# mentira
## Aragonese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)
* lie

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mentira”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

mentira f (plural mentires)
* lie (intentionally false statement)

#### Related terms

* mentir

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Verb

mentira
* third-person singular simple future of mentir

### Anagrams

* marient, martien, Martien, Martine, minaret, termina

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mentira, probably from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentiri, 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.

#### Alternative forms

* mintir

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /menˈtiɾa/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪i.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ra

#### Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)
* lie, falsehood

##### Related terms

* mentir
* mentireiro

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mentira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mentira”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mentira”, 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), “mentira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mentira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

#### Further reading

* “mentira”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mentira
* first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mentir

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese mentira and Spanish mentira and Kabuverdianu mintira.

### Noun

mentira
* lie (intentionally untrue statement)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mẽˈti.ɾɐ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /mĩ.ˈti.ɾɐ/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾɐ
* Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ra

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mentira, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentīrī, denominal verb from mēns (“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.

#### Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)
* lie (intentionally untrue statement)
    Synonyms: (more formal) falsidade, (slang) balela, (slang) lorota, (usually euphemistic) inverdade, (euphemistic) fábula, patranha, (obsolete, rare) desverdade
    Antonym: verdade

##### Derived terms

* de mentira
* Dia da Mentira
* mentira branca
* mentira tem perna curta
* mentirada
* mentirazinha (diminutive)
* mentirinha (diminutive)
* mentirola
* mentirona (augmentative)
* parece mentira

##### Related terms

* mentir
* mentiroso

#### Interjection

mentira
* (informal) I mean (used to correct a piece of information)
    Synonyms: minto, quer dizer, quero dizer, querer dizer
    Eu comprei trinta... mentira, vinte, tomates.I bought thirty... I mean, twenty, tomatoes.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

mentira
* first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mentir

### Further reading

* “mentira”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “mentira”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From mentir (“to lie”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /menˈtiɾa/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪i.ɾa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: men‧ti‧ra

### Noun

mentira f (plural mentiras)
* lie, trick, falsity
    Parecía mentira que su cuerpo fuera tan hermoso.It was unbelievable how beautiful her body was.

#### Derived terms

* de mentira
* mentira piadosa
* parece mentira

#### Related terms

* mentir (verb)
* mentiroso

#### See also

* embuste m
* patraña f
* trufa f

### Further reading

* “mentira”, 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