engañar

== Spanish == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /enɡaˈɲaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: en‧ga‧ñar === Verb === engañar (first-person singular present engaño, first-person singular preterite engañé, past participle engañado) (transitive) to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat Synonyms: estafar, decebir (transitive) to cheat on, to be unfaithful to one's spouse to blindside (reflexive) to fool oneself, to kid oneself No te engañes ― Don't kid yourself. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “engañar”, 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