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mentirola

Portuguese, noun/mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾɔ.lɐ/

mentirola is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fib (a petty lie)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mentira sem importância, inofensiva”.

What does mentirola mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefib (a petty lie)

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinefibber (person who tells unimportant lies)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mentira sem importância, inofensiva

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 mentirola

  • mentirolas plural

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

How do you pronounce mentirola?

  • Brazil /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾɔ.lɐ/
  • Portugal /mẽ.tiˈɾɔ.lɐ/

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