engañar
See also: enganar
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]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ga‧ñar
Verb
engañar (first-person singular present engaño, first-person singular preterite engañé, past participle engañado)
- to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
- Synonym: estafar
- to blindside
- (reflexive) to fool oneself, to kid oneself
- No te engañes ― Don't kid yourself.
Conjugation
Conjugation of engañar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of engañar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive engañar | dative | engañarme | engañarte | engañarle, engañarse | engañarnos | engañaros | engañarles, engañarse |
| accusative | engañarme | engañarte | engañarlo, engañarla, engañarse | engañarnos | engañaros | engañarlos, engañarlas, engañarse | |
| with gerund engañando | dative | engañándome | engañándote | engañándole, engañándose | engañándonos | engañándoos | engañándoles, engañándose |
| accusative | engañándome | engañándote | engañándolo, engañándola, engañándose | engañándonos | engañándoos | engañándolos, engañándolas, engañándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative engaña | dative | engáñame | engáñate | engáñale | engáñanos | not used | engáñales |
| accusative | engáñame | engáñate | engáñalo, engáñala | engáñanos | not used | engáñalos, engáñalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative engañá | dative | engañame | engañate | engañale | engañanos | not used | engañales |
| accusative | engañame | engañate | engañalo, engañala | engañanos | not used | engañalos, engañalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative engañe | dative | engáñeme | not used | engáñele, engáñese | engáñenos | not used | engáñeles |
| accusative | engáñeme | not used | engáñelo, engáñela, engáñese | engáñenos | not used | engáñelos, engáñelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative engañemos | dative | not used | engañémoste | engañémosle | engañémonos | engañémoos | engañémosles |
| accusative | not used | engañémoste | engañémoslo, engañémosla | engañémonos | engañémoos | engañémoslos, engañémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative engañad | dative | engañadme | not used | engañadle | engañadnos | engañaos | engañadles |
| accusative | engañadme | not used | engañadlo, engañadla | engañadnos | engañaos | engañadlos, engañadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative engañen | dative | engáñenme | not used | engáñenle | engáñennos | not used | engáñenles, engáñense |
| accusative | engáñenme | not used | engáñenlo, engáñenla | engáñennos | not used | engáñenlos, engáñenlas, engáñense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “engañar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024