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mentira

lie

noun men-TEE-rah Less Common

Also means

falsehood

Usage Note

Mentira is the noun; the verb is mentir and the person who lies is a mentiroso/a. The idiom parece mentira ('it seems unbelievable') is extremely common in everyday speech.

Examples

"Eso que dices es una mentira."

Natural Translation

What you are saying is a lie.

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