mentiroso patológico
/mentiɾoso patoloxiko/from spelling rules
In Spanish, the phrase for pathological liar is mentiroso patológico.
The phrase describes a person who lies habitually and compulsively, often for no clear reason.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of mentiroso (liar) and patológico (pathological).
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase must agree in gender with the person being described. Use the feminine form mentirosa patológica if the liar is female. The feminine plural form mentirosas patológicas is used when referring to a group of female pathological liars. The plural form mentirosos patológicos is constructed by changing both the noun and the adjective to their masculine plural forms.
Did you know?
- In some Spanish dialects, a pathological liar might be called a cuentista, which literally means a 'storyteller' but is used pejoratively for someone who invents elaborate falsehoods.
- The suffix -oso in mentiroso is a productive element in Spanish used to turn nouns or verbs into adjectives meaning 'full of'. This makes a mentiroso literally someone 'full of lies'.
- In some Spanish-speaking cultures, calling someone a mentiroso can be a playful tease among friends, but adding patológico immediately shifts the tone to a serious psychological critique.
Examples in context
- Tom es un mentiroso patológico.Tom is a pathological liar.This sentence is useful for identifying a specific person as a mentiroso patológico.Tatoeba #4168305 by hayastan, translation #2543994 by CK
- Donald Trump es un mentiroso patológico.Donald Trump is a pathological liar.Tatoeba #8753909 by SemperAutumnus, translation #8749047 by shekitten
- Sami es un mentiroso patológico.Sami is a pathological liar.Tatoeba #8759252 by shekitten, translation #6668774 by OsoHombre
- Mi compañero de trabajo es un mentiroso patológico. No se puede confiar en sus palabras.My coworker is a pathological liar. You can't trust a word he says.
- No le creas a Juan, es un mentiroso compulsivo.Don't believe Juan, he's a compulsive liar.
- Ese político es un embustero compulsivo. ¡No te fíes de nada de lo que diga!That politician is a compulsive liar. Don't trust anything he says!
Example conversation
Mateo and María are talking about a former coworker.
- MateoNo creas todo lo que dice Juan.Don't believe everything Juan says.
- María¿Por qué? Parece muy honesto.Why? He seems very honest.
- MateoEs que es un mentiroso patológico.It's just that he is a pathological liar.
- MaríaVaya, entonces tendré más cuidado.Wow, I'll be more careful then.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
