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, Italian ingannare. Cf. also Medieval Latin (in)gannatura (“mockery”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /enɡaˈɲaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ga‧ñar
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
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of engañar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive engañar
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dative
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engañarme
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engañarte
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engañarle, engañarse
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engañarnos
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engañaros
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engañarles, engañarse
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accusative
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engañarme
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engañarte
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engañarlo, engañarla, engañarse
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engañarnos
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engañaros
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engañarlos, engañarlas, engañarse
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with gerund engañando
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dative
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engañándome
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engañándote
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engañándole, engañándose
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engañándonos
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engañándoos
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engañándoles, engañándose
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accusative
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engañándome
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engañándote
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engañándolo, engañándola, engañándose
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engañándonos
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engañándoos
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engañándolos, engañándolas, engañándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative engaña
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dative
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engáñame
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engáñate
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engáñale
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engáñanos
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not used
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engáñales
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accusative
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engáñame
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engáñate
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engáñalo, engáñala
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engáñanos
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not used
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engáñalos, engáñalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative engañá
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dative
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engañame
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engañate
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engañale
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engañanos
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not used
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engañales
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accusative
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engañame
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engañate
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engañalo, engañala
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engañanos
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not used
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engañalos, engañalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative engañe
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dative
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engáñeme
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not used
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engáñele, engáñese
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engáñenos
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not used
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engáñeles
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accusative
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engáñeme
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not used
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engáñelo, engáñela, engáñese
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engáñenos
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not used
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engáñelos, engáñelas
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with first-person plural imperative engañemos
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dative
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not used
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engañémoste
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engañémosle
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engañémonos
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engañémoos
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engañémosles
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accusative
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not used
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engañémoste
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engañémoslo, engañémosla
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engañémonos
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engañémoos
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engañémoslos, engañémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative engañad
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dative
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engañadme
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not used
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engañadle
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engañadnos
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engañaos
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engañadles
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accusative
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engañadme
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not used
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engañadlo, engañadla
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engañadnos
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engañaos
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engañadlos, engañadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative engañen
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dative
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engáñenme
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not used
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engáñenle
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engáñennos
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not used
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engáñenles, engáñense
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accusative
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engáñenme
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not used
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engáñenlo, engáñenla
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engáñennos
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not used
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engáñenlos, engáñenlas, engáñense
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Derived terms
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Further reading
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