mendacidad

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin mendācitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /mendaθiˈdad/ [mẽn̪.d̪a.θiˈð̞að̞]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /mendasiˈdad/ [mẽn̪.d̪a.siˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: men‧da‧ci‧dad

Noun

mendacidad f (plural mendacidades)

1. mendacity, untruthfulness
   • 2015 September 19, “Fantasías y ficciones en el debate republicano”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La mendacidad de Christie, no obstante, palidece en comparación con la de Carly Fiorina, aclamada por todos como “ganadora” del debate.

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Related terms

• mendaz

 

Further reading

• “mendacidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10