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mentira tem perna curta

Portuguese, proverb/mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ ˈtẽj̃ ˈpɛʁ.nɐ ˈkuʁ.tɐ/

mentira tem perna curta is a Portuguese proverb meaning “a lie has no legs (one cannot get away with a lie)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does mentira tem perna curta mean in English?

proverb

  1. 1

    a lie has no legs (one cannot get away with a lie)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. o disfarçamento da inverdade como verdade sempre possui imperfeição que ocorre e acaba por revelá-lo

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.

How do you pronounce mentira tem perna curta?

  • Brazil /mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ ˈtẽj̃ ˈpɛʁ.nɐ ˈkuʁ.tɐ/
  • Brazil [mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ ˈtẽɪ̯̃ ˈpɛɦ.nɐ ˈkuh.tɐ]

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