No. 10,851 in Spanish

desmentir

To deny, refute, or prove false.

In a sentence

Él intentó desmentir los rumores sobre su ausencia.
He tried to refute the rumors about his absence.
Here, 'desmentir' is used to denote the act of denying or negating a statement or rumor, typically to clarify or reveal the truth.
Ella no pudo desmentir las acusaciones porque eran ciertas.
She could not deny the accusations because they were true.
In this sentence, 'desmentir' implies the inability to contradict or refute accusations due to their truthfulness.
El testigo desmintió la versión de los hechos presentada por la defensa.
The witness disproved the version of events presented by the defense.
In this context, 'desmentir' is used to mean disputing or disproving a particular perspective or version of what occurred.

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