mentider
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
mentider (feminine mentidera, masculine plural mentiders, feminine plural mentideres)
- lying (who tells lies)
- deceitful, deceptive, false
- Testimoni mentider no restarà impunit.
- Deceitful testimony will not stay unpunished.
Synonyms
- mentidor
Noun
mentider m (plural mentiders, feminine mentidera, feminine plural mentideres)
- liar
- Synonym: mentidor
- Abunden els mentiders; però, en general, són mals mentiders.
- Liars abound, but, in general, they are bad liars.
Further reading
- “mentider”, 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
- “mentider”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “mentider” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mentider” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.