mentir (first-person singular indicative present mento, past participle mentíu)
infinitive | mentir | ||||||
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gerundive | mentiendo | ||||||
participle | m mentíu, f mentida, n mentío, m pl mentíos, f pl mentíes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | mento | mentes | mente | mentimos | mentís | menten |
imperfect | mentía | mentíes | mentía | mentíemos/mentíamos | mentíeis/mentíais | mentíen | |
preterite | mentí | mentiesti/mentisti | mentió | mentiemos/mentimos | mentiestis/mentistis | mentieron | |
pluperfect | mentiere/mentiera | mentieres/mentieras | mentiere/mentiera | mentiéremos/mentiéramos | mentiereis/mentierais | mentieren/mentieran | |
future | mentiré | mentirás | mentirá | mentiremos | mentiréis | mentirán | |
conditional | mentiría | mentiríes | mentiría | mentiríemos/mentiríamos | mentiríeis/mentiríais | mentiríen | |
subjunctive | present | menta | mentas | menta | mentamos | mentáis | mentan |
imperfect | mentiere/mentiera | mentieres/mentieras | mentiere/mentiera | mentiéremos/mentiéramos | mentiereis/mentierais | mentieren/mentieran | |
imperative | menti | mentíi |
mentir (first-person singular present menteixo or mento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Plural form of Old Norse ment (education, art).
mentir f pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural menta)
f2p | plural | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mentir | mentirnar |
accusative | mentir | mentirnar |
dative | mentum | mentunum |
genitive | menta | mentanna |
Inherited from Middle French mentir, from Old French mentir, from Latin mentīrī.
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This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) mens and (il) ment in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *mentis and *mentit (as in the past historic).
infinitive | simple | mentir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | mentant /mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | menti /mɑ̃.ti/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mens /mɑ̃/ |
mens /mɑ̃/ |
ment /mɑ̃/ |
mentons /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
mentez /mɑ̃.te/ |
mentent /mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | mentais /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentais /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentait /mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
mentions /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
mentiez /mɑ̃.tje/ |
mentaient /mɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | mentis /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentis /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentit /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentîmes /mɑ̃.tim/ |
mentîtes /mɑ̃.tit/ |
mentirent /mɑ̃.tiʁ/ | |
future | mentirai /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
mentiras /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
mentira /mɑ̃.ti.ʁa/ |
mentirons /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
mentirez /mɑ̃.ti.ʁe/ |
mentiront /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | mentirais /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirais /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirait /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ |
mentirions /mɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mentiriez /mɑ̃.ti.ʁje/ |
mentiraient /mɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | mente /mɑ̃t/ |
mentes /mɑ̃t/ |
mente /mɑ̃t/ |
mentions /mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
mentiez /mɑ̃.tje/ |
mentent /mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | mentisse /mɑ̃.tis/ |
mentisses /mɑ̃.tis/ |
mentît /mɑ̃.ti/ |
mentissions /mɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/ |
mentissiez /mɑ̃.ti.sje/ |
mentissent /mɑ̃.tis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | mens /mɑ̃/ |
— | mentons /mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
mentez /mɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
From Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Latin mentīrī.
mentir (first-person singular present minto, third-person singular present mente, first-person singular preterite mentín, past participle mentido)
1Less recommended.
mentir
From Old French mentir.
mentir
mentir
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | mentir | avoir menti | |||||
gerund | en mentant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | mentant | ||||||
past participle | menti | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | ment | menz | ment | mentons | mentez | mentent |
imperfect | mentoie, menteie | mentoies, menteies | mentoit, menteit | mentiiens, mentiens | mentiiez, mentiez | mentoient, menteient | |
preterite | menti | mentis | menti | mentimes | mentistes | mentirent | |
future | mentirai | mentiras | mentira | mentirons | mentiroiz, mentireiz, mentirez | mentiront | |
conditional | mentiroie, mentireie | mentiroies, mentireies | mentiroit, mentireit | mentiriiens, mentiriens | mentiriiez, mentiriez | mentiroient, mentireient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | mente | mentes | mente | mentons | mentez | mentent |
imperfect | mentisse | mentisses | mentist | mentissons, mentissiens | mentissoiz, mentissez, mentissiez | mentissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | ment | — | mentons | mentez | — |
mentir
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mentir, from Latin mentīrī.
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mentir (first-person singular present minto, third-person singular present mente, first-person singular preterite menti, past participle mentido)
Inherited from Old Spanish mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentīrī.
mentir (first-person singular present miento, first-person singular preterite mentí, past participle mentido)
infinitive | mentir | ||||||
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gerund | mintiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | mentido | mentida | |||||
plural | mentidos | mentidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | miento | mientestú mentísvos |
miente | mentimos | mentís | mienten | |
imperfect | mentía | mentías | mentía | mentíamos | mentíais | mentían | |
preterite | mentí | mentiste | mintió | mentimos | mentisteis | mintieron | |
future | mentiré | mentirás | mentirá | mentiremos | mentiréis | mentirán | |
conditional | mentiría | mentirías | mentiría | mentiríamos | mentiríais | mentirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | mienta | mientastú mintásvos2 |
mienta | mintamos | mintáis | mientan | |
imperfect (ra) |
mintiera | mintieras | mintiera | mintiéramos | mintierais | mintieran | |
imperfect (se) |
mintiese | mintieses | mintiese | mintiésemos | mintieseis | mintiesen | |
future1 | mintiere | mintieres | mintiere | mintiéremos | mintiereis | mintieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | mientetú mentívos |
mienta | mintamos | mentid | mientan | ||
negative | no mientas | no mienta | no mintamos | no mintáis | no mientan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.