enganyar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• enganar (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. First attested in the 12th century. Compare Occitan enganar, Spanish engañar, Old French engignier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡəˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

enganyar (first-person singular present enganyo, first-person singular preterite enganyí, past participle enganyat)

1. to deceive, to fool, to mislead

   Synonym: decebre

2. (reflexive) to make a mistake, to be wrong

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enganyar (first conjugation)

infinitive			enganyar
gerund			enganyant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enganyat		enganyada
		plural		enganyats		enganyades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enganyo	enganyes	enganya	enganyem	enganyeu	enganyen
	imperfect	enganyava	enganyaves	enganyava	enganyàvem	enganyàveu	enganyaven
	future	enganyaré	enganyaràs	enganyarà	enganyarem	enganyareu	enganyaran
	preterite	enganyí	enganyares	enganyà	enganyàrem	enganyàreu	enganyaren
	conditional	enganyaria	enganyaries	enganyaria	enganyaríem	enganyaríeu	enganyarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enganyi	enganyis	enganyi	enganyem	enganyeu	enganyin
	imperfect	enganyés	enganyessis	enganyés	enganyéssim	enganyéssiu	enganyessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enganya	enganyi	enganyem	enganyeu	enganyin
	negative (no)	—	no enganyis	no enganyi	no enganyem	no enganyeu	no enganyin

Derived terms

• engany
• enganyifa

Related terms

• desenganyar

Further reading

• “enganyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “enganyar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “enganyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.