mentiroso

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

• Hyphenation: men‧ti‧ro‧so

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

1. liar (one who tells lies)

   Synonyms: enganador, mentireiro

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

1. which lies or deceives

• (which lies of deceives): see Thesaurus:ilusório

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

• “mentiroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From mentir +‎ -oso.

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

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

1. having the qualities of a liar
2. having lies

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

1. liar

   Synonym: (colloquial, El Salvador) casaquero

• “mentiroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014