engañar
See also: enganar
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. Compare Portuguese enganar, Catalan enganyar, Romanian îngâna, Italian ingannare. Cf. also Medieval Latin (in)gannatura (“mockery”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editengañar (first-person singular present engaño, first-person singular preterite engañé, past participle engañado)
- to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
- Synonym: estafar
- to blindside
- (reflexive) to fool oneself, to kid oneself
- No te engañes ― Don't kid yourself.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of engañar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of engañar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “engañar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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