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1 engañar
v.1 to deceive, to trick, to take in, to fool.2 to deceive, to lie.3 to cheat on, to cuckold, to be unfaithful to, to deceive.* * *1 (gen) to deceive, mislead, fool, take in2 (estafar) to cheat, trick3 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to1 to be deceptive1 (ilusionarse) to deceive oneself2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken, be wrong\engañar el hambre figurado to stave off hungerengañar el tiempo figurado to kill timelas apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive* * *verb1) to cheat2) deceive* * *1. VT1) [+ persona] (=embaucar) to deceive, trick; (=despistar) to mislead; [con promesas, esperanzas] to delude; (=estafar) to cheat, swindleengaña a su mujer — he's unfaithful to his wife, he's cheating on his wife
2)2.3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, misleadno te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead
lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...
engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing
engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)
b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on2.engañarse v prona) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)b) ( equivocarse) to be mistakenduró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken
* * *= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.Ex. We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.Ex. Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex. The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.Ex. Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex. 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.Ex. One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.Ex. By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.Ex. Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.----* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, misleadno te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead
lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...
engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing
engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)
b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on2.engañarse v prona) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)b) ( equivocarse) to be mistakenduró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken
* * *= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.Ex: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.
Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.Ex: Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex: The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.Ex: Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.Ex: 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.Ex: One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.Ex: By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.Ex: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.* * *engañar [A1 ]vt1(embaucar): no te dejes engañar don't be misled o fooled o deceived o taken insé que no estuviste allí, tú a mí no me engañas I know you weren't there, you can't fool mea él no se lo engaña tan fácilmente he's not so easily fooled o duped o deceived, he's not taken in that easilyte han engañado, no está hecho a mano you've been cheated o conned o had o done, it's not handmade ( colloq)me engañó la vista my eyes deceived o misled mesi la memoria no me engaña if my memory serves me right o correctlylas apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptiveengañar el hambre or el estómago to keep the wolf from the door ( colloq)comimos un poco de queso para engañar el hambre we had some cheese to keep the wolf from the door o to take the edge off our appetites o to keep us goingsu marido la engaña con la secretaria her husband's being unfaithful to her o cheating on her, he's having an affair with his secretaryno te engañes, no se va a casar contigo don't deceive o delude o kid yourself, she's not going to marry you2 (equivocarse) to be mistakenduró, si no me engaño, hasta noviembre it lasted until November, if I'm not mistaken* * *
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engañar a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
' engañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burlar
- confiada
- confiado
- torear
- tramoya
- clavar
- disfraz
- disfrazar
- joder
English:
betray
- cheat
- deceive
- delude
- double-cross
- dupe
- fool
- fox
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- lead on
- mess about
- mess around
- mislead
- put over
- ride
- stitch up
- take in
- trick
- try on
- two-time
- unfaithful
- wool
- hood
- kid
- lead
- square
- take
- two
* * *♦ vt1. [mentir] to deceive;engañó a su padre haciéndole ver que había aprobado she deceived her father into believing that she had passed;es difícil engañarla she is not easily deceived, she's hard to fool;logró engañar al portero he managed to outsmart the goalkeeper;me engañó lo bien que vestía y que hablaba she was so well dressed and so well spoken that I was taken in;¿a quién te crees que vas a engañar? who are you trying to fool o kid?;a mí no me engañas, sé que tienes cincuenta años you can't fool me, I know you're fifty2. [ser infiel a] to deceive, to cheat on;engaña a su marido she cheats on her husband;me engañó con mi mejor amiga he cheated on me with my best friend3. [estafar] to cheat, to swindle;te engañaron vendiéndote esto tan caro they cheated you if they sold that to you for such a high price;4. [hacer más llevadero] to appease;engañar el hambre to take the edge off one's hunger♦ vito be deceptive o misleading;engaña mucho, no es tan tonto como parece you can easily get the wrong impression, he's not as stupid as he seems;las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive* * *v/t1 deceive, cheat;engañar el hambre take the edge off one’s appetite;te han engañado you’ve been had fam* * *engañar vt1) embaucar: to trick, to deceive, to mislead2) : to cheat on, to be unfaithful to* * *engañar vb1. (mentir) to lie2. (ser infiel) to cheat on3. (timar) to trick4. (dar impresión falsa) to be deceptiveesta foto engaña: parezco más alta de lo que soy this photo is deceptive: I look taller than I am -
2 engańar
• bamboozle• befool• beguile• cheat on• cozen• deceive• defraud• delude• do a snow job on• do down• dupe• fool• gull• hocus-pocus• humbug• outmaneuver• play false• pull a face• pull a fast one on• pull a long face• put one over• put upon• spoof• string along• take for a ride -
3 engañar a
v.to fool into, to shuck into.El engañó a María a comprar un tiquete He fooled Mary into buying a ticket. -
4 engañar el hambre
figurado to stave off hunger* * *(v.) = keep + the wolves from the doorEx. Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.* * *(v.) = keep + the wolves from the doorEx: Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.
