Desmentir in english
Deny
pronunciation: dɪnaɪ part of speech: verb
pronunciation: dɪnaɪ part of speech: verb
In gestures
desmentir = deny ; refute ; disprove.
Example: Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.Example: The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.Example: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.more:
» desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea ; dismiss + a speculation .
Example: The Prime Minister has been heard to scoff at the idea that he was sobbing his heart out to Tessa Jowell. Example: Jackie Chan's long-time business associates have dismissed speculations that they have ended their partnership with the actor.