# mentir
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin mentīrī.

### Verb

mentir (first-person singular indicative present mento, past participle mentíu)
* to lie (tell an intentional untruth)

#### Related terms

* mentira
* mente

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mentīrī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mənˈti]
* IPA: (Valencia) [menˈtiɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

mentir (first-person singular present menteixo or mento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to lie (say something untrue)

#### Derived terms

* desmentir

#### Related terms

* mentida
* mentider
* mentidor
* ment

### Further reading

* “mentir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “mentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “mentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛn̥tɪɹ]

### Noun

mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)
* art, capability, skill
* (spiritual) culture
* (archaic) wizardry, witchcraft
* (archaic) power

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentīrī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃.tiʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iʁ

### Verb

mentir
* (intransitive) to lie (say something untrue)
    mentir à quelqu’un sur quelque chose ― to lie to someone about something
    mentir par omission ― to lie by omission
    mentir comme on respire ― to lie like a cheap rug (literally, “to lie like one breathes”)
    Il ne faut pas se mentir : l’entreprise s’annonce difficile.Let's not kid ourselves: this promises to be a difficult undertaking.
** 2013, Zaz, Je rentre:Je fais la promesse de ne plus croire en ce qui me ment / Ne plus me nier dans ma souffranceI promise to stop believing in things that deceive me / To no longer deny myself in my suffering

#### 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).

#### Derived terms

* a beau mentir qui vient de loin
* croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer
* mentir comme on respire
* mentir comme un arracheur de dents

#### Related terms

* mensonge
* menteur

### Further reading

* “mentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* mirent
* riment

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Latin mentīrī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [menˈtiɾ], (popular) [minˈtiɾ]

### Verb

mentir (first-person singular present minto, third-person singular present mente, first-person singular preterite mentín, past participle mentido)
* to lie (say something untrue)
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 672:Et se uós, dom Ulixas, dizedes que auedes y mayor dereyto ca eu, dígouos que me mentidesAnd 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
* (cattle) to exceed the expected calving time

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* mentira (“lie”)
* mentirán (“liar”)
* mentireiro (“liar”)
* mentiroso (“liar”)
* mente (“mind”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mentir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mentir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mentir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Interlingua
### Verb

mentir
* to lie

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | mentir | mentir |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | mentiente | mentite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | menti | ha mentite |
| active | past | mentiva | habeva mentite |
| active | future | mentira | habera mentite |
| active | conditional | mentirea | haberea mentite |
| active | imperative | menti | |

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French mentir.

### Verb

mentir
* to lie (say something untrue)

#### Descendants

* French: mentir

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin mentīrī.

### Verb

mentir
* 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.

#### Related terms

* mensoigne
* menteor

#### Descendants

* Middle French: mentir
** French: mentir

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin mentīrī.

### Verb

mentir
* to lie (say something untrue)

#### Related terms

* menzonga

#### Descendants

* Occitan: mentir

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Latin mentīrī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [mẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mẽˈtiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mẽˈtiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mẽˈti.ɾi/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -i, -iʁ, -iɾ
* Homophone: (Brazil, Azores) menti
* Hyphenation: men‧tir

### Verb

mentir (first-person singular present minto, third-person singular present mente, first-person singular preterite menti, past participle mentido)
* (transitive, intransitive) to lie (to affirm as true what is known to be false, or to deny what is known to be true)
* (transitive) to deceive, to lie
* (intransitive) to fail

#### Related terms

* mente f
* mentira f

### Further reading

* “mentir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “mentir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentīrī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /menˈtiɾ/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: men‧tir

### Verb

mentir (first-person singular present miento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentido)
* to lie (say something untrue)
    Me mientes.You're lying to me.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* desmentir
* mentidero
* mentir como un bellaco
* mentir por la barba
* no me dejará mentir

#### Related terms

* mente
* mentira
* mentiroso

### Further reading

* “mentir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10