engañar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abuse noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
• bamboozle verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
• 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.
• bilk noun The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
• cheat verb To break rules in order to gain an unfair advantage.
• con noun A dishonest scheme designed to trick someone, usually to take their money.
• 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.
• 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.
• hustle verb To push, shove, or move someone quickly and often roughly.
• jive noun A lively swing dance, or the jazz/swing music it's danced to.
• mislead verb To cause someone to believe something untrue, whether on purpose or by accident.
• outwit verb To beat someone by being cleverer than them.
• play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
• quiz noun A short test of knowledge, often informal or for fun.
• spoof noun A humorous imitation that pokes fun at something, especially a film, show, or genre.
• trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.

Senses

engañar 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.]
• bamboozle (transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
• beguile (transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).
• betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
• bilk (transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
• cheat (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• con (transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
• deceive (transitive) To trick or mislead.

abuse — full definition

1. noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
2. noun The wrong or harmful use of something, such as power, drugs, or a position of trust.
3. verb To treat someone cruelly or violently.
4. verb To use something improperly or excessively, especially drugs or alcohol.

bamboozle — full definition

1. verb To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
2. verb To confuse, frustrate or perplex.

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