engañar

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See also: enganar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. Compare Portuguese enganar, Catalan enganyar, Romanian îngâna, Italian ingannare. Cf. also Medieval Latin (in)gannatura (“mockery”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enɡaˈɲaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ga‧ñar

Verb

engañar (first-person singular present engaño, first-person singular preterite engañé, past participle engañado)

  1. to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
    Synonym: estafar
  2. to blindside
  3. (reflexive) to fool oneself, to kid oneself
    No te engañes ― Don't kid yourself.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engañar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive engañar
gerund engañando
past participle masculine feminine
singular engañado engañada
plural engañados engañadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present engaño engañastú
engañásvos 		engaña engañamos engañáis engañan
imperfect engañaba engañabas engañaba engañábamos engañabais engañaban
preterite engañé engañaste engañó engañamos engañasteis engañaron
future engañaré engañarás engañará engañaremos engañaréis engañarán
conditional engañaría engañarías engañaría engañaríamos engañaríais engañarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present engañe engañestú
engañésvos2 		engañe engañemos engañéis engañen
imperfect
(ra) 		engañara engañaras engañara engañáramos engañarais engañaran
imperfect
(se) 		engañase engañases engañase engañásemos engañaseis engañasen
future1 engañare engañares engañare engañáremos engañareis engañaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative engañatú
engañávos 		engañe engañemos engañad engañen
negative no engañes no engañe no engañemos no engañéis no engañen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of engañar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive engañar
dative engañarme engañarte engañarle, engañarse engañarnos engañaros engañarles, engañarse
accusative engañarme engañarte engañarlo, engañarla, engañarse engañarnos engañaros engañarlos, engañarlas, engañarse
with gerund engañando
dative engañándome engañándote engañándole, engañándose engañándonos engañándoos engañándoles, engañándose
accusative engañándome engañándote engañándolo, engañándola, engañándose engañándonos engañándoos engañándolos, engañándolas, engañándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative engaña
dative engáñame engáñate engáñale engáñanos not used engáñales
accusative engáñame engáñate engáñalo, engáñala engáñanos not used engáñalos, engáñalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative engañá
dative engañame engañate engañale engañanos not used engañales
accusative engañame engañate engañalo, engañala engañanos not used engañalos, engañalas
with formal second-person singular imperative engañe
dative engáñeme not used engáñele, engáñese engáñenos not used engáñeles
accusative engáñeme not used engáñelo, engáñela, engáñese engáñenos not used engáñelos, engáñelas
with first-person plural imperative engañemos
dative not used engañémoste engañémosle engañémonos engañémoos engañémosles
accusative not used engañémoste engañémoslo, engañémosla engañémonos engañémoos engañémoslos, engañémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative engañad
dative engañadme not used engañadle engañadnos engañaos engañadles
accusative engañadme not used engañadlo, engañadla engañadnos engañaos engañadlos, engañadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative engañen
dative engáñenme not used engáñenle engáñennos not used engáñenles, engáñense
accusative engáñenme not used engáñenlo, engáñenla engáñennos not used engáñenlos, engáñenlas, engáñense

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