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deceive

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illudere v.tr. to deceive, to delude; (fam.) to fool: non cercate d'illudermi, conosco la verità!, don't try to deceive me, I know the truth!; illudere qlcu. con false promesse, to delude s.o. with false promises.

◘ illudersi v.rifl. to deceive oneself, to delude oneself; to be under the illusion (that...); (lusingarsi) to flatter oneself: si illudeva di sapere tutto, he flattered himself that he knew everything; non avrai quello che desideri, non illuderti!, you won't have what you wish, don't delude yourself!; mi ero illuso sul suo conto!, I was mistaken about him // non c'è da illudere, don't fool yourself.

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1. [il'ludere]

2. vr (illudersi)

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verbo transitivo to deceive, to take* in, to delude

verbo pronominale illudersi

1) to deceive oneself, to delude oneself, to fool oneself

2) (ingannarsi)

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illudere

/il'ludere/ [11]

I verbo transitivo

 to deceive, to take* in, to delude; non voglio illuderlo I don't want to raise his expectations

II illudersi verbo pronominale

 1 to deceive oneself, to delude oneself, to fool oneself; - rsi che to be o labour under the illusion that; -rsi di poter fare qcs. to fool oneself into doing sth.; non illuderti! don't deceive yourself! don't raise your hopes!

 2 (ingannarsi) -rsi sul conto di qcn. to be mistaken about sb.

1. [il'ludere]

2. vr (illudersi)