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mentiroso

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mentiroso, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentior (“to lie”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/, /mĩ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.t͡ʃiˈɾo.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.tiˈɾo.zu/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -ozu
Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ro‧so

Noun

mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)

liar (one who tells lies)
Synonyms: enganador, mentireiro

Adjective

mentiroso (feminine mentirosa, masculine plural mentirosos, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)

which lies or deceives

Synonyms

(which lies of deceives): see Thesaurus:ilusório

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “which lies of deceives”): see Thesaurus:ilusório

Related terms

Further reading

“mentiroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“mentiroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From mentir +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mentiˈɾoso/ [mẽn̪.t̪iˈɾo.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: men‧ti‧ro‧so

Adjective

mentiroso (feminine mentirosa, masculine plural mentirosos, feminine plural mentirosas)

having the qualities of a liar
having lies

Noun

mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas)

liar
Synonyms: (El Salvador) pajero, (El Salvador) casaquero

Derived terms

antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo

Related terms

mentir (verb)
mentira f

Further reading

“mentiroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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