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ploys

  • 1 ardid

    m.
    1 ruse, trick.
    2 scheme, stratagem, plan, ruse.
    * * *
    1 scheme, trick
    * * *
    SM ruse

    ardides — tricks, wiles

    * * *
    masculino trick, ruse
    * * *
    = gimmick, stunt, ploy, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.
    Ex. Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.
    Ex. People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.
    Ex. They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.
    Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
    ----
    * ardid electoral = election stunt.
    * ardid político = political stunt.
    * ardid publicitario = publicity stunt, publicity ploy, advertising ploy.
    * * *
    masculino trick, ruse
    * * *
    = gimmick, stunt, ploy, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.

    Ex: Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.

    Ex: People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.
    Ex: They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.
    Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
    * ardid electoral = election stunt.
    * ardid político = political stunt.
    * ardid publicitario = publicity stunt, publicity ploy, advertising ploy.

    * * *
    trick, ruse
    se valió de ardides femeninos para convencerlo she used her feminine wiles to persuade him
    * * *

    ardid sustantivo masculino
    trick, ruse
    ardid sustantivo masculino scheme, plot
    ' ardid' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    juego
    - zancadilla
    - astucia
    - engaño
    - trampa
    - treta
    English:
    device
    - gimmick
    - ruse
    - scheme
    - trick
    - stunt
    * * *
    ardid nm
    ruse, trick
    * * *
    m trick, ruse
    * * *
    ardid nm
    : scheme, ruse

    Spanish-English dictionary > ardid

  • 2 ardid publicitario

    (n.) = publicity stunt, publicity ploy, advertising ploy
    Ex. After all, librarian and community know each other intimately without expensive surveys and publicity stunts.
    Ex. This is a publicity ploy aimed at generating a visceral reaction among potential clients.
    Ex. New advertising ploys are also being tried to promote the greater use of audiobooks.
    * * *
    (n.) = publicity stunt, publicity ploy, advertising ploy

    Ex: After all, librarian and community know each other intimately without expensive surveys and publicity stunts.

    Ex: This is a publicity ploy aimed at generating a visceral reaction among potential clients.
    Ex: New advertising ploys are also being tried to promote the greater use of audiobooks.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ardid publicitario

  • 3 contaminar

    v.
    1 to contaminate.
    La fábrica contamina el aire The factory contaminates the air.
    El viejo contaminó a la muchacha The old man contaminated the girl.
    2 to corrupt.
    * * *
    1 to contaminate (agua, aire) to pollute
    2 figurado to contaminate, corrupt
    1 to become contaminated (agua, aire) to become polluted
    2 figurado to be infected, be corrupted
    * * *
    verb
    to contaminate, pollute
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ aire, mar] to pollute; [+ alimentos, agua potable] to contaminate; [+ ropa] to soil
    2) [+ texto] to corrupt; (Literat) to influence, affect
    3) (Rel) to profane
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <mar/atmósfera> to pollute; <agua potable/comida> to contaminate; ( por radiactividad) to contaminate
    b) <lengua/cultura> to corrupt
    * * *
    = contaminate, corrupt, pollute, foul, taint, defile.
    Ex. The cellulose fibres used in the manufacture of paper for books readily become contaminated with radioactive materials through their ecological cycle.
    Ex. Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.
    Ex. Bugeja investigates the impact and motives of media ecosystems that have polluted the Internet and other digital devices with marketing ploys.
    Ex. For the past five years, large quantities of decaying algae have been fouling Lake Michigan shoreline.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.
    ----
    * sin contaminar = untainted, uncontaminated.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <mar/atmósfera> to pollute; <agua potable/comida> to contaminate; ( por radiactividad) to contaminate
    b) <lengua/cultura> to corrupt
    * * *
    = contaminate, corrupt, pollute, foul, taint, defile.

    Ex: The cellulose fibres used in the manufacture of paper for books readily become contaminated with radioactive materials through their ecological cycle.

    Ex: Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.
    Ex: Bugeja investigates the impact and motives of media ecosystems that have polluted the Internet and other digital devices with marketing ploys.
    Ex: For the past five years, large quantities of decaying algae have been fouling Lake Michigan shoreline.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.
    * sin contaminar = untainted, uncontaminated.

