le apparenze spesso ingannano

deceive

ingannare il tempo kill time

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ingannare v.tr.

1 (trarre in inganno) to deceive, to cheat, to fool, to dupe, to take* in: cercò di ingannarmi, ma non ci riuscì, he tried to deceive (o to cheat) me, but he did not succeed; fui ingannato dalla luce artificiale, I was deceived by the artificial light // ingannare la fame, to beguile one's hunger // ingannare il tempo, to while away the time (o to kill time); per ingannare l'attesa si mise a leggere, to while away the time he began to read

2 (frodare, truffare) to swindle: fu ingannato dal socio in affari, he was swindled by his partner

3 (essere infedele a) to be unfaithful to (s.o., sthg.), to betray: ingannare la moglie, il marito, to be unfaithful to one's wife, husband.

◘ ingannarsi v.intr.pron. (essere in errore) to be mistaken, to be wrong: mi sono ingannato sul suo conto, I was mistaken about him; se non m'inganno tuo figlio è medico, if I'm not mistaken (o wrong) your son is a doctor; credo si inganni, I think he is mistaken.

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1. vt

(imbrogliare) to deceive, (tradire: moglie, marito) to cheat on, be unfaithful to

2. vip (ingannarsi)

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verbo transitivo

1) (indurre in errore) to deceive, to mislead*

2) (imbrogliare) to deceive, to fool, to trick, to swindle

3) (tradire) to betray, to be* unfaithful to, to cheat on AE [moglie, marito]

4) (deludere) to betray [ fiducia]

5) (distrarre da)

verbo pronominale ingannarsi

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ingannare

/ingan'nare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (indurre in errore) to deceive, to mislead*; se la memoria non mi inganna if my memory serves me right; non lasciarti ingannare dalle apparenze! don't be taken in by appearances!

 2 (imbrogliare) to deceive, to fool, to trick, to swindle

 3 (tradire) to betray, to be* unfaithful to, to cheat on AE [moglie, marito]

 4 (deludere) to betray [ fiducia]

 5 (distrarre da) ingannare il tempo to kill time, to while away the time; ingannare l'attesa to pass the time while waiting

II ingannarsi verbo pronominale

 -rsi sul conto di qcn. to be deceived in sb.

IDIOMS

l'apparenza inganna prov. appearances can be deceptive.

1. vt

(imbrogliare) to deceive, (tradire: moglie, marito) to cheat on, be unfaithful to

2. vip (ingannarsi)