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