smentire

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Italian

Etymology

From s- +‎ mentire. Compare Piedmontese smentì; French démentir; Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese desmentir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zmenˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: smen‧tì‧re
  • (file)

Verb

smentìre (first-person singular present smentìsco, first-person singular past historic smentìi, past participle smentìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to deny
    Synonyms: contraddire, sbugiardare
    il governo ha smentito il rapporto
    the government denied the report
  2. to refute, to disprove
    Synonym: sconfessare
    smentire un alibito refute an alibi
  3. to belie
    i fatti smentiscono la sua testimonianza
    the facts belie your testimony

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • smentire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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