Liar

English

Noun

liar ‎(plural liars)

One who tells lies.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess:
  She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? […]’

Translations

one who tells lies

Albanian: gënjeshtar (sq) m
Arabic: كَاذِب m ‎(kāḏib), كَذَّاب m ‎(kaḏḏāb)
Armenian: ստախոս (hy) ‎(staxos), սուտասան (hy) ‎(sutasan)
Aromanian: minciunos
Azeri: yalançı (az)
Belarusian: ілгу́н m ‎(ilhún), ілгу́нья f ‎(ilhúnʹja), браху́н m ‎(braxún), браху́ха f ‎(braxúxa), хлус m ‎(xlus), хлусе́лька f ‎(xlusjélʹka), враль m ‎(vralʹ)
Bulgarian: лъже́ц (bg) m ‎(lǎžéc)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 說謊者 (zh), 说谎者 (zh) ‎(shuōhuǎngzhě)
Czech: lhář (cs) m
Dalmatian: boscurd m
Danish: løgner (da)
Dutch: leugenaar (nl) m, leugenaarster f
Esperanto: mensogulo
Estonian: valetaja, valevorst
Ewe: aʋatsokala
Finnish: valehtelija (fi)
French: menteur (fr) m, menteuse (fr) f
Georgian: მატყუარა ‎(maṭq̇uara)
German: Lügner (de) m, Lügnerin (de) f
Greek: ψεύτης (el) m ‎(pséftis), ψεύτρα (el) f ‎(pséftra)
Hebrew: שַׁקְרָן m ‎(shakrán), שקרנית f ‎(shakranit)
Hindi: झूठा (hi) m ‎(jhūṭhā)
Hungarian: hazug (hu)
Icelandic: lygari (is) m
Indonesian: pembohong (id)
Irish: bréagadóir m, bréagach m, scaitseálaí m, éitheoir m
Italian: bugiardo (it) m, mentitore (it) m
Japanese: 嘘つき ‎(うそつき, usotsuki)
Kazakh: жалғаншы ‎(jalğanşı), кәззап ‎(käzzap), өтірікші ‎(ötirikşi)
Khmer: កំភរ (km) ‎(kɑmpʰɔɔ), មនុស្សកុហក ‎(mɔnuh ko’hak), មនុស្សភរ ‎(mɔnuh pʰɔɔ), អ្នកភរ ‎(neak pʰɔɔ)
Korean: 거짓말쟁이 (ko) ‎(geojinmaljaeng-i)
Kurdish:
Sorani: درۆزن
Kyrgyz: калпычы (ky) ‎(kalpıçı), жалганчы (ky) ‎(calgançı)
Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ຕົວະ ‎(khon khī tua), ຄົນຕົວະ ‎(khon tua), ຄົນໂກຫົກ ‎(khon kō hok), ຂີ້ຕົວະ (lo) ‎(khī tua), ຂີ້ລ່າຽ ‎(khī lāi)
Latin: mendax, falsus
Latvian: melis m, mele f
Lithuanian: melagis (lt) m, melagė f

Macedonian: ла́жго m ‎(lážgo), ла́жливец m ‎(lážlivec)
Malay: penipu, pembohong
Maltese: giddieb m
Manx: breagerey m, breageyder m
Maori: rūkahu, rūpahu
Mongolian: худалч хүн ‎(hudalč hün)
Navajo: biyoochʼídí
Ngazidja Comorian: mndru wa ndrabo class 1/2
Norman: mensongi m, menteux m
Norwegian: løgner m, løgnhals m
Old French: menteor m
Persian: دروغگو (fa) ‎(druğgu)
Polish: kłamca (pl) m, łgarz (pl) m, kłamczuch (pl) m
Portuguese: mentiroso (pt) m, mentirosa (pt) f
Romanian: mincinos (ro) m, mincinoasă f
Russian: лгун (ru) m ‎(lgun), лгу́нья (ru) f ‎(lgúnʹja), лжец (ru) m ‎(lžec), врун (ru) m ‎(vrun), вру́нья (ru) f ‎(vrúnʹja), обма́нщик (ru) m ‎(obmánščik), обма́нщица (ru) f ‎(obmánščica), вруни́шка (ru) m, f ‎(vruníška) (mild), враль (ru) m ‎(vralʹ), бреху́н (ru) m ‎(brexún), бреху́нья (ru) f ‎(brexúnʹja) (colloquial), брехло́ (ru) n ‎(brexló) (colloquial), трепло́ (ru) n ‎(trepló) (colloquial), пиздабо́л (ru) m ‎(pizdaból) (vulgar), пиздаплёт m ‎(pizdapljót) (vulgar)
Scottish Gaelic: breugaire m, breugadair m, breugaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: лажов m, лажљивац m

