Polyglot Dictionary

desmentido

/dʒizmẽˈtʃidu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os desmentidos

Meaning

  1. denial

    • Emitiu um desmentido.

      He issued a denial.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

negação

desmentido specifically means a formal denial or refutation of a claim, a public statement denying something; negação is more general, denial or negation, and can be psychological, "estar em negação," to be in denial.

Similar in other languages

French

déni

déni is the French word for the same thing — both mean "denial."

Practice

1 What does desmentido mean?

2 Fill the gap: Emitiu um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches desmentido?

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