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5 engañar a alguien como a un chino
familiar to take somebody for a rideSpanish-English dictionary > engañar a alguien como a un chino
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6 engañar el tiempo
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7 engañar al sistema
(v.) = beat + the system, game + the systemEx. The passwords used should be chosen with some care, in order to avoid obvious words or numbers which could easily be deduced by those with a desire to ' beat the system'.Ex. Doctors often ' game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing.* * *(v.) = beat + the system, game + the systemEx: The passwords used should be chosen with some care, in order to avoid obvious words or numbers which could easily be deduced by those with a desire to ' beat the system'.
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8 engañar o entretener el hambre
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9 engańar al toro
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10 engańar con falsos indicios
• put off the scent• throw off the scentDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > engańar con falsos indicios
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11 engańar con la apariencia de
• foist in• foldDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > engańar con la apariencia de
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12 engańar el hambre
• stay one's hunger -
13 engańar el tiempo
• kill time• while away the time -
14 engańar por medio de promesas
• coax• wheedleDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > engańar por medio de promesas
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15 dejarse engañar
v.to be taken in, to get tricked, to be had, to be misled.* * *(v.) = fall for, get + sucked inEx. Librarians make the mistake of seeing community information as being just another type of information, and they fall for some very basic fallacies.Ex. The problem with books like this is that people get sucked in and start believing in impossibilities.* * *(v.) = fall for, get + sucked inEx: Librarians make the mistake of seeing community information as being just another type of information, and they fall for some very basic fallacies.
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16 dejarse engańar
• be had• be taken for a ride• be taken in• get bitten• get towards the end of• get tricked into -
17 tratar de engańar
• tell it to the horse marines• tell little lies -
18 comer el tarro a algn
(=engañar) to put one over on sb*; (=lavar el cerebro) to brainwash sb -
19 llevarse a algn al huerto
* (=engañar) to put one over on sb*, lead sb up the garden path*; [a la cama]to go to bed with sb, sleep with sb, go for a roll in the hay with sb* -
20 disfrazar
v.1 to disguise.disfrazar a alguien de to dress somebody up asSu maquillaje disfraza su cicatriz Her makeup disguises her scar.Su sonrisa disfraza su odio Her smile disguises her hate.2 to disguise (disimular) (intenciones, verdad, hechos).disfrazó la voz para que no lo reconociera he disguised his voice so she wouldn't recognize him* * *1 (persona) to disguise, dress up1 (para engañar) to disguise oneself (de, as)2 (para una fiesta etc) to dress up (de, as)* * *verb1) to disguise2) conceal•* * *1. VT1) [+ persona] to disguise (de as)2) (=ocultar) [+ sentimiento, verdad, intención] to disguise, conceal; [+ sabor] to disguise3) (Mil) to camouflage2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa)disfrazar a alguien de algo — ( para fiesta) to dress somebody up as something; ( par engañar) to disguise somebody as something
b) (disimular, ocultar) <sentimiento/verdad> to conceal, hide; <voz/escritura/intención> to disguise2.disfrazarse v prona) ( por diversión) to dress uptodo el mundo se disfrazó para la fiesta — everyone went to the party in costume o (BrE) fancy dress
disfrazarse de algo/alguien — to dress up as something/somebody
¿de qué te disfrazaste en carnaval? — what did you go to the carnival as?
b) ( para engañar) to disguise oneselfdisfrazarse de algo/alguien — to disguise oneself as something/somebody, dress up as something/somebody
* * *= disguise, clothe, dress + Nombre + up.Ex. But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.Ex. The performance is kept fresh each time because the teller is under a tension: he has to find the language in which to clothe the body of the work.Ex. The feeling is that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.----* disfrazar Algo = wrap + Nombre + up in.* disfrazarse de = dress up as, dress as.* * *1.verbo transitivoa)disfrazar a alguien de algo — ( para fiesta) to dress somebody up as something; ( par engañar) to disguise somebody as something
b) (disimular, ocultar) <sentimiento/verdad> to conceal, hide; <voz/escritura/intención> to disguise2.disfrazarse v prona) ( por diversión) to dress uptodo el mundo se disfrazó para la fiesta — everyone went to the party in costume o (BrE) fancy dress
disfrazarse de algo/alguien — to dress up as something/somebody
¿de qué te disfrazaste en carnaval? — what did you go to the carnival as?
b) ( para engañar) to disguise oneselfdisfrazarse de algo/alguien — to disguise oneself as something/somebody, dress up as something/somebody
* * *= disguise, clothe, dress + Nombre + up.Ex: But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.
