desmentir

Catalan

Etymology

From des- + mentir.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to refute, deny
    • 2016 October 6, “Robbie Williams és acusat de racista pel seu nou videoclip”, in El Periódico:
      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

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

des- + mentir

Pronunciation

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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:
      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

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.

Descendants

  • French: démentir

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- + mentir.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
 
  • (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

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

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, deny
  2. to belie; to give a false representation

Conjugation

Further reading

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