mentira

/menˈtiɾa/, [mẽn̪ˈt̪i.ɾa]

lie


Examples
  • Su mentira pesó sobre su conciencia.

    His lie weighed on his conscience.

  • Todo lo que Tom dice es mentira.

    Everything Tom says is a lie.

  • Padres y adultos castigan a los niños cuando dicen alguna mentira, pero puede decirse que a veces aquellos mismos no son buenos ejemplos de sinceridad.

    Parents and adults punish children when they tell a lie, but it could be argued that often they aren’t themselves good examples of sincerity.

  • Dice que no ha mentido nunca, lo cual es mentira.

    He says he has never told a lie, which is a lie.

  • Aunque parezca mentira, uno de los estudiantes se levantó y le hizo un calvo al decano en lo que éste daba su discurso.

    Incredibly, one of the students stood up and mooned the dean right in the middle of his speech.

  • Le contamos una mentira y le herimos.

    We told a lie to him, and hurt him.

  • Nunca más digas una mentira.

    Never tell a lie again.

  • Dice una nueva mentira para cubrir las anteriores.

    He tells a new lie to cover up those that came before.

  • La verdad es la mejor mentira.

    The truth is the best lie.

  • Es obvio que es una mentira.

    It's obviously a lie.

  • Si el queso es bueno pero la torta es una mentira, ¿qué es una torta de queso? Una buena mentira.

    If cheese is good, but the cake is a lie, what is a cheesecake? A good lie.

  • ¡Qué tonto fui al no descubrir esa sencilla mentira!

    How foolish I was not to discover that simple lie!

  • ¿Qué daño haría que un hombre contara una gran mentira en honor a lo bueno y a la iglesia cristiana? ... Una mentira por necesidad, una mentira útil, una mentira que nos ayudara, esa clase de mentira no iría contra Dios, Él la aceptaría.

    What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good and for the Christian church … a lie out of necessity, a useful lie, a helpful lie, such lies would not be against God, he would accept them.

  • ¡Eso es mentira!

    That's bullshit!

  • Ella dijo que estaba mala, lo cual fue mentira.

    She said that she was ill, which was a lie.

  • Es una flor de mentira.

    It's an artificial flower.

  • Sé que es una mentira.

    I know it's a lie.

  • Ya nunca diré una mentira de ahora en adelante.

    I will never tell a lie from now on.

  • Lo que ella me dijo ayer fue una mentira blanca.

    What she told me yesterday is a white lie.

  • Ella dijo una mentira blanca por necesidad.

    She told a white lie out of necessity.


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