desmentir

Catalan

Etymology

From des- + mentir.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /dəz.mənˈti/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /dez.menˈtiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

desmentir (first-person singular present desmenteixo, past participle desmentit)

  1. to refute, deny
    • 2016 October 6, “Robbie Williams és acusat de racista pel seu nou videoclip”, in El Periódico:
      Williams ha desmentit ràpidament a Twitter que sigui una referència al president rus, Vladímir Putin.
      Williams quickly denied on Twitter that it is a reference to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

Conjugation

Further reading


Old French

Verb

desmentir

  1. to deny

Descendants


Portuguese

Etymology

From des- + mentir.

Verb

desmentir (first-person singular present indicative desminto, past participle desmentido)

  1. to belie
  2. to deny

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From des- + mentir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desmenˈtiɾ/, [d̪ezmẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

desmentir (first-person singular present desmiento, first-person singular preterite desmentí, past participle desmentido)

  1. to refute, deny
  2. to belie; to give a false representation

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.

    Further reading

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