enganar

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (I trick, deceive) (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō, gannīre. Compare Portuguese enganar and Spanish engañar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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enganar (first-person singular present engano, first-person singular preterite enganei, past participle enganado)

  1. (transitive) to deceive; to mislead
  2. (transitive) to cheat, swindle
  3. (pronominal) to be mistaken; to make a mistake
    Synonyms: equivocar, trabucar
    Enganacheste.You were wrong / You made a mistake.
  4. (pronominal) to deceive oneself

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. Compare Catalan enganyar, Old French engignier, Italian ingannare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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enganar

  1. to deceive
  2. (reflexive, s'enganar) to make a mistake

Conjugation

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (to trick, to deceive) (attested in a gloss), from Latin gannīre. Compare Spanish engañar, Italian ingannare.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈna(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈna(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧ga‧nar

Verb

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enganar (first-person singular present engano, first-person singular preterite enganei, past participle enganado)

  1. (transitive) to deceive
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:enganar
    Não o engane.Don't deceive him.
    As aparências enganam.Appearances are deceiving.
  2. (transitive) to cheat, swindle
  3. (pronominal) to be mistaken; to be wrong
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:errar
    Pensei que esse livro seria bom, mas enganei-me.I thought this book would be good, but I was wrong.
  4. (pronominal) to deceive oneself
  5. (pronominal) to make a mistake
    Enganaram-se.They made a mistake.

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