engañoso
Spanish, adjective/enɡaˈɲoso/
engañoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “deceitful, deceptive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que da ocasión a engañarse, de apariencia equívoca”.
What does engañoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deceitful, deceptive
- 2
misleading
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que da ocasión a engañarse, de apariencia equívoca 2. Falso o capcioso
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.
Forms of engañoso
- engañosa feminine
- engañosos masculine plural
- engañosas feminine plural
- engañosísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engañoso?
- /enɡaˈɲoso/
- [ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲo.so]
- [ẽŋgaˈɲoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engañoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engañoso in Spanish?
engañoso appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).