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

Conjugation of mentiar

		present		past		future
infinitive		mentiar		mentiir		mentior
tense		mentias		mentiis		mentios
conditional		mentius		—		—
imperative		mentiez		—		—
adjective active participle		mentianta		mentiinta		mentionta
adverbial active participle		mentiante		mentiinte		mentionte
nominal active participle	singular	mentianto		mentiinto		mentionto
	plural	mentianti		mentiinti		mentionti

Related terms

• mentio

Latin

Verb

mentiar

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