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    contaminar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹mar/atmósfera› to pollute; ‹agua potable/comida› to contaminate; (por radiactividad) to contaminate
    2 ‹lengua/cultura› to corrupt
    * * *

    contaminar ( conjugate contaminar) verbo transitivo ‹mar/atmósfera› to pollute;
    ‹agua potable/comida› to contaminate;
    ( por radiactividad) to contaminate
    contaminar verbo transitivo
    1 (la atmósfera) to pollute
    2 (un alimento, etc) to contaminate
    3 (una cultura, lengua) to corrupt
    ' contaminar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    contaminate
    - foul
    - infect
    - pollute
    - taint
    - poison
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alimento] to contaminate
    2. [medio ambiente] to pollute
    3. [pervertir] to corrupt
    4. [texto] to corrupt
    ♦ vi
    to pollute;
    el que contamine que pague the polluter pays
    * * *
    v/t agua etc contaminate; río, medio ambiente pollute; fig
    corrupt
    * * *
    : to contaminate, to pollute
    * * *
    contaminar vb (agua, aire) to pollute

    Spanish-English dictionary > contaminar

  • 4 corromper

    v.
    1 to rot (madera).
    2 to corrupt.
    Su cinismo corrompe a Ricardo Her cynicism corrupts Richard.
    El detenido corrompió al policía The detainee corrupted the cop.
    Corrompía la leche que vendía He corrupted the milk he sold.
    3 to bribe.
    * * *
    1 (pudrir) to turn bad
    2 (pervertir) to corrupt, pervert
    3 (sobornar) to bribe
    1 (pudrirse) to go bad, rot
    2 (pervertirse) to become corrupted
    * * *
    verb
    2) rot
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=pudrir) [+ madera] to rot; [+ alimentos] to turn bad
    2) (=estropear) [+ costumbres, lengua, joven] to corrupt; [+ placeres] to spoil
    3) (=sobornar) to bribe
    4) * (=enojar) to vex, annoy
    2.
    VI * to smell bad, stink *
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <persona/lengua/sociedad> to corrupt
    b) < materia orgánica> to rot
    2.
    corromperse v pron
    a) costumbres/persona/lengua to become corrupted
    c) agua to become stagnant
    * * *
    = corrupt, pervert, pollute.
    Ex. Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.
    Ex. Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes.
    Ex. Bugeja investigates the impact and motives of media ecosystems that have polluted the Internet and other digital devices with marketing ploys.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <persona/lengua/sociedad> to corrupt
    b) < materia orgánica> to rot
    2.
    corromperse v pron
    a) costumbres/persona/lengua to become corrupted
    c) agua to become stagnant
    * * *
    = corrupt, pervert, pollute.

    Ex: Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.

    Ex: Humans have an extraordinary capacity for perverting well-intended laws to evil purposes.
    Ex: Bugeja investigates the impact and motives of media ecosystems that have polluted the Internet and other digital devices with marketing ploys.

    * * *
    corromper [E1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona/lengua/sociedad› to corrupt
    2 ‹materia orgánica› to rot
    3 ( Inf) ‹archivo/disco› to corrupt
    1 «costumbres/persona/lengua» to become corrupted
    2 «materia orgánica» to rot
    3 «agua» to become stagnant
    4 ( Inf) «archivo/disco» to become corrupted
    * * *

    corromper ( conjugate corromper) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹persona/lengua/sociedad› to corrupt


    corromperse verbo pronominal
    a) [costumbres/persona/lengua] to become corrupted


    corromper verbo transitivo
    1 (pudrir) to turn bad, rot
    2 (pervertir) to corrupt, pervert
    ' corromper' also found in these entries:
    English:
    corrupt
    - debase
    - poison
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [madera] to rot;
    [alimentos] to turn bad, to spoil
    2. [pervertir] to corrupt
    3. [sobornar] to bribe
    4. Informát [archivo] to corrupt
    * * *
    v/t corrupt
    * * *
    1) : to corrupt
    2) : to rot

    Spanish-English dictionary > corromper

  • 5 estratagema

    f.
    stratagem (military).
    * * *
    1 MILITAR stratagem
    * * *
    noun f.
    stratagem, device
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino stratagem
    * * *
    = course of action, stratagem, ruse, ploy, artifice, power play, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff.
    Ex. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.
    Ex. Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.
    Ex. The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.
    Ex. They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.
    Ex. Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.
    Ex. The author offers a detailed overview of how Congress came to pass the USA Patriot Act and some of the power plays that took place behind the scenes.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    * * *
    femenino stratagem
    * * *
    = course of action, stratagem, ruse, ploy, artifice, power play, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff.

