enganar

From Old Galician-Portuguese enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (“I trick, deceive”) (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō, gannīre. Compare Portuguese enganar and Spanish engañar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋɡaˈnaɾ]

enganar (first-person singular present engano, first-person singular preterite enganei, past participle enganado)

1. (transitive) to deceive; to mislead
2. (transitive) to cheat, swindle
3. (pronominal) to be mistaken; to make a mistake

   Synonyms: equivocar, trabucar

   Enganacheste. ― You were wrong / You made a mistake.

4. (pronominal) to deceive oneself

• desenganar
• engano

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enganar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “engan”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enganar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enganar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “enganar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enganar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Occitan enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. Compare Catalan enganyar, Old French engignier, Italian ingannare.

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enganar

1. to deceive
2. (reflexive, s'enganar) to make a mistake

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		enganar			aver enganat
gerund		enganant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		enganat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	engani	enganas	engana	enganam	enganatz	enganan
	imperfect	enganavi	enganavas	enganava	enganàvem	enganàvetz	enganavan
	preterite	enganèri	enganères	enganèt	enganèrem	enganèretz	enganèron
	future	enganarai	enganaràs	enganarà	enganarem	enganaretz	enganaràn
	conditional	enganariái	enganariás	enganariá	enganariam	enganariatz	enganarián
	conditional 2nd form1	enganèra	enganèras	enganèra	enganeram	enganeratz	enganèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	engane	enganes	engane	enganem	enganetz	enganen
	imperfect	enganèssi	enganèsses	enganèsse	enganèssem	enganèssetz	enganèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			engana		enganem	enganatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		enganar			aver enganat
gerund		enganant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		enganat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	engane	enganes	engana	enganam	enganatz	enganon
	imperfect	enganave	enganaves	enganava	enganaviam	enganaviatz	enganavon
	preterite	enganere	enganeres	enganet	enganem	enganetz	enganeron
	future	enganarai	enganaràs	enganará	enganarem	enganaretz	enganarán
	conditional	enganariá	enganariás	enganariá	enganariam	enganariatz	enganarián
	conditional 2nd form1	enganèra	enganèras	enganèra	enganeram	enganeratz	enganèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	engane	enganes	engane	enganassiam	enganassiatz	enganon
	imperfect	enganesse	enganesses	enganesse	enganessiam	enganessiatz	enganesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			engana		enganassiam	enganatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		enganar			aver enganat
gerund		enganant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		enganat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	engani	enganas	engana	enganam	enganatz	enganan
	imperfect	enganavi	enganavas	enganava	enganàvam	enganàvatz	enganavan
	preterite	enganèi	enganès	enganè	enganèm	enganètz	enganèn
	future	enganarèi	enganaràs	enganarà	enganaram	enganaratz	enganaràn
	conditional	enganarí	enganarés	enganaré	enganarem	enganaretz	enganarén
	conditional 2nd form1	enganèra	enganèras	enganèra	enganeram	enganeratz	enganèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	engani	enganes	engane	enganem	enganetz	enganen
	imperfect	enganèssi	enganèsses	enganèsse	enganèssem	enganèssetz	enganèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			engana		enganem	enganatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		enganar			aver enganat
gerund		enganant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		enganat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	engane	enganas	engana	enganam	enganatz	enganan
	imperfect	enganava	enganavas	enganava	enganàvam	enganàvatz	enganavan
	preterite	enganei	enganeras	enganet	enganèram	enganèratz	enganeran
	future	enganarai	enganaràs	enganará	enganarem	enganaretz	enganarán
	conditional	enganariá	enganariàs	enganariá	enganariam	enganariatz	enganarián
	conditional 2nd form1	enganèra	enganèras	enganèra	enganeram	enganeratz	enganèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	engane	enganes	engane	enganem	enganetz	enganen
	imperfect	enganèsse	enganèsses	enganèsse	enganèssem	enganèssetz	enganèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			engana		enganem	enganatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		enganar			aver enganat
gerund		enganant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		enganat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	engane	enganes	engana	enganam	enganatz	enganan
	imperfect	enganavi	enganavas	enganava	enganàvem	enganàvetz	enganavan
	preterite	enganère	enganères	enganèt	enganeriam	enganeriatz	enganèron
	future	enganarai	enganaràs	enganarà	enganarem	enganaretz	enganaràn
	conditional	enganariáu	enganariás	enganariá	enganariam	enganariatz	enganarián
	conditional 2nd form1	enganèra	enganèras	enganèra	enganeram	enganeratz	enganèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	engane	enganes	engane	enganem	enganetz	enganan
	imperfect	enganèsse	enganèsses	enganèsse	enganessiam	enganessiatz	enganèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			engana		enganem	enganatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

From Old Galician-Portuguese enganar, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (“to trick, to deceive”) (attested in a gloss), from Latin gannīre. Compare Spanish engañar, Italian ingannare.

• Hyphenation: en‧ga‧nar

enganar (first-person singular present engano, first-person singular preterite enganei, past participle enganado)

1. (transitive) to deceive

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:enganar

   Não o engane. ― Don't deceive him.

   As aparências enganam. ― Appearances are deceiving.

2. (transitive) to cheat, swindle
3. (pronominal) to be mistaken; to be wrong

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:errar

   Pensei que esse livro seria bom, mas enganei-me. ― I thought this book would be good, but I was wrong.

4. (pronominal) to deceive oneself
5. (pronominal) to make a mistake

   Enganaram-se. ― They made a mistake.

• “enganar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “enganar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “enganar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “enganar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “enganar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “enganar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024