mentir
Spanish, verb/menˈtiɾ/
mentir is a Spanish verb meaning “to lie (say something untrue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decir algo que es falso o negar la verdad”.
What does mentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lie (say something untrue)
Me mientes.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Decir algo que es falso o negar la verdad.
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 mentir
- miento first-person present singular
- mentí first-person preterite singular
- mentido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- mintiendo gerund
- mentida feminine participle past
- mentidos masculine participle past
- mentidas feminine participle past
- mientes indicative informal present
- mentís indicative informal present
- miente indicative present singular
- mentimos first-person indicative plural
- mienten indicative plural present
- mentía first-person imperfect indicative
- mentías imperfect indicative second-person
- mentíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mentíais imperfect indicative plural
- mentían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentir?
- /menˈtiɾ/
- [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mentir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mentir in Spanish?
mentir appears 14 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).