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mendace

Portuguese, adjective/mẽˈda.si/

mendace is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “dated form of mendaz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does mendace mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    datedfemininemasculinedated form of mendaz

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. forma obsoleta de mendaz

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 mendace

  • mendaces plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mendace?

  • Brazil /mẽˈda.si/
  • Portugal /mẽˈda.sɨ/
  • Brazil /mẽˈda.se/ (Região Sul)

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