mentir

Meaning

to lie (say something untrue)

Concepts

tell lies

tell a lie

prevaricate

tell stories

tell an untruth

to lie to somebody

invent things

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
men‧tir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/menˈtiɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentīrī.

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