desmentir

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ mentir.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. to refute, deny
   • 2016 October 6, “Robbie Williams és acusat de racista pel seu nou videoclip”, in El Periódico‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 October 2026:

     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.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of desmentir (third conjugation, with -eix- or without -eix-)

infinitive			desmentir
gerund			desmentint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmentit		desmentida
		plural		desmentits		desmentides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desmenteixo, desmento	desmenteixes, desments	desmenteix, desment	desmentim	desmentiu	desmenteixen, desmenten
	imperfect	desmentia	desmenties	desmentia	desmentíem	desmentíeu	desmentien
	future	desmentiré	desmentiràs	desmentirà	desmentirem	desmentireu	desmentiran
	preterite	desmentí	desmentires	desmentí	desmentírem	desmentíreu	desmentiren
	conditional	desmentiria	desmentiries	desmentiria	desmentiríem	desmentiríeu	desmentirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desmenteixi, desmenti	desmenteixis, desmentis	desmenteixi, desmenti	desmentim	desmentiu	desmenteixin, desmentin
	imperfect	desmentís	desmentissis	desmentís	desmentíssim	desmentíssiu	desmentissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desmenteix, desment	desmenteixi, desmenti	desmentim	desmentiu	desmenteixin, desmentin
	negative (no)	—	no desmenteixis, no desmentis	no desmenteixi, no desmenti	no desmentim	no desmentiu	no desmenteixin, no desmentin

    Central Catalan conjugation of desmentir (third conjugation, with -eix- or without -eix-)

infinitive			desmentir
gerund			desmentint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmentit		desmentida
		plural		desmentits		desmentides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desmenteixo, desmento	desmenteixes, desments	desmenteix, desment	desmentim	desmentiu	desmenteixen, desmenten
	imperfect	desmentia	desmenties	desmentia	desmentíem	desmentíeu	desmentien
	future	desmentiré	desmentiràs	desmentirà	desmentirem	desmentireu	desmentiran
	preterite	desmentí	desmentires	desmentí	desmentírem	desmentíreu	desmentiren
	conditional	desmentiria	desmentiries	desmentiria	desmentiríem	desmentiríeu	desmentirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desmenteixi, desmenti	desmenteixis, desmentis	desmenteixi, desmenti	desmentim	desmentiu	desmenteixin, desmentin
	imperfect	desmentís	desmentissis	desmentís	desmentíssim	desmentíssiu	desmentissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desmenteix, desment	desmenteixi, desmenti	desmentim	desmentiu	desmenteixin, desmentin
	negative (no)	—	no desmenteixis, no desmentis	no desmenteixi, no desmenti	no desmentim	no desmentiu	no desmenteixin, no desmentin

Further reading

• “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, 2026
• “desmentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “desmentir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

des- +‎ mentir

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

desmentir

1. to deny, to refute
   • 2019 September 21, “S’es publicat lo libre de memòrias d’Edward Snowden”, in Jornalet‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 May 2025:

     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.

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		desmentir			aver desmentit
gerund		desmentissent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		desmentit			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	desmentissi	desmentisses	desmentís	desmentissèm	desmentissètz	desmentisson
	imperfect	desmentissiái	desmentissiás	desmentissiá	desmentissiam	desmentissiatz	desmentissián
	preterite	desmentiguèri	desmentiguères	desmentiguèt	desmentiguèrem	desmentiguèretz	desmentiguèron
	future	desmentirai	desmentiràs	desmentirà	desmentirem	desmentiretz	desmentiràn
	conditional	desmentiriái	desmentiriás	desmentiriá	desmentiriam	desmentiriatz	desmentirián
	conditional 2nd form1	desmentiguèra	desmentiguèras	desmentiguèra	desmentigueram	desmentigueratz	desmentiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	desmentisca	desmentiscas	desmentisca	desmentiscam	desmentiscatz	desmentiscan
	imperfect	desmentiguèsse	desmentiguèsses	desmentiguèsse	desmentiguèssem	desmentiguèssetz	desmentiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			desmentís		desmentiscam	desmentissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old French

Verb

desmentir

1. to deny

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.

    Conjugation of desmentir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		desmentir			avoir desmenti
gerund		en desmentant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		desmentant
past participle		desmenti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	desment	desmenz	desment	desmentons	desmentez	desmentent
	imperfect	desmentoie, desmenteie	desmentoies, desmenteies	desmentoit, desmenteit	desmentiiens, desmentiens	desmentiiez, desmentiez	desmentoient, desmenteient
	preterite	desmenti	desmentis	desmenti	desmentimes	desmentistes	desmentirent
	future	desmentirai	desmentiras	desmentira	desmentirons	desmentiroiz, desmentireiz, desmentirez	desmentiront
	conditional	desmentiroie, desmentireie	desmentiroies, desmentireies	desmentiroit, desmentireit	desmentiriiens, desmentiriens	desmentiriiez, desmentiriez	desmentiroient, desmentireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	desmente	desmentes	desmente	desmentons	desmentez	desmentent
	imperfect	desmentisse	desmentisses	desmentist	desmentissons, desmentissiens	desmentissoiz, desmentissez, desmentissiez	desmentissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	desment	—	desmentons	desmentez	—

Descendants

• French: démentir

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Galician-Portuguese des-

Portuguese des-

Latin mentīrī

Old Galician-Portuguese mentir

Portuguese mentir

Portuguese desmentir

From des- + mentir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mẽˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mẽˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mẽˈti.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: des‧men‧tir

