mentire

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See also: mentiré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mentīrī.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

mentīre

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