WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| desmentir⇒ vtr | (negar algo) | deny⇒ vtr |
| | (rumor) | quash⇒ vtr |
| | El político desmintió los rumores sobre su amorío con una prostituta. |
| | The politician denied the rumours of his fling with a prostitute. |
| | The politician quashed the rumours of his fling with a prostitute. |
| desmentir vtr | (demostrar la falsedad) | refute⇒ vtr |
| | | disprove⇒ vtr |
| | (fact, UK) | give the lie to v expr |
| | (person) | prove [sb] to be a liar, prove [sb] to be untruthful v expr |
| | Toda su vida sostuvo que no hubo corrupción en su administración pero hoy los hechos lo desmienten. |
| | He has maintained his whole life that there was no corruption during his administration, but today this is refuted by facts. |
| Additional Translations |
| desmentirse⇒ v prnl | (contradecirse) | backtrack⇒ vi |
| | Después de anunciar la subida de sueldos, la empresa se ha desmentido. No habrá subida. |
| | After announcing pay raises, the company backtracked. There will be no raises. |
| desmentir⇒ vtr | (contradecir lo esperado) (formal) | belie⇒, contradict⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | go against vi + prep |
| | (colloquial) | fly in the face of v expr |
| | Sus actos desmienten su alta cuna. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Jessica's laughter belied her inner sadness. |
'desmentir' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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