    Ex: Examines the advantages and disadvantages of approval plans suggesting that each library must carefully weigh them in order to determine its own best course of action.

    Ex: Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.
    Ex: The library did not burn and the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library as a replacement was a ruse to help pay the former President's debts.
    Ex: They are using such ploys as citing budget cuts as the reason for making government information more expensive.
    Ex: Such canons need not transcend human artifice to be of enduring significance.
    Ex: The author offers a detailed overview of how Congress came to pass the USA Patriot Act and some of the power plays that took place behind the scenes.
    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.

    * * *
    stratagem
    * * *

    estratagema sustantivo femenino
    stratagem
    estratagema sustantivo femenino stratagem
    ' estratagema' also found in these entries:
    English:
    device
    - frame-up
    - scheme
    - stratagem
    * * *
    1. Mil stratagem
    2. [astucia] artifice, trick
    * * *
    f stratagem
    * * *
    artimaña: stratagem, ruse

    Spanish-English dictionary > estratagema

  • 6 publicitario

    adj.
    publicity, advertising.
    * * *
    1 advertising
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 advertising executive
    \
    anuncio publicitario (gen) advertisement, advert 2 (de televisión, radio) advert, commercial
    corte publicitario commercial break
    * * *
    publicitario, -a
    1.
    ADJ advertising antes de s, publicity antes de s
    2.
    SM / F advertising agent, advertising executive
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo advertising (before n)
    * * *
    = promotional, advertising.
    Ex. Many publishers seem fixated on the term 'acquisitions librarian' for promotional mailings.
    Ex. New advertising ploys are also being tried to promote the greater use of audiobooks.
    ----
    * anuncio publicitario = ad (advertisement).
    * anuncio publicitario de la radio = sound bite, radio spot.
    * anuncio publicitario de un libro = advertising blurb.
    * anuncio publicitario por radio = radio commercial, radio spot, sound bite, radio commercial.
    * anuncio publicitario por televisión = television commercial, television spot.
    * ardid publicitario = publicity ploy, advertising ploy.
    * banderola publicitaria = banner ad, banner advertisement.
    * banner publicitario = banner ad, banner advertisement.
    * bombo publicitario = media hype.
    * campaña publicitaria = advertising campaign, publicity campaign.
    * cancioncilla de anuncio publicitario = jingle.
    * cartelera publicitaria = hoarding.
    * compañía publicitaria = advertising firm.
    * dibujante publicitario = commercial artist.
    * dirigible publicitario = advertising blimp.
    * eslogan publicitario = sales pitch.
    * estrategia publicitaria = sales pitch.
    * frase publicitaria = catchphrase.
    * globo publicitario = advertising balloon.
    * histeria publicitaria = media hype.
    * hoja publicitaria = flyer [flier, -USA].
    * reclamaciones publicitarias = advertising claim.
    * rollo publicitario = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * sensacionalismo publicitario = media hype.
    * sintonía de anuncio publicitario = jingle.
    * valla publicitaria = billboard, hoarding.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo advertising (before n)
    * * *
    = promotional, advertising.

    Ex: Many publishers seem fixated on the term 'acquisitions librarian' for promotional mailings.

