mentar
Spanish, verb/menˈtaɾ/
mentar is spelled M-E-N-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mention, name” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decir el nombre o hacer mención de alguien o de algo”.
What does mentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mention, name
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Decir el nombre o hacer mención de alguien o de algo.
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 mentar
- miento first-person present singular
- menté first-person preterite singular
- mentado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- mentando gerund
- mentada feminine participle past
- mentados masculine participle past
- mentadas feminine participle past
- mientas indicative informal present
- mentás indicative informal present
- mienta indicative present singular
- mentamos first-person indicative plural
- mentáis indicative plural present
- mientan indicative plural present
- mentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mentabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentar?
- /menˈtaɾ/
- [mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mentar in Spanish?
mentar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).