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mentir

mentir

Asturian

Verb

mentir (first-person singular indicative present mento, past participle mentíu)

  1. to lie (tell an intentional untruth)

Conjugation

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mentiri, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present menteixo, past participle mentit)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

as dormir or as servir: the conjugation as servir is more usual.

Related terms

  • mentida f
  • mentider adj, m
  • mentiderament adv
  • mentidor m

References


Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛn̥tɪɹ]

Etymology

Plural form of Old Norse ment (education, art).

Noun

mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)

  1. art, capability, skill
  2. (spiritual) culture
  3. (archaic) wizardry, witchcraft
  4. (archaic) power

Declension

Declension of mentir (plural only)
f2p plural
indefinite definite
nominative mentir mentirnar
accusative mentir mentirnar
dative mentum mentunum
genitive menta mentanna

French

Etymology

From Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.tiʁ/

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

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).

Anagrams


Galician

Etymology

From Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present minto, first-person singular preterite mentín, past participle mentido)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation


Middle French

Etymology

Latin mentior.

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Old French

Etymology

Latin mentior

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

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.


Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin mentior

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mentir (to lie), from Latin mentiri, present active infinitive of mentior, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (mind) in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (thought), from *men- (to think) + *-tis.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present indicative minto, past participle mentido)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Related terms

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present miento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentido)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)
    Me mientes
    You're lying to me.

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.

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