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mentir

/menˈtiɾ/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]

lie, to lie

Gerund: mintiendo

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular mentido mentida
Plural mentidos mentidas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo miento mentía mentí mentiré mentiría
tú mientes mentías mentiste mentirás mentirías
él/ella/Ud. miente mentía mintió mentirá mentiría
nosotros mentimos mentíamos mentimos mentiremos mentiríamos
vosotros mentís mentíais mentisteis mentiréis mentiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. mienten mentían mintieron mentirán mentirían
vos mentís mentías mentiste mentirás mentirías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo mienta mintiera mintiese mintiere
tú mientas mintieras mintieses mintieres
él/ella/Ud. mienta mintiera mintiese mintiere
nosotros mintamos mintiéramos mintiésemos mintiéremos
vosotros mintáis mintierais mintieseis mintiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. mientan mintieran mintiesen mintieren
vos mintás mintieras mintieses mintieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú miente no mientas
Ud. mienta no mienta
nosotros mintamos no mintamos
vosotros mentid no mintáis
Uds. mientan no mientan
vos mentí no mientas

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • No quiero mentir más.

    I don't want to lie any more.

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  • Los testigos pueden mentir.

    Witnesses can lie.

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  • Me forzaron a mentir.

    They forced me to lie.

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  • ¿Acaso no prometiste no mentir nunca?

    Didn't you promise never to tell a lie?

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  • No debes mentir.

    You mustn't lie.

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  • No tenés que mentir.

    You don't have to lie.

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  • Uno no debería mentir.

    One shouldn't lie.

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  • Él admitió que tuvo que mentir.

    He confessed he had to lie.

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  • Mary castigó a su hija por mentir.

    Mary punished her daughter for lying.

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  • Dejá de mentir.

    Stop lying.

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