desmentir

From des- +‎ mentir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

desmentir (first-person singular present desmenteixo or desmento, first-person singular preterite desmentí, past participle desmentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to refute, deny
   • 2016 October 6, “Robbie Williams és acusat de racista pel seu nou videoclip”, in El Periódico‎:

     Williams ha desmentit ràpidament a Twitter que sigui una referència al president rus, Vladímir Putin.

     Williams quickly denied on Twitter that it is a reference to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

• “desmentir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “desmentir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “desmentir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desmentir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

des- +‎ mentir

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desmentir

1. to deny, to refute
   • 2019 September 21, “S’es publicat lo libre de memòrias d’Edward Snowden”, in Jornalet‎:

     La majoritat de las nòu entrepresas citadas per The Washington Post an desmentit aver permés a l’intelligéncia estatsunidenca d’intrar dins lors servidors centrals.

     The majority of the nine companies cited by The Washington Post have denied allowing United States intelligence to enter their central servers.

    Conjugation of desmentir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		desmentir			?er desmentit
past participle		desmentit			—
gerund		desmentissent			?ent desmentit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	desmentissi	desmentisses	desmentís	desmentissèm	desmentissètz	desmentisson
	imperfect	desmentissiái	desmentissiás	desmentissiá	desmentissiam	desmentissiatz	desmentissián
	preterite	desmentiguèri	desmentiguères	desmentiguèt	desmentiguèrem	desmentiguèretz	desmentiguèron
	future	desmentirai	desmentiràs	desmentirà	desmentirem	desmentiretz	desmentiràn
	conditional	desmentiriái	desmentiriás	desmentiriá	desmentiriam	desmentiriatz	desmentirián
	conditional 2nd form1	desmentiguèra	desmentiguèras	desmentiguèra	desmentigueram	desmentigueratz	desmentiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	desmentisca	desmentiscas	desmentisca	desmentiscam	desmentiscatz	desmentiscan
	imperfect	desmentiguèsse	desmentiguèsses	desmentiguèsse	desmentiguèssem	desmentiguèssetz	desmentiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			desmentís		desmentiscam	desmentissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

desmentir

1. to deny

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: démentir

From des- +‎ mentir.

• Hyphenation: des‧men‧tir

desmentir (first-person singular present desminto, third-person singular present desmente, first-person singular preterite desmenti, past participle desmentido)

1. to belie (to contradict, to show (something) to be false)
2. to deny

From des- +‎ mentir.

• IPA^(key): /desmenˈtiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: des‧men‧tir

desmentir (first-person singular present desmiento, first-person singular preterite desmentí, past participle desmentido)

1. to refute, deny
2. to belie; to give a false representation

• “desmentir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014