desmentir
Portuguese, verb/dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
desmentir is spelled D-E-S-M-E-N-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmentir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to belie (to contradict, to show (something) to be false)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dizer que alguém mente”.
What does desmentir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to belie (to contradict, to show (something) to be false)
- 2
to deny
- 3
Brazilto dislocate a joint
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dizer que alguém mente 2. provar que não é verdade 3. não estar de acordo, não condizer
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desmentir
- desminto first-person present singular
- desmente present singular third-person
- desmenti first-person preterite singular
- desmentido participle past
- i-e alternation
- desmentires infinitive second-person singular
- desmentirmos first-person infinitive plural
- desmentirdes infinitive plural second-person
- desmentirem infinitive plural third-person
- desmentindo gerund
- desmentidos masculine participle past
- desmentida feminine participle past
- desmentidas feminine participle past
- desmentes indicative present second-person
- desmentimos first-person indicative plural
- desmentis indicative plural present
- desmentem indicative plural present
- desmentia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmentir?
- Brazil /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
desmentir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).