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Conjugation of the Spanish verb mentir

A list of the common conjugations for the Spanish verb mentir, along with their English translations.

mentir is an irregular verb


InfinitiveScored
mentirto lie

PresentScored
yo mientoI lie
tú mientesyou lie
él mientehe lies
ella mienteshe lies
nosotros mentimoswe lie
vosotros mentísyou lie
ellos miententhey lie
ellas miententhey lie

ImperfectScored
yo mentíaI was lying
tú mentíasyou were lying
él mentíahe was lying
ella mentíashe was lying
nosotros mentíamoswe were lying
vosotros mentíaisyou were lying
ellos mentíanthey were lying
ellas mentíanthey were lying

PreteriteScored
yo mentíI lied
tú mentisteyou lied
él mintióhe lied
ella mintióshe lied
nosotros mentimoswe lied
vosotros mentisteisyou lied
ellos mintieronthey lied
ellas mintieronthey lied

Present perfect/Pretérito perfectoScored
yo he mentidoI have lied
tú has mentidoyou have lied
él ha mentidohe has lied
ella ha mentidoshe has lied
nosotros hemos mentidowe have lied
vosotros habéis mentidoyou have lied
ellos han mentidothey have lied
ellas han mentidothey have lied

Pluperfect / Pretérito pluscuamperfectoScored
yo había mentidoI had lied
tú habías mentidoyou had lied
él había mentidohe had lied
ella había mentidoshe had lied
nosotros habíamos mentidowe had lied
vosotros habíais mentidoyou had lied
ellos habían mentidothey had lied
ellas habían mentidothey had lied

FutureScored
yo mentiréI will lie
tú mentirásyou will lie
él mentiráhe will lie
ella mentiráshe will lie
nosotros mentiremoswe will lie
vosotros mentiréisyou will lie
ellos mentiránthey will lie
ellas mentiránthey will lie

Future Perfect / Futuro perfectoScored
yo habré mentidoI will have lied
tú habrás mentidoyou will have lied
él habrá mentidohe will have lied
ella habrá mentidoshe will have lied
nosotros habremos mentidowe will have lied
vosotros habréis mentidoyou will have lied
ellos habrán mentidothey will have lied
ellas habrán mentidothey will have lied

ConditionalScored
yo mentiríaI would lie
tú mentiríasyou would lie
él mentiríahe would lie
ella mentiríashe would lie
nosotros mentiríamoswe would lie
vosotros mentiríaisyou would lie
ellos mentiríanthey would lie
ellas mentiríanthey would lie

Conditional Perfect / Condicional perfecto
The Spanish Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Condicional perfecto is made with the conditional tense of haber and the past participle of the verb.
Scored
yo habría mentidoI would have lied
tú habrías mentidoyou would have lied
él habría mentidohe would have lied
ella habría mentidoshe would have lied
nosotros habríamos mentidowe would have lied
vosotros habríais mentidoyou would have lied
ellos habrían mentidothey would have lied
ellas habrían mentidothey would have lied

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo mienta(... that) I lie
(... que) tú mientas(... that) you lie
(... que) él mienta(... that) he lies
(... que) ella mienta(... that) she lies
(... que) nosotros mintamos(... that) we lie
(... que) vosotros mintáis(... that) you lie
(... que) ellos mientan(... that) they lie
(... que) ellas mientan(... that) they lie

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... que) yo mintiera(... that) I was lying
(... que) tú mintieras(... that) you were lying
(... que) él mintiera(... that) he was lying
(... que) ella mintiera(... that) she was lying
(... que) nosotros mintiéramos(... that) we were lying
(... que) vosotros mintierais(... that) you were lying
(... que) ellos mintieran(... that) they were lying
(... que) ellas mintieran(... that) they were lying

ImperativeScored
mintamosLet's lie

Present ParticipleScored
mintiendo lying

Past ParticipleScored
mentido lied

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