mentiroso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mentiroso, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentior (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.tiˈɾo.zu/

• Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ro‧so

Noun

mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)

1. liar (one who tells lies)

   Synonyms: enganador, mentireiro

Adjective

mentiroso (feminine mentirosa, masculine plural mentirosos, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)

1. which lies or deceives

Synonyms

• (which lies of deceives): see Thesaurus:ilusório

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “which lies of deceives”): see Thesaurus:ilusório

Related terms

• mentir
• mentira
• mentirada
• mentiragem
• mentiralha
• mentiralhada
• mentiraria
• mentireiro
• mentirinha
• mentirola
• mentirolar
• mentirosamente

Further reading

• “mentiroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From mentir +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mentiˈɾoso/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: men‧ti‧ro‧so

Adjective

mentiroso (feminine mentirosa, masculine plural mentirosos, feminine plural mentirosas)

1. having the qualities of a liar
2. having lies

Noun

mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas)

1. liar

   Synonym: (colloquial, El Salvador) casaquero

Derived terms

• antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo

 

Related terms

• mentir (verb)
• mentira f

 

Further reading

• “mentiroso”, 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