"mentire" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /menˈti.re/
Rhymes: -ire Etymology: From Latin mentīrī. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|mentior|mentīrī}} Latin mentīrī Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} mentìre (first-person singular present ménto or (traditional) mènto or mentìsco, first-person singular past historic mentìi, past participle mentìto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/@}} Forms: mentìre [canonical], ménto [first-person, present, singular], mènto [first-person, present, singular, traditional], mentìsco [first-person, present, singular], mentìi [first-person, historic, past, singular], mentìto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], mentìre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], mentèndo [gerund], mentènte [participle, present], mentìto [participle, past], ménto [first-person, indicative, present, singular], mènto [first-person, indicative, present, singular], mentìsco [first-person, indicative, present, singular], ménti [indicative, present, second-person, singular], mènti [indicative, present, second-person, singular], mentìsci [indicative, present, second-person, singular], ménte [indicative, present, singular, third-person], mènte [indicative, present, singular, third-person], mentìsce [indicative, present, singular, third-person], mentiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], mentìte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], méntono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], mèntono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], mentìscono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], mentìvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], mentìvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], mentìva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], mentivàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], mentivàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], mentìvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], mentìi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], mentìsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], mentì [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], mentìmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], mentìste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], mentìrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], mentirò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], mentirài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], mentirà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], mentirémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], mentiréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], mentirànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], mentirèi [conditional, first-person, present, singular], mentirésti [conditional, present, second-person, singular], mentirèbbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], mentirébbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], mentirémmo [conditional, first-person, plural, present], mentiréste [conditional, plural, present, second-person], mentirèbbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], mentirébbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], ménta [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], mènta [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], mentìsca [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], ménta [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mènta [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mentìsca [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], ménta [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mènta [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mentìsca [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mentiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], mentiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], méntano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], mèntano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], mentìscano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], mentìssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], mentìssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], mentìsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], mentìssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], mentìste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], mentìssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], ménti [imperative, second-person, singular], mènti [imperative, second-person, singular], mentìsci [imperative, second-person, singular], ménta [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], mènta [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], mentìsca [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], mentiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], mentìte [imperative, plural, second-person], méntano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], mèntano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], mentìscano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], mentìre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], ménta [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], mènta [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], mentìsca [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], mentiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], mentìte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], méntano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], mèntano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], mentìscano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (intransitive) to lie (tell an untruth) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-mentire-it-verb-fb4Nl1Iq Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 46 54
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to falsify (a circumstance, the truth), to fake (a smile, etc.) Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-mentire-it-verb-FDmVUTO0 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ire, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ire: 36 64 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mentirsi, mentito, mentitore, smentire Related terms: mente, menzogna

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mentito"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "form": "mentìsco",
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        "present",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mentìto",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "avére",
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        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentèndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mentènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ménti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "mentìsci",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "ménte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìvo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentivàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentivàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentì",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìmmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìrono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsci",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mentìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntano",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntano",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mentìscano",
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      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
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      "name": "it-conj"
    }
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      "word": "mente"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "intransitive"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/menˈti.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ire"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms inherited from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio links",
    "Italian verbs",
    "Italian verbs ending in -ire",
    "Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary",
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    "Rhymes:Italian/ire/3 syllables"
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      "word": "mentirsi"
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      "word": "mentito"
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      "word": "mentitore"
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "mentìre",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "avére",
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      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
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      "form": "mentèndo",
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      "tags": [
        "gerund"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènto",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsco",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènti",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsce",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscono",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìvo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentivàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentivàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mentìi",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mentìsti",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentì",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìmmo",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentìste",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentìrono",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirò",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirài",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirà",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiréte",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirésti",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirèbbe",
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        "conditional",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentirébbe",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mentirèbbero",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
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      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssi",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìste",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsci",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìte",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntano",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscano",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìre",
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        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ménta",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mènta",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìsca",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentiàmo",
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        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìte",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "méntano",
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        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mèntano",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mentìscano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "expansion": "mentìre (first-person singular present ménto or (traditional) mènto or mentìsco, first-person singular past historic mentìi, past participle mentìto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "men‧tì‧re"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/@"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mente"
    },
    {
      "word": "menzogna"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lie (tell an untruth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to lie (tell an untruth)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with uncommon senses",
        "Italian transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to falsify (a circumstance, the truth), to fake (a smile, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "falsify",
          "falsify"
        ],
        [
          "fake",
          "fake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, uncommon) to falsify (a circumstance, the truth), to fake (a smile, etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/menˈti.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mentire"
}

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