irreführen — meaning in English

English meaning

• beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
• betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
• delude verb To make someone believe something untrue, often about themselves or their situation.
• guile noun Clever, often sly or dishonest, cunning used to deceive or manipulate.
• mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.

Senses

irreführen is used for these senses in English:

• beguile (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
• betray (transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
• delude (transitive) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
• guile To deceive, beguile, bewile.

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.

betray — full definition

1. verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
2. verb To reveal something unintentionally.

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