enganyar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• enganar (dialectal)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. First attested in the 12th century Compare Occitan enganar, Spanish engañar, Old French engignier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡəˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

enganyar (first-person singular present enganyo, first-person singular preterite enganyí, past participle enganyat)

1. to deceive, to fool, to mislead

   Synonym: decebre

2. (reflexive) to make a mistake, to be wrong

Derived terms

• engany
• enganyifa

Related terms

• desenganyar

Further reading

• “enganyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “enganyar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “enganyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.