.tis/ |
mentisses /mɑ̃.tis/ |
mentît /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentissions /mɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
mentissiez /mɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
mentissent /mɑ̃.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | mens /mɑ̃/ |
— | mentons /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
mentez /mɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Latin mentīrī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir (first-person singular present minto, third-person singular present mente, first-person singular preterite mentín, past participle mentido)
- to lie (say something untrue)
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 672:
- Et se uós, dom Ulixas, dizedes que auedes y mayor dereyto ca eu, dígouos que me mentides
- And in case that you, lord Ulysses, would say that you have more rights than me in this, then I'll tell you that you lie to me
- (cattle) to exceed the expected calving time
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
Related terms
[edit]- mentira (“lie”)
- mentirán (“liar”)
- mentireiro (“liar”)
- mentiroso (“liar”)
- mente (“mind”)
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mentir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mentir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Interlingua
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir
- to lie
Conjugation
[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French mentir.
Verb
[edit]mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
Descendants
[edit]- French: mentir
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | mentir | avoir menti | |||||
gerund | en mentant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | mentant | ||||||
past participle | menti | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ment | menz | ment | mentons | mentez | mentent |
imperfect | mentoie, menteie | mentoies, menteies | mentoit, menteit | mentiiens, mentiens | mentiiez, mentiez | mentoient, menteient | |
preterite | menti | mentis | menti | mentimes | mentistes | mentirent | |
future | mentirai | mentiras | mentira | mentirons | mentiroiz, mentireiz, mentirez | mentiront | |
conditional | mentiroie, mentireie | mentiroies, mentireies | mentiroit, mentireit | mentiriiens, mentiriens | mentiriiez, mentiriez | mentiroient, mentireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | mente | mentes | mente | mentons | mentez | mentent |
imperfect | mentisse | mentisses | mentist | mentissons, mentissiens | mentissoiz, mentissez, mentissiez | mentissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | ment | — | mentons | mentez | — |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Old Occitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Occitan: mentir
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Latin mentīrī.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Audio (Northern Portugal): (file) Audio (Portugal): (file) - Rhymes: -i, -iʁ, -iɾ
- Homophone: (Brazil, Azores) menti
- Hyphenation: men‧tir
Verb
[edit]mentir (first-person singular present minto, third-person singular present mente, first-person singular preterite menti, past participle mentido)
- (transitive, intransitive) to lie (to affirm as true what is known to be false, or to deny what is known to be true)
- (transitive) to deceive, to lie
- (intransitive) to fail
Conjugation
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mentir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “mentir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentīrī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mentir (first-person singular present miento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentido)
- to lie (say something untrue)
- Me mientes.
- You're lying to me.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | mentir | ||||||
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gerund | mintiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | mentido | mentida | |||||
plural | mentidos | mentidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | miento | mientestú mentísvos |
miente | mentimos | mentís | mienten | |
imperfect | mentía | mentías | mentía | mentíamos | mentíais | mentían | |
preterite | mentí | mentiste | mintió | mentimos | mentisteis | mintieron | |
future | mentiré | mentirás | mentirá | mentiremos | mentiréis | mentirán | |
conditional | mentiría | mentirías | mentiría | mentiríamos | mentiríais | mentirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | mienta | mientastú mintásvos2 |
mienta | mintamos | mintáis | mientan | |
imperfect (ra) |
mintiera | mintieras | mintiera | mintiéramos | mintierais | mintieran | |
imperfect (se) |
mintiese | mintieses | mintiese | mintiésemos | mintieseis | mintiesen | |
future1 | mintiere | mintieres | mintiere | mintiéremos | mintiereis | mintieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | mientetú mentívos |
mienta | mintamos | mentid | mientan | ||
negative | no mientas | no mienta | no mintamos | no mintáis | no mientan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mentir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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