Roman: lažov (sh) m, lažljivac (sh) m
Sicilian: mbrugghiuni (scn) m, trastularu m
Slovak: klamár m
Slovene: lažnívec (sl) m
Spanish: mentiroso (es) m, mentirosa (es) f, embustero (es) m
Swahili: mwongo (sw)
Swedish: lögnare (sv)
Tajik: дурӯғгӯй ‎(durüġgüy), каззоб ‎(kazzob)
Tatar: ялганчы (tt) ‎(yalgançı)
Telugu: అబద్ధాలకోరు (te) ‎(abaddhālakōru)
Thai: ผู้มุสา ‎(pôo mú-săa), คนโกหก ‎(kon goh-hòk), คนพูดปด ‎(kon pôot-bpòt), คนพูดเท็จ ‎(kon pôot-tét)
Turkish: yalancı (tr)
Turkmen: ýalançy, aldawçy (tk)
Ukrainian: бреху́н (uk) m ‎(brexún), бреху́ха (uk) f ‎(brexúxa), бреху́нка (uk) f ‎(brexúnka), брехло́ n ‎(brexló) (colloquial)
Urdu: جھوٹھا m ‎(jhūṭhā)
Uyghur: يالغانچى ‎(yalghanchi)
Uzbek: yolgʻonchi (uz)
Vietnamese: kẻ nói dối (vi), kẻ nói láo (vi), kẻ nói điêu (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) lugan (vo), (♂) hilugan, (♀) jilugan
Welsh: celwyddgi (cy)
Yiddish: ליגנער m ‎(ligner)

Anagrams

aril, lair, lari, lira, rail, rial

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō. See also ligar.

Verb

liar ‎(first-person singular present lío, first-person singular preterite lie, past participle liado)

to bind, to tie
(colloquial) to deceive
to wrap, to wrap up
to roll (a cigarette)

Conjugation

Rule: stressed í in certain conjugations; monosyllabic infinitives receive no written accent in certain conjugations.

Conjugation of liar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			liar
gerund			liando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		liado		liada
		plural		liados		liadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lío	lías^tú lias^{^vos}	lía	liamos	liais	lían
	imperfect	liaba	liabas	liaba	liábamos	liabais	liaban
	preterite	lie	liaste	lio	liamos	liasteis	liaron
	future	liaré	liarás	liará	liaremos	liaréis	liarán
	conditional	liaría	liarías	liaría	liaríamos	liaríais	liarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	líe	líes	líe	liemos	lieis	líen
	imperfect (ra)	liara	liaras	liara	liáramos	liarais	liaran
	imperfect (se)	liase	liases	liase	liásemos	liaseis	liasen
	future	liare	liares	liare	liáremos	liareis	liaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lía^{^tú} lia^{^vos}	líe	liemos	liad	líen
	negative		no líes	no líe	no liemos	no lieis	no líen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_i-%C3%AD)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation i-í)</a>

Selected combined forms of liar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive liar
	dative	liarme	liarte, liarle	liarle, liarse	liarnos	liaros, liarles	liarles, liarse
	accusative	liarme	liarte, liarlo, liarla	liarlo, liarla, liarse	liarnos	liaros, liarlos, liarlas	liarlos, liarlas, liarse

with gerund liando
	dative	liándome	liándote, liándole	liándole, liándose	liándonos	liándoos, liándoles	liándoles, liándose
	accusative	liándome	liándote, liándolo, liándola	liándolo, liándola, liándose	liándonos	liándoos, liándolos, liándolas	liándolos, liándolas, liándose

with informal second-person singular imperative lía
	dative	líame	líate, líale	líale	líanos	líaos, líales	líales
	accusative	líame	líate, líalo, líala	líalo, líala	líanos	líaos, líalos, líalas	líalos, líalas

with formal second-person singular imperative líe
	dative	líeme	líete, líele	líele, líese	líenos	líeles	líeles, líese
	accusative	líeme	líete, líelo, líela	líelo, líela, líese	líenos	líelos, líelas	líelos, líelas, líese

with first-person plural imperative liemos
	dative	not used	liémosle	liémosle	liémonos	liémosles	liémosles
	accusative	not used	liémoslo, liémosla	liémoslo, liémosla	liémonos	liémoslos, liémoslas	liémoslos, liémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative liad
	dative	liadme	liadle	liadle	liadnos	liaos, liadles	liadles
	accusative	liadme	liadlo, liadla	liadlo, liadla	liadnos	liaos, liadlos, liadlas	liadlos, liadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative líen
	dative	líenme	líente, líenle	líenle, líense	líenos	líenles	líenles, líense
	accusative	líenme	líente, líenlo, líenla	líenlo, líenla, líense	líenos	líenlos, líenlas	líenlos, líenlas, líense

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