Verb

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
3. (Azores, Brazil) to dislocate a joint

   Synonym: deslocar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmentir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desmentir
Personal	desmentir	desmentires	desmentir	desmentirmos	desmentirdes	desmentirem
Gerund
	desmentindo
Past participle
Masculine	desmentido			desmentidos
Feminine	desmentida			desmentidas
Indicative
Present	desminto	desmentes	desmente	desmentimos	desmentis	desmentem
Imperfect	desmentia	desmentias	desmentia	desmentíamos	desmentíeis	desmentiam
Preterite	desmenti	desmentiste	desmentiu	desmentimos	desmentistes	desmentiram
Pluperfect	desmentira	desmentiras	desmentira	desmentíramos	desmentíreis	desmentiram
Future	desmentirei	desmentirás	desmentirá	desmentiremos	desmentireis	desmentirão
Conditional	desmentiria	desmentirias	desmentiria	desmentiríamos	desmentiríeis	desmentiriam
Subjunctive
Present	desminta	desmintas	desminta	desmintamos	desmintais	desmintam
Imperfect	desmentisse	desmentisses	desmentisse	desmentíssemos	desmentísseis	desmentissem
Future	desmentir	desmentires	desmentir	desmentirmos	desmentirdes	desmentirem
Imperative
Affirmative		desmente	desminta	desmintamos	desmenti	desmintam
Negative (não)		não desmintas	não desminta	não desmintamos	não desmintais	não desmintam

Further reading

• “desmentir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “desmentir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

▲

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Latin mentīrī

Old Spanish mentir

Spanish mentir

Spanish desmentir

From des- + mentir.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desmentir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desmentir
gerund			desmintiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desmentido		desmentida
		plural		desmentidos		desmentidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmiento	desmientestú desmentísvos	desmiente	desmentimos	desmentís	desmienten
	imperfect	desmentía	desmentías	desmentía	desmentíamos	desmentíais	desmentían
	preterite	desmentí	desmentiste	desmintió	desmentimos	desmentisteis	desmintieron
	future	desmentiré	desmentirás	desmentirá	desmentiremos	desmentiréis	desmentirán
	conditional	desmentiría	desmentirías	desmentiría	desmentiríamos	desmentiríais	desmentirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desmienta	desmientastú desmintásvos2	desmienta	desmintamos	desmintáis	desmientan
	imperfect (ra)	desmintiera	desmintieras	desmintiera	desmintiéramos	desmintierais	desmintieran
	imperfect (se)	desmintiese	desmintieses	desmintiese	desmintiésemos	desmintieseis	desmintiesen
	future1	desmintiere	desmintieres	desmintiere	desmintiéremos	desmintiereis	desmintieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desmientetú desmentívos	desmienta	desmintamos	desmentid	desmientan
	negative		no desmientas	no desmienta	no desmintamos	no desmintáis	no desmientan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of desmentir (e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive desmentir	dative	desmentirme	desmentirte	desmentirle, desmentirse	desmentirnos	desmentiros	desmentirles, desmentirse
	accusative	desmentirme	desmentirte	desmentirlo, desmentirla, desmentirse	desmentirnos	desmentiros	desmentirlos, desmentirlas, desmentirse
with gerund desmintiendo	dative	desmintiéndome	desmintiéndote	desmintiéndole, desmintiéndose	desmintiéndonos	desmintiéndoos	desmintiéndoles, desmintiéndose
	accusative	desmintiéndome	desmintiéndote	desmintiéndolo, desmintiéndola, desmintiéndose	desmintiéndonos	desmintiéndoos	desmintiéndolos, desmintiéndolas, desmintiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative desmiente	dative	desmiénteme	desmiéntete	desmiéntele	desmiéntenos	not used	desmiénteles
	accusative	desmiénteme	desmiéntete	desmiéntelo, desmiéntela	desmiéntenos	not used	desmiéntelos, desmiéntelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative desmentí	dative	desmentime	desmentite	desmentile	desmentinos	not used	desmentiles
	accusative	desmentime	desmentite	desmentilo, desmentila	desmentinos	not used	desmentilos, desmentilas
with formal second-person singular imperative desmienta	dative	desmiéntame	not used	desmiéntale, desmiéntase	desmiéntanos	not used	desmiéntales
	accusative	desmiéntame	not used	desmiéntalo, desmiéntala, desmiéntase	desmiéntanos	not used	desmiéntalos, desmiéntalas
with first-person plural imperative desmintamos	dative	not used	desmintámoste	desmintámosle	desmintámonos	desmintámoos	desmintámosles
	accusative	not used	desmintámoste	desmintámoslo, desmintámosla	desmintámonos	desmintámoos	desmintámoslos, desmintámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desmentid	dative	desmentidme	not used	desmentidle	desmentidnos	desmentíos	desmentidles
	accusative	desmentidme	not used	desmentidlo, desmentidla	desmentidnos	desmentíos	desmentidlos, desmentidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desmientan	dative	desmiéntanme	not used	desmiéntanle	desmiéntannos	not used	desmiéntanles, desmiéntanse
	accusative	desmiéntanme	not used	desmiéntanlo, desmiéntanla	desmiéntannos	not used	desmiéntanlos, desmiéntanlas, desmiéntanse

Further reading

• “desmentir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025