mentiral

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From mentira (“lie”) +‎ -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /men.ti.ˈɾal/

Adjective

mentiral

  1. untruthful; which lies or deceives
    Synonym: mentioso
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 742:
      Et logo ueu bẽ sua morte, pero ia quanto fuy ledo porque coydou que os soños erã mentiraes
      And right then he clearly saw his death, but he was a little happy, because he thought that the dreams were untruthful

Descendants

  • Galician: mentirán

References

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