Significado
to lie (tell an untruth)
- to falsify (a circumstance, the truth), to fake (a smile, etc.)
En una frase
Non mentire, ti ho visto con i miei occhi.
Don't lie, I saw you with my own eyes.
Perché mi hai mentito ieri sera?
Why did you lie to me last night?
Ha mentito con un sorriso davanti a tutti.
He lied with a smile in front of everyone.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| mentire | infinitive |
| mentiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mentite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| menti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mentono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mente | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mentivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mentivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mentivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mentivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mentivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mentiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mentimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mentii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mentiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mentisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mentirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mentì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mentiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mentirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mentirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mentirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mentiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mentirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mentiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| menta | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mentiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| menta | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mentano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| menta | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mentissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mentissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mentiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mentissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mentissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mentisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mentiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mentirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mentireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mentiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mentirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mentirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mentiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mentite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| menti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mentendo | gerund |
| mentito | past · participle |
Notas de uso
- Use mentire for telling lies; use ingannare for deceiving someone more broadly, even without saying anything false.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha mentito, not è mentito.
- Common pattern: mentire a qualcuno su qualcosa. Learners often omit a before the person.