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engañar

/enɡaˈɲaɾ/

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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”).