desmentir
Spanish, verb/desmenˈtiɾ/
desmentir is spelled D-E-S-M-E-N-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmentir is a Spanish verb meaning “to refute, discredit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Declarar mentira o falso lo declarado por otro”.
What does desmentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refute, discredit
- 2
to belie; to give a false representation
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Declarar mentira o falso lo declarado por otro. 2. Demostrar con hechos la falsedad de algo. 3. Comportarse o proceder de un modo diferente al habitual o al esperado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desmentir
- desmiento first-person present singular
- desmentí first-person preterite singular
- desmentido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- desmintiendo gerund
- desmentida feminine participle past
- desmentidos masculine participle past
- desmentidas feminine participle past
- desmientes indicative informal present
- desmentís indicative informal present
- desmiente indicative present singular
- desmentimos first-person indicative plural
- desmienten indicative plural present
- desmentía first-person imperfect indicative
- desmentías imperfect indicative second-person
- desmentíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desmentíais imperfect indicative plural
- desmentían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmentir?
- /desmenˈtiɾ/
- [d̪ez.mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
- [d̪esmẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desmentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmentir in Spanish?
desmentir appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).