enganyar — meaning in English

English meaning

• beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
• cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
• deceive verb To trick or mislead someone into believing something false.
• delude verb To make someone believe something untrue, often about themselves or their situation.
• dupe verb To trick or deceive someone, usually to gain something from them.
• guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
• have verb To own or possess something.
• mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
• swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.
• trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.

Senses

enganyar is used for these senses in English:

• beguile (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
• cheat (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.
• delude (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
• dupe To swindle, deceive, or trick.
• guile To deceive, beguile, bewile.
• have (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
• swindle (transitive) To defraud.

beguile — full definition

1. verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
2. verb To charm, delight or captivate.
3. verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.

cheat — full definition

1. verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
2. verb To be sexually or romantically unfaithful to a partner.
3. verb To deceive or trick someone, often to take something from them.
4. noun A person who cheats, or an act of cheating.

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