fallo

Meaning

(conjugation-3) to deceive, beguile, trick, cheat, delude, ensnare, disappoint
(conjugation-3, reflexive) to mistake, be mistaken, deceive oneself
(conjugation-3) to escape the notice of; be unknown, unseen, unaware, hidden
(conjugation-3) to appease, beguile
(conjugation-3) to swear falsely, perjure

dupe

male intellego

male comprehendo

male capio

male teneo

male scio

male percipio

yanlış anlamak

mal interpretar

falsch verstehen

missverstehen

παρεξηγώ

equivocare

malentendre

entender mal

Meineid leisten

falsch schwören

ψεύδομαι

verwechseln

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfal.loː]

Uncertain. According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *falsō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”) (with semantic shift "stumble" > "deceive"), and cognate with Sanskrit स्खल् (skhal, “to stumble, fail”), Persian سکرفیدن (sekarfidan, “to stumble”), Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to bring down”), σφάλλομαι (sphállomai, “to fall”), Old Armenian սխալեմ (sxalem, “to stumble, fail”). Formerly considered to be from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive”), but this does not account for the /a/.