engañabobos
Spanish, noun/enˌɡaɲaˈbobos/
engañabobos is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “trickster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lo que parece bueno, ya sea por su presentación o propaganda pero acaba defraudando o resultando un engaño”.
What does engañabobos mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetrickster
noun
- 1
masculinetrap; trick
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lo que parece bueno, ya sea por su presentación o propaganda pero acaba defraudando o resultando un engaño. 2. Persona que intenta engañar o embaucar a alguien. 3. Ave nocturna de mediano tamaño con las alas largas y puntiagudas, patas cortas y pico muy corto aunque muy amplio, que anida en el suelo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce engañabobos?
- /enˌɡaɲaˈbobos/
- [ẽŋˌɡa.ɲaˈβ̞o.β̞os]
- [ẽŋgaɲaˈβ̞oβ̞os]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engañabobos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engañabobos in Spanish?
engañabobos appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).