enganar

Significat (English)

1. (transitive) to deceive
2. (transitive) to cheat, swindle
3. (pronominal) to be mistaken; to be wrong
4. (pronominal) to deceive oneself
5. (pronominal) to make a mistake

Amb guionet com a

en‧ga‧nar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ẽ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from llatí: gannio

Cognate with espanyol: engañar

Cognate with italià: ingannare

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (“to trick, to deceive”) (attested in a gloss), from Latin gannīre. Compare Spanish engañar, Italian ingannare.

Frases

O labirinto torto não conseguiu enganar o rato .

The crooked maze couldn't fool the mouse.