Inherited fromVulgar Latin orLate Latiningannāre (attested in a gloss), fromLatinganniō. ComparePortugueseenganar,Catalanenganyar,Romanianîngâna,Italianingannare. Cf. alsoMedieval Latin(in)gannatura(“mockery”).
- IPA(key): /enɡaˈɲaɾ/[ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ]
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:en‧ga‧ñar
engañar (first-person singular presentengaño,first-person singular preteriteengañé,past participleengañado)
- (transitive)totrick, todeceive, tohoodwink, tocheat
- Synonym:estafar
- (transitive) tocheat on, to be unfaithful to one's spouse
Loengañó.- Shecheated on him.
- toblindside
- (reflexive) tofool oneself, tokid oneself
- Note engañes ―Don'tkid yourself.
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofengañar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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| with infinitiveengañar | dative | engañarme | engañarte | engañarle,engañarse | engañarnos | engañaros | engañarles,engañarse |
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| accusative | engañarme | engañarte | engañarlo,engañarla,engañarse | engañarnos | engañaros | engañarlos,engañarlas,engañarse |
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| with gerundengañando | dative | engañándome | engañándote | engañándole,engañándose | engañándonos | engañándoos | engañándoles,engañándose |
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| accusative | engañándome | engañándote | engañándolo,engañándola,engañándose | engañándonos | engañándoos | engañándolos,engañándolas,engañándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartú imperativeengaña | dative | engáñame | engáñate | engáñale | engáñanos | not used | engáñales |
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| accusative | engáñame | engáñate | engáñalo,engáñala | engáñanos | not used | engáñalos,engáñalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvos imperativeengañá | dative | engañame | engañate | engañale | engañanos | not used | engañales |
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| accusative | engañame | engañate | engañalo,engañala | engañanos | not used | engañalos,engañalas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativeengañe | dative | engáñeme | not used | engáñele,engáñese | engáñenos | not used | engáñeles |
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| accusative | engáñeme | not used | engáñelo,engáñela,engáñese | engáñenos | not used | engáñelos,engáñelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativeengañemos | dative | not used | engañémoste | engañémosle | engañémonos | engañémoos | engañémosles |
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| accusative | not used | engañémoste | engañémoslo,engañémosla | engañémonos | engañémoos | engañémoslos,engañémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativeengañad | dative | engañadme | not used | engañadle | engañadnos | engañaos | engañadles |
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| accusative | engañadme | not used | engañadlo,engañadla | engañadnos | engañaos | engañadlos,engañadlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativeengañen | dative | engáñenme | not used | engáñenle | engáñennos | not used | engáñenles,engáñense |
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| accusative | engáñenme | not used | engáñenlo,engáñenla | engáñennos | not used | engáñenlos,engáñenlas,engáñense |
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