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mente
mente
French
Verb
mente
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mentir
- third-person singular present subjunctive of mentir
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mēns, mentem, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ente
Noun
mente f (plural menti)
Related terms
Noun
mente f
- plural of menta
Verb
mente
Synonyms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.te/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmẽ.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: men‧te
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese mente, from Latin mentem, singular accusative of mēns (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).
Noun
mente f (plural mentes)
- mind (ability for rational thought)
Synonyms
- (ability for rational thought): espírito, imaginação, intelecto, intuito
Derived terms
- vir a mente
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Etymology 2
Inflected form of mentir (“to lie”).
Verb
mente
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of mentir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of mentir