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mentiroso

Spanish, noun/mentiˈɾoso/

mentiroso is spelled M-E-N-T-I-R-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,486th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mentiroso is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “liar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desconfío (juego de naipes)”.

What does mentiroso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    having the qualities of a liar

  2. 2

    having lies

noun

  1. 1

    masculineliar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dice de la persona que falta a la verdad, que miente.

noun: 1. Desconfío (juego de naipes).

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 mentiroso

  • mentirosa feminine
  • mentirosos masculine plural
  • mentirosas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mentiroso?

  • /mentiˈɾoso/
  • [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾo.so]
  • [mẽn̪t̪iˈɾoso]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mentiroso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mentiroso in Spanish?

mentiroso appears 7.9 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).

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