Sentence examples of "mentir" in Spanish

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Translations: all148 lie148
Ellos lo acusaron de mentir. They accused him of telling a lie.
Ella es acusada de mentir. She was accused of lying.
A mucho decir, mucho mentir In many words, a lie or two may escape
No le he oído nunca mentir. I have never heard him lie.
Él no tiene escrúpulos para mentir. He has no scruples about lying.
¿Acaso no prometiste no mentir nunca? Didn't you promise never to tell a lie?
Él es un experto para mentir. He is adept at telling lies.
Él admitio que tuvo que mentir. He made an admission that he had lied.
Mary castigó a su hija por mentir. Mary punished her daughter for lying.
En mi familia, el castigo por mentir era severo. In my family, the punishment for lying was severe.
Los padres enseñan a sus hijos que está mal mentir. Parents teach their children that it's wrong to lie.
¡Es el día nacional de mentir! Y, sí, yo lo inventé. It's national tell-a-lie day! And yes, I made that up.
Puedes mentir a todos los demás, pero no puedes mentirte a ti mismo. You can lie to everyone else, but you can't lie to yourself.
Un embajador es un hombre honesto enviado al extranjero a mentir por el bien de su país. An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
El pastel es una mentira. The cake is a lie.
La torta es una mentira. The cake is a lie.
Tus mentiras no me engañan. I can see through your lies.
Es un error decir mentiras. It is wrong to tell a lie.
No digas mentiras. Sé honesto. Don't tell a lie. Be honest.
El hombre puede decir mentiras. The man is quite capable of telling lies.
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