mentira

Definitions of mentira
  1. noun
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
    synonyms: embuste
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    type of:
    falsedad, falsificación
    a willful perversion of facts
  2. noun
    the quality of being crafty
    synonyms: astucia, doblez, duplicidad, engaño, falacia, falsedad, malicia, retrechería
  3. noun
    a false statement
    synonyms: falsedad, infundio
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    antonyms:
    verdad
    a true statement
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    regate
    a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
    bola, embuste, gazapa, volandera
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
    ficción, fábula, invención
    a deliberately false or improbable account
    engaño, fraude
    a misleading falsehood
    contradicción
    (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
    paradoja
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
    andrómina, jácara, mentirijilla, mentirilla, milonga, paparrucha, paparruchada, patraña, trola, trufa
    a trivial lie
    bolazo, mentirón
    a gross untruth; a blatant lie
    bulo, filfa, pajarota
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
    verdad a medias
    a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
    apariencia, camuflaje, fachada
    a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
    exageración
    making to seem more important than it really is
    fingimiento
    pretending with intention to deceive
    callejuela, efugio, rodeo, socapa, subterfugio, tapujo
    something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
    mistificación, tejemanejes, trampa, trapicheo
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    doblez, duplicidad
    a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
    equívoco, evasión
    a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
    type of:
    afirmación, exposición, informe, manifestación, relación
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  4. noun
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
    synonyms: bola, embuste, gazapa, volandera
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    types:
    andrómina, jácara, mentirijilla, mentirilla, milonga, paparrucha, paparruchada, patraña, trola, trufa
    a trivial lie
    bolazo, mentirón
    a gross untruth; a blatant lie
    camelo, cuento chino, patraña
    an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
    type of:
    falsedad, infundio
    a false statement
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