engañar
Spanish, verb/enɡaˈɲaɾ/
engañar is a Spanish verb meaning “to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llevar deliberadamente a alguno a creer lo que no es cierto”.
What does engañar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trick, to deceive, to hoodwink, to cheat
- 2
to cheat on, to be unfaithful to one's spouse
Lo engañó.
- 3
to blindside
- 4
to fool oneself, to kid oneself
No te engañes
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llevar deliberadamente a alguno a creer lo que no es cierto. 2. Dicho de un efecto sensorial, llevar a inferencias inexactas acerca de lo que le da origen; producir la ilusión de los sentidos. 3. Faltar a la fidelidad conyugal, cometer adulterio. 4. Desviar la atención para hacer una sensación más llevadera.
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 engañar
- engaño first-person present singular
- engañé first-person preterite singular
- engañado participle past
- engañando gerund
- engañada feminine participle past
- engañados masculine participle past
- engañadas feminine participle past
- engañas indicative informal present
- engañás indicative informal present
- engaña indicative present singular
- engañamos first-person indicative plural
- engañáis indicative plural present
- engañan indicative plural present
- engañaba first-person imperfect indicative
- engañabas imperfect indicative second-person
- engañábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- engañabais imperfect indicative plural
- engañaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engañar?
- /enɡaˈɲaɾ/
- [ẽŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ]
- [ẽŋgaˈɲaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engañar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engañar in Spanish?
engañar appears 13 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).