mentir

v.

1 to lie.

no me mientas don't lie to me

miente más que habla he's a born liar

esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…

llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave

El chico miente por rabia The boy lies out of spite.

Los datos mienten The information lies.

2 to lie to, to tell a lie to.

María le mintió a su padre Mary lied to her father.

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mentir

Conjugation model [HERVIR], like {{link=hervir}}hervir

► verbo intransitivo

1 to lie

■ eso me ha dicho, pero sé que miente that's what he said, but I know he's lying

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FRASEOLOGÍA

miente más que habla he's lying through his teeth

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verb

to lie

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VI to lie

nos mintió — he lied to us

miente quien diga que hubo un acuerdo — whoever says there was an agreement is lying

mentir no está bien — it's wrong to tell lies

no he mentido en mi vida — I've never told a lie in all my life

¡miento! — sorry!, I'm wrong!, my mistake!

¡esta carta no me dejará mentir! — this letter will bear me out o confirm what I say

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verbo intransitivo to lie

me mintió — he lied to me

miente descaradamente — that's a downright lie

no he estado nunca. Miento! estuve una vez — I've never been there. No, I lie, I did go once

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= lie, fib.

Ex. He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.

Ex. She also fibbed about the place the wedding took place - citing a country town when they were married in a city registry office.

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* el mentir = lying.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.

* mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.

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verbo intransitivo to lie

me mintió — he lied to me

miente descaradamente — that's a downright lie

no he estado nunca. Miento! estuve una vez — I've never been there. No, I lie, I did go once

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= lie, fib.

Ex: He accused her of lying when they said she was at the movies when she had called in sick.

Ex: She also fibbed about the place the wedding took place - citing a country town when they were married in a city registry office.

* el mentir = lying.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* mentir como un bellaco = lie through + Posesivo + teeth, lie + straight-faced.

* mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.

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mentir [I11 ]

vi

to lie

me mintió he lied to me

miente descaradamente, yo no dije eso that's a downright lie o (colloq) she's lying through her teeth, I didn't say that

siempre andas mintiéndome you're always lying to me, you're always telling me lies

y aquí está Luis que no me deja mentir and Luis here will bear me out

no he estado nunca en su casa. ¡Miento! estuve una vez I've never been to her house. No, I tell a lie, I did go there once

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mentir (conjugate mentir) verbo intransitivo
to lie;

◊ me mintió he lied to me

mentir verbo intransitivo to lie, tell lies
miente como un bellaco, he's a real liar ➣ Ver nota en lie

'mentir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañar
- deber
- hacer
- macanear
- mienta
- mintiera
English:
deceive
- good
- lie
- prevaricate
- shamelessly
- tell
- fib
- tooth

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mentir vi

to lie;

no me mientas don't lie to me;

miente más que habla he's a born liar;

esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…;

llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave

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mentir

v/i lie

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mentir {76} vi

: to lie

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mentir vb to lie

sé que miente I know he's lying