    Ex: New advertising ploys are also being tried to promote the greater use of audiobooks.
    * anuncio publicitario = ad (advertisement).
    * anuncio publicitario de la radio = sound bite, radio spot.
    * anuncio publicitario de un libro = advertising blurb.
    * anuncio publicitario por radio = radio commercial, radio spot, sound bite, radio commercial.
    * anuncio publicitario por televisión = television commercial, television spot.
    * ardid publicitario = publicity ploy, advertising ploy.
    * banderola publicitaria = banner ad, banner advertisement.
    * banner publicitario = banner ad, banner advertisement.
    * bombo publicitario = media hype.
    * campaña publicitaria = advertising campaign, publicity campaign.
    * cancioncilla de anuncio publicitario = jingle.
    * cartelera publicitaria = hoarding.
    * compañía publicitaria = advertising firm.
    * dibujante publicitario = commercial artist.
    * dirigible publicitario = advertising blimp.
    * eslogan publicitario = sales pitch.
    * estrategia publicitaria = sales pitch.
    * frase publicitaria = catchphrase.
    * globo publicitario = advertising balloon.
    * histeria publicitaria = media hype.
    * hoja publicitaria = flyer [flier, -USA].
    * reclamaciones publicitarias = advertising claim.
    * rollo publicitario = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * sensacionalismo publicitario = media hype.
    * sintonía de anuncio publicitario = jingle.
    * valla publicitaria = billboard, hoarding.

    * * *
    advertising ( before n)
    la campaña publicitaria the advertising campaign
    era sólo un montaje publicitario it was just a publicity stunt
    masculine, feminine
    advertising executive o agent
    * * *

    publicitario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo ‹campaña/espacio› advertising ( before n);


    ‹truco/montaje› publicity ( before n)
    publicitario,-a adjetivo advertising
    ' publicitario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anuncio
    - corte
    - publicitaria
    - reclamo
    - espacio
    - lema
    - propaganda
    - réclame
    - spot
    English:
    advertising
    - commercial
    - stunt
    - flier
    - hype
    - jingle
    - razzmatazz
    * * *
    publicitario, -a
    ♦ adj
    advertising;
    pausa publicitaria commercial break
    ♦ nm,f
    advertising agent
    * * *
    I adj advertising atr
    II m, publicitaria f advertising executive
    * * *
    : advertising, publicity
    agencia publicitaria: advertising agency
    * * *
    publicitario adj advertising

    Spanish-English dictionary > publicitario

  • 7 engaño

    m.
    1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.
    2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.
    3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.
    4 delusion, false impression.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.
    * * *
    1 deceit, deception
    2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle
    3 (mentira) lie
    4 (error) mistake
    \
    estar en un engaño to be mistaken
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusion

    aquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *

    2) (=trampa) trick, swindle
    3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstanding

    padecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)

    4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks
    5) [de pesca] lure
    6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
    Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.
    Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.
    Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.
    Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    ----
    * autoengaño = self-deception.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

    Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.
    Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.
    Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.
    Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    * autoengaño = self-deception.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.

    * * *
    A
    1 (mentira) deception
    lo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me most
    fue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken in
    vivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceit
    es un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)
    2 (ardid) ploy, trick
    se vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own way
    llamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceived
    para que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheated
    C ( Dep) fake
    * * *

     

    Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)

    engaño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    engañó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    engañar    
    engaño    
    engañó
    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 …;
    engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)


    engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
    engaño sustantivo masculino

    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (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
    engaño sustantivo masculino
    1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
    (estafa) fraud
    (infidelidad) unfaithfulness
    2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
    ♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
    ' engaño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañarse
    - farsa
    - maña
    - montaje
    - tramar
    - trampear
    - coba
    - descubrir
    - desengañar
    - engañar
    - tapadera
    - tranza
    English:
    deceit
    - deception
    - delusion
    - double-cross
    - game
    - guile
    - impersonation
    - put over
    - ride
    - sham
    - unfaithful
    - hoax
    * * *
    1. [mentira] deception, deceit;
    se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;
    lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;
    todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;
    llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;
    [lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;
    que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;
    no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;
    para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards
    2. [estafa] swindle;
    ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land
    3. [ardid] ploy, trick;
    de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;
    las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need
    4. Taurom bullfighter's cape
    5. [para pescar] lure
    * * *
    m
    1 ( mentira) deception, deceit
    2 ( ardid) trick;
    llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated
    * * *
    1) : deception, trick
    2) : fake, feint (in sports)
    * * *
    1. (mentira) lie
    2. (trampa) trick
    3. (timo) swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > engaño

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