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engañar

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See also: enganar

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited 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

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  • IPA(key): /enɡaˈɲaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ga‧ñar

Verb

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engañar (first-person singular present engaño, first-person singular preterite engañé, past participle engañado)

  1. (transitive)to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
    Synonym: estafar
  2. (transitive) to cheat on, to be unfaithful to one's spouse
    Lo engañó.
    She cheated on him.
  3. to blindside
  4. (reflexive) to fool oneself, to kid oneself
    No te engañesDon't kid yourself.

Conjugation

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