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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. to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
    Synonym: estafar
  2. to blindside
  3. (reflexive) to fool oneself, to kid oneself
    No te engañesDon't kid yourself.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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