engañar

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
engañar⇒ vtr	(hacer creer lo falso)	trick⇒, fool⇒, deceive⇒, mislead⇒ vtr
	(involving harm)	cheat⇒ vtr
	(slang)	con⇒ vtr
	(informal)	bamboozle⇒ vtr
	¡Mentiroso! ¡Me has engañado!
	Liar! You tricked me!
engañar vtr	(ser infiel) (informal)	cheat on vtr + prep
		be unfaithful to v expr
		deceive⇒ vtr
	Juan engaña a su novia.
	Juan is cheating on his girlfriend.
engañar vtr	(calmar) (informal)	curb⇒ vtr
		satisfy⇒ vtr
	(formal)	assuage⇒ vtr
		take the edge off [sth] v expr
	Engañaron el hambre con unas manzanas.
	They curbed their hunger with some apples.
engañar vi	(dar impresión falsa)	deceive⇒ vi
		be deceiving, be deceptive vi + adj
	Las apariencias pueden engañar.
	Appearances can deceive.
engañarse⇒ v prnl	(creer algo erróneo)	fool yourself, deceive yourself vtr + refl
	Quien piense que el fin justifica los medios se engaña a sí mismo.
	Whoever thinks that the end justifies the means is fooling himself (deceiving himself).

Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
dejarse engañar loc verb	(fiarse, creer)	let yourself be fooled by [sth] v expr
	(colloquial)	let yourself be taken in by [sth] v expr
	Nos dejamos engañar y ahora estamos pagando las consecuencias de nuestro error.
	No te dejes engañar por las apariencias; ese hombre no es de fiar.
	Don't let yourself be fooled by appearances; that man can't be trusted.
	We let ourselves be taken in and now we are paying the price for our mistake.
dejarse engañar por alguien loc verb	(dejarse embarullar)	let yourself be fooled by [sb] v expr
	(colloquial)	let yourself be taken in by [sb] v expr
	María se dejó engañar por el hombre elegante.
	Maria let herself be fooled by the elegant man.
engañar a alguien como a un chino, engañar a alguien como a un indio loc verb	coloquial, potencialmente ofensivo (engañarlo con facilidad) (figurative)	take [sb] for a ride v expr
	(formal)	deceive [sb] with ease v expr
engañar la tripa loc verb	CR, CL: coloquial (comerse un refrigerio) (literal)	trick the gut, trick the belly v expr
	Tengo hambre, voy a engañar la tripa con una manzana.
inocente paloma que te dejaste engañar expr	MX (día de Inocentes)	finders keepers losers weepers expr
		finders keepers expr
	Pobre de ti, inocente paloma que te dejaste engañar.

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