mentire

See also: mentiré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mentīrī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menˈti.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: men‧tì‧re

Verb

mentìre (first-person singular present ménto or (traditional) mènto or mentìsco, first-person singular past historic mentìi, past participle mentìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to lie (tell an untruth)
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to falsify (a circumstance, the truth), to fake (a smile, etc.)

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Latin

Verb

mentīre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of mentior