liar
Spanish, verb/ˈljaɾ/
liar is spelled L-I-A-R (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bind, tie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atar y asegurar los fardos y cargas con lías”.
What does liar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bind, tie
- 2
to wrap, wrap up
- 3
to roll (a cigarette)
- 4
colloquialto deceive, confuse
Este examen es difícil, me estoy liando con las respuestas.
- 5
Spaincolloquialto french, snog, make out, hook up
Ayer me lie con ese chico.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atar y asegurar los fardos y cargas con lías. 2. Envolver una cosa, sujetándola, por lo común con papeles, cuerda, cinta, etc. 3. Hacer, contraer alianza con uno. 4. Engañar a uno, envolverle en un compromiso.
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 liar
- lío first-person present singular
- lie first-person preterite singular
- liado participle past
- i-í alternation
- liando gerund
- liada feminine participle past
- liados masculine participle past
- liadas feminine participle past
- lías indicative informal present
- lias indicative informal present
- lía indicative present singular
- liamos first-person indicative plural
- liais indicative plural present
- lían indicative plural present
- liaba first-person imperfect indicative
- liabas imperfect indicative second-person
- liábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- liabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liar?
- /ˈljaɾ/
- [ˈljaɾ]
- /liˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to liar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liar in Spanish?
liar appears 1.1 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).