mentider

Catalan

Etymology

From mentida (“lie”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mən.tiˈðe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [men.tiˈðeɾ]

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Adjective

mentider (feminine mentidera, masculine plural mentiders, feminine plural mentideres)

1. lying (who tells lies)
2. 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)

1. 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, 2026
• “mentider” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mentider”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)