mintiendo

In a sentence

• Estoy mintiendo porque no quiero que se enfaden.

  I am lying because I don't want them to get angry.

  The word 'mintiendo' is used in its gerund form to indicate the progressive aspect of the verb 'mentir' (to lie), denoting an ongoing action.

• No puedo creer que sigas mintiendo así.

  I can't believe you keep lying like that.

  Here, 'mintiendo' is also in its gerund form, and it emphasizes that the action of lying is being continued persistently.

• Ella confesó que había estado mintiendo todo este tiempo.

  She confessed that she had been lying all this time.

  In this sentence, 'mintiendo' forms part of the perfect progressive aspect, showing that the action of lying occurred continuously in the past.