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desmentir

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ mentir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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desmentir (first-person singular present desmenteixo or desmento, first-person singular preterite desmentí, past participle desmentit); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. to refute, deny
    • 2016 October 6, “Robbie Williams és acusat de racista pel seu nou videoclip”, in El Periódico[1]:
      Williams ha desmentit ràpidament a Twitter que sigui una referència al president rus, Vladímir Putin.
      Williams quickly denied on Twitter that it is a reference to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

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Occitan

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Etymology

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des- +‎ mentir

Pronunciation

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Verb

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desmentir

  1. to deny, to refute
    • 2019 September 21, “S’es publicat lo libre de memòrias d’Edward Snowden”, in Jornalet[2]:
      La majoritat de las nòu entrepresas citadas per The Washington Post an desmentit aver permés a l’intelligéncia estatsunidenca d’intrar dins lors servidors centrals.
      The majority of the nine companies cited by The Washington Post have denied allowing United States intelligence to enter their central servers.

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Old French

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Verb

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desmentir

  1. to deny

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • French: démentir

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ mentir.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mẽˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mẽˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: des‧men‧tir

Verb

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desmentir (first-person singular present desminto, third-person singular present desmente, first-person singular preterite desmenti, past participle desmentido)

  1. to belie (to contradict, to show (something) to be false)
  2. to deny

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ mentir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /desmenˈtiɾ/ [d̪ez.mẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧men‧tir

Verb

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desmentir (first-person singular present desmiento, first-person singular preterite desmentí, past participle desmentido)

  1. to refute, discredit
  2. to belie; to give a false representation

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