mentiar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mentir, French mentir and Italian mentire. The extra -i- was added so not to confuse the word with mento.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /men.tiˈar/, /menˈtjar/

Verb

mentiar (present tense mentias, past tense mentiis, future tense mentios, imperative mentiez, conditional mentius)

  1. (intransitive) to lie, to tell untruths deliberately

Conjugation
    Conjugation of mentiar
present past future
infinitive mentiar mentiir mentior
tense mentias mentiis mentios
conditional mentius
imperative mentiez
adjective active participle mentianta mentiinta mentionta
adverbial active participle mentiante mentiinte mentionte
nominal active participle singular mentianto mentiinto mentionto
plural mentianti mentiinti mentionti

Latin

Verb

mentiar

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of mentior
  2. first-person singular present active subjunctive of mentior
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