mentir
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Verb
mentir (first-person singular indicative present mento, past participle mentíu)
- to lie (tell an intentional untruth)
Conjugation
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Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Verb
mentir (first-person singular present menteixo or mento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentit)
- to lie (say something untrue)
Conjugation
Template:ca-conj-ir Template:ca-conj-ir-pure
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “mentir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Faroese
Etymology
Plural form of Old Norse ment (education, art).
Pronunciation
Noun
mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)
- art, capability, skill
- (spiritual) culture
- (archaic) wizardry, witchcraft
- (archaic) power
Declension
Declension of mentir (plural only) | ||
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f2p | plural | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentir | mentirnar |
accusative | mentir | mentirnar |
dative | mentum | mentunum |
genitive | menta | mentanna |
French
Etymology
From Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentiō, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Pronunciation
Verb
mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
- Il ne faut pas se mentir : l'entreprise s'annonce difficile. – Let's not kid ourselves: ...
Conjugation
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) mens and (il) ment in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *mentis and *mentit (as in the past historic).
infinitive | simple | mentir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mentant /mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | menti /mɑ̃.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mens /mɑ̃/ |
mens /mɑ̃/ |
ment /mɑ̃/ |
mentons /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
mentez /mɑ̃.te/ |
mentent /mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | mentais /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentais /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentait /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentions /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
mentiez /mɑ̃.tje/ |
mentaient /mɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mentis /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentis /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentit /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentîmes /mɑ̃.tim/ |
mentîtes /mɑ̃.tit/ |
mentirent /mɑ̃.tiʁ/ | |
future | mentirai /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
mentiras /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
mentira /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
mentirons /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
mentirez /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
mentiront /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mentirais /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirais /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirait /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirions /mɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mentiriez /mɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ |
mentiraient /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mente /mɑ̃t/ |
mentes /mɑ̃t/ |
mente /mɑ̃t/ |
mentions /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
mentiez /mɑ̃.tje/ |
mentent /mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | mentisse /mɑ̃.tis/ |
mentisses /mɑ̃.tis/ |
mentît /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentissions /mɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
mentissiez /mɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
mentissent /mɑ̃.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | mens /mɑ̃/ |
— | mentons /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
mentez /mɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
Further reading
- “mentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- to lie (say something untrue)
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 672:
- Et se uós, dom Ulixas, dizedes que auedes y mayor dereyto ca eu, dígouos que me mentides
- And in case that you, lord Ulysses, would say that you have more rights than me in this, then I'll tell you that you lie to me
- Et se uós, dom Ulixas, dizedes que auedes y mayor dereyto ca eu, dígouos que me mentides
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 672:
- (cattle) to exceed the expected calving time
Conjugation
Related terms
- mentira (“lie”)
- mentirán (“liar”)
- mentireiro (“liar”)
- mentiroso (“liar”)
- mente (“mind”)
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- “mentir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Interlingua
Verb
mentir
- to lie
Conjugation
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French mentir, from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Verb
mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
Descendants
- French: mentir
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Verb
mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | mentir | avoir menti | |||||
gerund | en mentant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | mentant | ||||||
past participle | menti | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ment | menz | ment | mentons | mentez | mentent |
imperfect | mentoie, menteie | mentoies, menteies | mentoit, menteit | mentiiens, mentiens | mentiiez, mentiez | mentoient, menteient | |
preterite | menti | mentis | menti | mentimes | mentistes | mentirent | |
future | mentirai | mentiras | mentira | mentirons | mentiroiz, mentireiz, mentirez | mentiront | |
conditional | mentiroie, mentireie | mentiroies, mentireies | mentiroit, mentireit | mentiriiens, mentiriens | mentiriiez, mentiriez | mentiroient, mentireient | |
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 | mente | mentes | mente | mentons | mentez | mentent |
imperfect | mentisse | mentisses | mentist | mentissons, mentissiens | mentissoiz, mentissez, mentissiez | mentissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | ment | — | mentons | mentez | — |
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Descendants
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior.
Verb
mentir
- to lie (say something untrue)
Related terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mentir (“to lie”), from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”) in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from *men- (“to think”) + *-tis.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- to lie (say something untrue)
Conjugation
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Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish mentir (“to lie”), from Vulgar Latin *mentīre, from Latin mentīrī, present active infinitive of mentior, denominal verb from mēns, mentis (“mind”) in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from *men- (“to think”) + *-tis.
Pronunciation
Verb
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- to lie (say something untrue)
- Me mientes.
- You're lying to me.
Conjugation
Derived terms
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