mentir
intransitive verb
1. to lie
no me mientas -> don't lie to me
miente más que habla -> he's a born liar
esas estadísticas mienten, porque no tienen en cuenta… -> those statistics give a false picture o are misleading, because they don't take into account…
llovía, miento, granizaba cuando nos preparábamos para salir -> it was raining, I tell a lie, it was hailing as we were getting ready to leave