[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm having trouble being honest with someone and I want to own up to my mistake, can you help me translate 'I was lying earlier' into Italian so I can be sincere in multiple languages?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'd be happy to help you with that! The translation of 'I was lying earlier' into Italian is 'Io ero bugiarda prima' for a female speaker or 'Io ero bugiardo prima' for a male speaker, however a more common translation would be 'Io ho mentito prima' or 'Prima stavo mentendo', these phrases convey a sense of admitting to a lie, but 'Io ero sdraiata prima' actually means 'I was lying down earlier', which has a different meaning. If you want to admit to lying, I would suggest using one of the first phrases."}]