mentira

/menˈtiɾa/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪i.ɾa]

lie


Examples
  • Él nunca ha dicho una mentira.

    He has never told a lie.

  • Su mentira ha complicado la situación.

    His lie complicated matters.

  • Él es demasiado honesto para decir una mentira.

    He is too honest to tell a lie.

  • La verdad puede ser más dolorosa que la mentira.

    The truth can be more painful than a lie.

  • Esta frase es una mentira.

    This sentence is a lie.

  • Ella puede soltar la más atroz mentira sin pestañear los ojos.

    She can tell the most outrageous lie without batting an eye.

  • Es una mentira piadosa.

    It is a white lie.

  • Su historia es demasiado absurda para ser una mentira.

    His story is too preposterous to be a lie.

  • Lo que Tom dijo era una mentira.

    What Tom said was a lie.

  • Él dijo que estaba enfermo, lo cual era una mentira.

    He said he was sick, which was a lie.

  • Dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, lo cual era una mentira.

    He said his father was ill, which was a lie.

  • Aunque parezca mentira, no sentí ningún dolor en absoluto.

    Strangely enough, I didn't feel any pain at all.

  • Siempre me pides que me una a tu equipo porque necesitas un jugador más. Vamos, sólo por una vez, me gustaría que dijeras que es porque yo solo soy tan bueno como diez de ellos, aunque sea mentira.

    You always ask me to join your team because you need one more guy. Come on - just once I'd like you to say it's because I alone am worth ten of them - even if it is a lie.

  • Él dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, pero eso fue una mentira.

    He said his father was ill, but that was a lie.

  • Ella dijo que estaba en cama enferma, lo que era mentira.

    She said she was ill in bed, which was a lie.

  • Parece mentira que tenga tanta edad.

    It seems impossible that you're that old.

  • Ella estaba segura que el hombre estaba diciéndole una mentira.

    She was sure the man was telling a lie.

  • Ella dijo que era pianista, pero eso fue una mentira.

    She said she was a pianist, but that was a lie.

  • Él dijo que no había estado dentro de la habitación; eso es una mentira.

    He said he hadn't been inside the room. That is a lie.

  • Tengo la sensación de que todo es mentira.

    I feel like everything is a lie.


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