mentiroso
Portuguese, noun/mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/
mentiroso is spelled M-E-N-T-I-R-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mentiroso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “liar (one who tells lies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que mente”.
What does mentiroso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineliar (one who tells lies)
adjective
- 1
which lies or deceives
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que diz mentiras: 2. que ilude, que é falso ou que apenas aparenta:
noun: 1. aquele que mente:
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 mentiroso
- mentirosos plural
- mentirosa feminine
- mentirosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentiroso?
- Brazil /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/
- Brazil /mĩ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /mẽ.tiˈɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mentiroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mentiroso in Portuguese?
mentiroso appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).