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minți

you lie /ˈmints/

verb#1102 most common

Also: you're lying, to lie (infinitive: a minți), you deceive

Example sentences

Tu minți.
You are lying.
De ce minți mereu?
Why do you always lie?
Știu că minți.
I know you're lying.
Nu mă minți, te rog, spune-mi adevărul.
Don't lie to me, please, tell me the truth.
Dacă minți din nou, nu te voi mai crede niciodată.
If you lie again, I will never believe you again.
Oricât ai încerca să pari sincer, tot minți, iar ochii tăi te trădează.
No matter how hard you try to seem sincere, you're still lying, and your eyes betray you.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgmintmințiivoi minți
2sgmințimințișivei minți
3sgmintemințiva minți
1plmințimmințirămvom minți
2plmințițimințirățiveți minți
3plmintmințirăvor minți

Word family

a mințito lie (infinitive)
minciunăa liemincinoslying, deceitful; a liar
a dezmințito deny, retract a statement

Etymology

Minți is the second person singular present of a minți, from Latin mentiri, "to lie, invent falsely." Latin mentiri is traditionally linked to mens, mentis, "mind," carrying the sense of fabricating something in one's own head. The same Latin verb passed into other Romance languages with the same core meaning.

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