How to conjugate mentir in Indicative Past Perfect in Spanish

mentir
to lie
irregular verb

Mentir means to tell a falsehood or not tell the truth. It is used when someone intentionally provides incorrect information.

How to conjugate mentir in Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

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Indicative Past Perfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
había mentido
Tú
habías mentido
Él / Ella / Usted
había mentido
Nosotros / Nosotras
habíamos mentido
Vosotros / Vosotras
habíais mentido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
habían mentido

Examples of mentir in Indicative Past Perfect

Yo
Yo había mentido antes de que llegara la policía.
I had lied before the police arrived.
Tú
Tú habías mentido en la reunión anterior.
You had lied in the previous meeting.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella había mentido para protegerse.
She had lied to protect herself.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros habíamos mentido sobre el incidente.
We had lied about the incident.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros habíais mentido en el informe.
You all had lied in the report.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos habían mentido para salir del problema.
They had lied to get out of trouble.

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Yo había mentido antes de que llegara la policía.

Other conjugations of mentir

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Complete conjugation table
Indicative Present
Indicative Preterite
Indicative Imperfect
Indicative Present Continuous
Indicative Informal Future
Indicative Future
Indicative Conditional
Indicative Present Perfect
Indicative Future Perfect
Indicative Conditional Perfect
Subjunctive Present
Subjunctive Imperfect
Subjunctive Future
Subjunctive Present Perfect
Subjunctive Past Perfect
Subjunctive Future Perfect
Imperative Affirmative
Imperative Negative

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