mentiar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mentir, French mentir and Italian mentire. The extra -i- was added so not to confuse the word with mento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /men.tiˈar/, /menˈtjar/

Verb

mentiar (present tense mentias, past tense mentiis, future tense mentios, imperative mentiez, conditional mentius)

  1. (intransitive) to lie, to tell untruths deliberately

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

mentiar

  1. inflection of mentior:
    1. first-person singular future active indicative
    2. first-person singular present active subjunctive
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