enganar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abuse noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
- beguile verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
- bluff verb To pretend to be stronger, more confident, or more prepared than you really are, in order to deceive or intimidate.
- cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
- deceive verb To trick or mislead someone into believing something false.
- dupe verb To trick or deceive someone, usually to gain something from them.
- fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- hoodwink verb To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
- kid noun A child or young person; informally, anyone's son or daughter regardless of their age.
- mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
- rook noun A large black European bird related to the crow, known for nesting in noisy colonies.
- trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.
Senses
enganar is used for these senses in English:
- abuse (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]
- beguile (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
- bluff (by analogy) To frighten, deter, or deceive with a false show of strength or confidence; to give a false impression of strength or temerity in order to intimidate or gain some advantage.
- cheat (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.
- dupe To swindle, deceive, or trick.
- fool (archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.
- have (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
abuse — full definition
- noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
- noun The wrong or harmful use of something, such as power, drugs, or a position of trust.
- verb To treat someone cruelly or violently.
- verb To use something improperly or excessively, especially drugs or alcohol.
beguile — full definition
- verb To deceive or delude (using guile).
- verb To charm, delight or captivate.
- verb To cause (time) to seem to pass quickly, by way of pleasant diversion.