engañoso

See also: enganoso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish engañar

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish engañoso

From engañar + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡaˈɲoso/ [ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: en‧ga‧ño‧so

Adjective

engañoso (feminine engañosa, masculine plural engañosos, feminine plural engañosas)

1. deceitful, deceptive

   Synonym: engañador

2. misleading

   Synonym: corrompedor

Further reading

• “engañoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025