desmentir

From des- +‎ mentir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəz.mənˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dez.menˈtiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

desmentir (first-person singular present desmenteixo or desmento, first-person singular preterite desmentí, past participle desmentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to refute, deny
   • 2016 October 6, “Robbie Williams és acusat de racista pel seu nou videoclip”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     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.

• “desmentir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “desmentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “desmentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desmentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

des- +‎ mentir

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desmentir

1. to deny, to refute
   • 2019 September 21, “S’es publicat lo libre de memòrias d’Edward Snowden”, in Jornalet‎^[2]:

     La majoritat de las nòu entrepresas citadas per The Washington Post an desmentit aver permés a l’intelligéncia estatsunidenca d’intrar dins lors servidors centrals.

     The majority of the nine companies cited by The Washington Post have denied allowing United States intelligence to enter their central servers.

desmentir

1. to deny

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.

• French: démentir

From des- +‎ mentir.

• Hyphenation: des‧men‧tir

desmentir (first-person singular present desminto, third-person singular present desmente, first-person singular preterite desmenti, past participle desmentido)

1. to belie (to contradict, to show (something) to be false)
2. to deny

From des- +‎ mentir.

• IPA^(key): /desmenˈtiɾ/ [d̪ez.mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: des‧men‧tir

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

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

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