Ex: The performance is kept fresh each time because the teller is under a tension: he has to find the language in which to clothe the body of the work.Ex: The feeling is that, however tactfully you dress it up, the United States had it coming.* disfrazar Algo = wrap + Nombre + up in.* disfrazarse de = dress up as, dress as.* * *disfrazar [A4 ]vt1 ‹persona›la disfrazó para el carnaval he dressed her up for the carnivallo disfrazaron para ocultar su identidad they disguised him in order to conceal his identitydisfrazar a algn DE algo to dress sb up/disguise sb AS sth2 (disimular, ocultar) ‹sentimiento/verdad› to conceal, hide; ‹voz/escritura/intención› to disguise1 (por diversión) to dress upa los niños les encanta disfrazarse children love dressing up o ( BrE) love putting on fancy dresstodo el mundo se disfrazó para la fiesta everyone went to the party in costume o ( BrE) fancy dressdisfrazarse DE algo/algn to dress up AS sth/sb¿de qué te disfrazaste en carnaval? what did you dress up as for the carnival?, what did you go to the carnival as?2 (para engañar) to disguise oneself disfrazarse DE algo/algn to disguise oneself AS sth/sb, dress up AS sth/sbse escapó disfrazado de enfermero he escaped by disguising himself as o by dressing up as a nurse, he escaped disguised as a nurse* * *
disfrazar ( conjugate disfrazar) verbo transitivoa) disfrazar a algn de algo ( para fiesta) to dress sb up as sth;
( para engañar) to disguise sb as sth
‹voz/escritura/intención› to disguise
disfrazarse verbo pronominal
disfrazarse de algo/algn to dress up as sth/sb
disfrazarse de algo/algn to disguise oneself as sth/sb, dress up as sth/sb
disfrazar verbo transitivo to disguise
' disfrazar' also found in these entries:
English:
camouflage
- disguise
- dress up
* * *♦ vt1. [para baile, fiesta] to dress up;[para engañar] to disguise;disfrazar a alguien de to dress sb up as;disfrazaron a la niña de hada madrina they dressed the little girl up as a fairy godmother2. [disimular] [intenciones] to disguise;[sentimientos, nervios] to hide; [verdad, hechos] to disguise;disfrazaba sus verdaderos deseos he kept what he really wanted a secret;disfrazó la voz para que no lo reconociera he disguised his voice so she wouldn't recognize him* * ** * *disfrazar {21} vt1) : to disguise2) : to mask, to conceal
См. также в других словарях:
engañar — Se conjuga como: amar Infinitivo: Gerundio: Participio: engañar engañando engañado Indicativo presente imperfecto pretérito futuro condicional yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, Uds. engaño engañas engaña engañamos engañáis … Wordreference Spanish Conjugations Dictionary
enganar — enganar( se) em enganou o nas contas; enganei me no número. enganar( se) com enganei o com promessas, enganou se com quimeras … Dicionario dos verbos portugueses
enganar — v. intr. 1. Empregar enganos. • v. tr. 2. Iludir, lograr, induzir em erro. 3. Seduzir. 4. Pregar uma peça (por brincadeira). 5. Adormecer. • v. pron. 6. Cometer erro involuntário. 7. Errar. 8. Não acertar. 9. Iludir se. 10. enganar a fome: comer… … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
engañar — verbo transitivo 1. Hacer creer (una persona) [una cosa que no es verdad] a [otra persona]: Lo engañó dándole un talón sin fondos. 2. Hacer caer en un error ( … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
engañar — (Del lat. vulg. *ingannāre, burlar). 1. tr. Dar a la mentira apariencia de verdad. 2. Inducir a alguien a tener por cierto lo que no lo es, valiéndose de palabras o de obras aparentes y fingidas. 3. Producir ilusión, sobre todo óptica. La altura… … Diccionario de la lengua española
engañar — (Del lat. vulgar ingannare, escarnecer.) ► verbo transitivo 1 Hacer creer una cosa que no es verdad: ■ nos engañó diciendo que había ido al colegio. SINÓNIMO burlar mentir ANTÓNIMO desengañar 2 Inducir una falsa apariencia a error a una persona:… … Enciclopedia Universal
engañar — v tr (Se conjuga como amar) 1 Hacer creer a alguien alguna cosa falsa o equivocada: engañar a los clientes, engañar a los amigos 2 Satisfacer momentánea o ilusoriamente una necesidad o un deseo: engañar el hambre, engañar el sueño 3 Ser una… … Español en México
engañar — (l. ingannare) 1) tr. Inducir (a otro) con artificio o maldad a creer y tener por cierto o bueno lo que no lo es engañar al comprador en el peso p. anal. inducir a error una falsa apariencia: nos ha engañado el color, la vista, etc 2) Entretener … Diccionario de motivos de la Lengua Española
engañar — (l. ingannare) 1) tr. Inducir (a otro) con artificio o maldad a creer y tener por cierto o bueno lo que no lo es engañar al comprador en el peso p. anal. inducir a error una falsa apariencia: nos ha engañado el color, la vista, etc 2) Entretener … Diccionario de motivos de la Lengua Española
engañar — (l. ingannare) 1) tr. Inducir (a otro) con artificio o maldad a creer y tener por cierto o bueno lo que no lo es engañar al comprador en el peso p. anal. inducir a error una falsa apariencia: nos ha engañado el color, la vista, etc 2) Entretener … Diccionario de motivos de la Lengua Española
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