verb/enɡaˈɲaɾ/
to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat; to cheat on, to be unfaithful to one's spouse; to blindside; to fool oneself, to kid oneself
“Lo engañó.” — She/He cheated on him.
Synonyms: estafar, decebir
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”).