mentir

Portuguese

/mẽ.ˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/

verb
Definitions
  • to lie say something untrue

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese mentir (lie) inherited from Latin *mentīre, mentīrī derived from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (thought), *men- (think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*men-

Gloss

think, stand out, stay, tower, mountain, stand still, mind, have in mind, project, remember, change, remain, rmemeber, small

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

楼, 塔

Emoji
💭 🤔

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