mentir

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular indicative present mento, past participle mentíu)

  1. to lie (tell an intentional untruth)

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present menteixo, past participle mentit)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

as dormir or as servir: the conjugation as servir is more usual.

Derived terms

References

Faroese

Etymology

Plural form of Old Norse ment (education, art).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛn̥tɪɹ]

Noun

mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)

  1. art, capability, skill
  2. (spiritual) culture
  3. (archaic) wizardry, witchcraft
  4. (archaic) power

Declension

Declension of mentir (plural only)
f2p plural
indefinite definite
nominative mentir mentirnar
accusative mentir mentirnar
dative mentum mentunum
genitive menta mentanna

French

Etymology

From Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.tiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)
    Il ne faut pas se mentir : l'entreprise s'annonce difficile. – Let's not kid ourselves: ...

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) mens and (il) ment in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *mentis and *mentit (as in the past historic).

  Conjugation of mentir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive mentir avoir menti
gerund en mentant en ayant menti
present participle mentant
/mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle menti
/mɑ̃.ti/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present mens
/mɑ̃/		 mens
/mɑ̃/		 ment
/mɑ̃/		 mentons
/mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 mentez
/mɑ̃.te/		 mentent
/mɑ̃t/
imperfect mentais
/mɑ̃.tɛ/		 mentais
/mɑ̃.tɛ/		 mentait
/mɑ̃.tɛ/		 mentions
/mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 mentiez
/mɑ̃.tje/		 mentaient
/mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic1 mentis
/mɑ̃.ti/		 mentis
/mɑ̃.ti/		 mentit
/mɑ̃.ti/		 mentîmes
/mɑ̃.tim/		 mentîtes
/mɑ̃.tit/		 mentirent
/mɑ̃.tiʁ/
future mentirai
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/		 mentiras
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/		 mentira
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/		 mentirons
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/		 mentirez
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/		 mentiront
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mentirais
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/		 mentirais
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/		 mentirait
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/		 mentirions
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/		 mentiriez
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁje/		 mentiraient
/mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present mente
/mɑ̃t/		 mentes
/mɑ̃t/		 mente
/mɑ̃t/		 mentions
/mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 mentiez
/mɑ̃.tje/		 mentent
/mɑ̃t/
imperfect1 mentisse
/mɑ̃.tis/		 mentisses
/mɑ̃.tis/		 mentît
/mɑ̃.ti/		 mentissions
/mɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/		 mentissiez
/mɑ̃.ti.sje/		 mentissent
/mɑ̃.tis/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— mens
/mɑ̃/		 — mentons
/mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 mentez
/mɑ̃.te/		 —
1literary tenses

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈtiɾ/, (popular) /minˈtiɾ/

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present minto, first-person singular preterite mentín, past participle mentido)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 672:
      Et se uós, dom Ulixas, dizedes que auedes y mayor dereyto ca eu, dígouos que me mentides
      And in case that you, lord Ulysses, would say that you have more rights than me in this, then I'll tell you that you lie to me
  2. (cattle) to exceed the expected calving time

Conjugation

References

Interlingua

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie

Conjugation

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mentir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive mentir avoir menti
gerund en mentant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle mentant
past participle menti
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present ment menz ment mentons mentez mentent
imperfect mentoie, menteie mentoies, menteies mentoit, menteit mentiiens, mentiens mentiiez, mentiez mentoient, menteient
preterite menti mentis menti mentimes mentistes mentirent
future mentirai mentiras mentira mentirons mentiroiz, mentireiz, mentirez mentiront
conditional mentiroie, mentireie mentiroies, mentireies mentiroit, mentireit mentiriiens, mentiriens mentiriiez, mentiriez mentiroient, mentireient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present mente mentes mente mentons mentez mentent
imperfect mentisse mentisses mentist mentissons, mentissiens mentissoiz, mentissez, mentissiez mentissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— ment — mentons mentez —

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)
  • menzonga

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mentir (“to lie”), from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”) in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-tis.

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present indicative minto, past participle mentido)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈtiɾ/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

mentir (first-person singular present miento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentido)

  1. to lie (say something untrue)
    Me mientes.
    You're lying to me.

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.
    Conjugation of mentir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive mentir
gerund mintiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular mentido mentida
plural mentidos mentidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present miento mientestú
mentísvos		 miente mentimos mentís mienten
imperfect mentía mentías mentía mentíamos mentíais mentían
preterite mentí mentiste mintió mentimos mentisteis mintieron
future mentiré mentirás mentirá mentiremos mentiréis mentirán
conditional mentiría mentirías mentiría mentiríamos mentiríais mentirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mienta mientas mienta mintamos mintáis mientan
imperfect
(ra)		 mintiera mintieras mintiera mintiéramos mintierais mintieran
imperfect
(se)		 mintiese mintieses mintiese mintiésemos mintieseis mintiesen
future1 mintiere mintieres mintiere mintiéremos mintiereis mintieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative mientetú
mentívos		 mienta mintamos mentid mientan
negative no mientas no mienta no mintamos no mintáis no mientan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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        Selected combined forms of mentiredit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive mentir
    dative mentirme mentirte mentirle, mentirse mentirnos mentiros mentirles, mentirse
    accusative mentirme mentirte mentirlo, mentirla, mentirse mentirnos mentiros mentirlos, mentirlas, mentirse
    with gerund mintiendo
    dative mintiéndome mintiéndote mintiéndole, mintiéndose mintiéndonos mintiéndoos mintiéndoles, mintiéndose
    accusative mintiéndome mintiéndote mintiéndolo, mintiéndola, mintiéndose mintiéndonos mintiéndoos mintiéndolos, mintiéndolas, mintiéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative miente
    dative miénteme miéntete miéntele miéntenos not used miénteles
    accusative miénteme miéntete miéntelo, miéntela miéntenos not used miéntelos, miéntelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative mienta
    dative miéntame not used miéntale, miéntase miéntanos not used miéntales
    accusative miéntame not used miéntalo, miéntala, miéntase miéntanos not used miéntalos, miéntalas
    with first-person plural imperative mintamos
    dative not used mintámoste mintámosle mintámonos mintámoos mintámosles
    accusative not used mintámoste mintámoslo, mintámosla mintámonos mintámoos mintámoslos, mintámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative mentid
    dative mentidme not used mentidle mentidnos mentíos mentidles
    accusative mentidme not used mentidlo, mentidla mentidnos mentíos mentidlos, mentidlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative mientan
    dative miéntanme not used miéntanle miéntannos not used miéntanles, miéntanse
    accusative miéntanme not used miéntanlo, miéntanla miéntannos not used miéntanlos, miéntanlas, miéntanse

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