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mentir

mentir

Asturian

Verb

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

  1. to lie (tell an intentional untruth)

Conjugation

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mentiri, 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.

Related terms

  • mentida f
  • mentider adj, m
  • mentiderament adv
  • mentidor m

References

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛn̥tɪɹ]

Etymology

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

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 Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃.tiʁ/

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

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

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

Verb

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

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Conjugation

Middle French

Etymology

Latin mentior.

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Old French

Etymology

Latin 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 —

Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin mentior

Verb

mentir

  1. to lie (say something untrue)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mentir ‎(“to lie”), from Latin mentiri, 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)

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Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.

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
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
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
future 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

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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    Selected combined forms of mentiredit data

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. 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 mentirle, mentirse mentirnos mentiros, mentirles mentirles, mentirse
accusative mentirme mentirte, mentirlo, mentirla mentirlo, mentirla, mentirse mentirnos mentiros, mentirlos, mentirlas mentirlos, mentirlas, mentirse
with gerund mintiendo
dative mintiéndome mintiéndote, mintiéndole mintiéndole, mintiéndose mintiéndonos mintiéndoos, mintiéndoles mintiéndoles, mintiéndose
accusative mintiéndome mintiéndote, mintiéndolo, mintiéndola mintiéndolo, mintiéndola, mintiéndose mintiéndonos mintiéndoos, mintiéndolos, mintiéndolas mintiéndolos, mintiéndolas, mintiéndose
with informal second-person singular imperative miente
dative mienteme mientete, mientele mientele mientenos mienteos, mienteles mienteles
accusative mienteme mientete, mientelo, mientela mientelo, mientela mientenos mienteos, mientelos, mientelas mientelos, mientelas
with formal second-person singular imperative mienta
dative miéntame miéntate, miéntale miéntale, miéntase miéntanos miéntales miéntales, miéntase
accusative miéntame miéntate, miéntalo, miéntala miéntalo, miéntala, miéntase miéntanos miéntalos, miéntalas miéntalos, miéntalas, miéntase
with first-person plural imperative mintamos
dative not used mintámosle mintámosle mintámonos mintámosles mintámosles
accusative not used mintámoslo, mintámosla mintámoslo, mintámosla mintámonos mintámoslos, mintámoslas mintámoslos, mintámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mentid
dative mentidme mentidle mentidle mentidnos mentíos, mentidles mentidles
accusative mentidme mentidlo, mentidla mentidlo, mentidla mentidnos mentíos, mentidlos, mentidlas mentidlos, mentidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mientan
dative miéntanme miéntante, miéntanle miéntanle, miéntanse miéntanos miéntanles miéntanles, miéntanse
accusative miéntanme miéntante, miéntanlo, miéntanla miéntanlo, miéntanla, miéntanse miéntanos miéntanlos, miéntanlas miéntanlos, miéntanlas, miéntanse

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