enganyar

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. First attested in the 12th century.[1] Compare Occitan enganar, Spanish engañar, Old French engignier.

Pronunciation

Verb

enganyar (first-person singular present enganyo, first-person singular preterite enganyí, past participle enganyat)

  1. to deceive, to fool, to mislead
    Synonym: decebre
  2. (reflexive) to make a mistake, to be wrong

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • desenganyar

References

  1. enganyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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