Translation of “give the lie to” to French

Select source language

Source text

15 / 5000

Select target language

Translation results

Your text has been partially translated.
You can translate a maximum of 5000 characters at a time.

Advert

Dictionary: "give the lie to" - translations and examples

give the lie to verb

démentir

Exemples with "give the lie to"

Give the book back to me when you have done with it. Rends-moi ce livre lorsque tu l'auras fini.

The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth. Son mensonge l'a mis en mauvaise posture lorsque son patron a découvert la vérité.

Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings. On ment parfois pour ne pas blesser l'autre.

Who will you give the book to? À qui donneras-tu le livre ?

We told a lie to him, and hurt him. Nous lui avons menti et nous lui avons fait mal.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.