Meaning
mentir
- (ambitransitive) 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
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese mente, from Latin mentem (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).
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