verschalken

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) to eat up, to catch and eat
2. (transitive) to mislead, to fool
3. (transitive) to catch by means of cunning, to trap, to capture, to ensnare
4. (transitive) to ambush

Synoniemen

te slim af zijn

Vertalingen

duper

überlisten

circumvent

foil

outwit

trick

arnaquer

enculer

rouler

prendere per il culo

tomar el pelo

cachondearse

verarschen

cheat

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vərˈsxɑl.kə(n)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: verschalken

In summary

From Middle Dutch verschalken (“to subjugate, to mislead, to outwit”). By surface analysis, schalk (“scoundrel”) + ver- -en.