| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| mentira adjetivo | spurious(false) |
| mentira sustantivo {f} | bullshit(vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements, see also: nonsense) denial [denials](assertion of untruth) fabrication [fabrications](that which is fabricated; a falsehood) lie [lies](intentionally false statement) mendacity [mendacities](a deceit, falsehood, or lie) nonsense(untrue statement) |
| mentira cruel sustantivo | whopper(outrageous lie) |
| mentira piadosa sustantivo | white lie(deliberate untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result) |
| la mentira tiene patas cortas phrase | a lie has no legs(you can’t get away with a lie) |
| luengas mentiras phrase | long ways, long lies(someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted) |