# enganar
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eŋɡaˈnaɾ]

### Verb

enganar (first-person singular present engano, first-person singular preterite enganei, past participle enganado)
* (transitive) to deceive; to mislead
* (transitive) to cheat, swindle
* (pronominal) to be mistaken; to make a mistake
    Synonyms: equivocar, trabucar
    Enganacheste. ― You were wrong / You made a mistake.
* (pronominal) to deceive oneself

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* desenganar
* engano

### References

* 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

## Occitan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

enganar
* to deceive
* (reflexive, s'enganar) to make a mistake

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈna(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈna(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈna(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈna(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: en‧ga‧nar

### Verb

enganar (first-person singular present engano, first-person singular preterite enganei, past participle enganado)
* (transitive) to deceive
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:enganar
    Não o engane. ― Don't deceive him.
    As aparências enganam. ― Appearances are deceiving.
* (transitive) to cheat, swindle
* (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.
* (pronominal) to deceive oneself
* (pronominal) to make a mistake
    Enganaram-se. ― They made a mistake.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* enganação
* enganador
* engano

### Further reading

* “enganar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “enganar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “enganar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “enganar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025