enganyar
Catalan
Alternative forms
- enganar (dialectal)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin ingannāre, present active infinitive of ingannō (attested in a gloss), from Latin ganniō. First attested in the 12th century.[1] Compare Occitan enganar, Spanish engañar, Old French engignier.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡəˈɲa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eŋ.ɡaˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
enganyar (first-person singular present enganyo, past participle enganyat)
- to deceive, to fool, to mislead
- Synonym: decebre
- (reflexive) to make a mistake, to be wrong
Conjugation
Conjugation of enganyar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | enganyar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | enganyant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | enganyat | enganyada | |||||
| plural | enganyats | enganyades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | enganyo | enganyes | enganya | enganyem | enganyeu | enganyen | |
| imperfect | enganyava | enganyaves | enganyava | enganyàvem | enganyàveu | enganyaven | |
| future | enganyaré | enganyaràs | enganyarà | enganyarem | enganyareu | enganyaran | |
| preterite | enganyí | enganyares | enganyà | enganyàrem | enganyàreu | enganyaren | |
| conditional | enganyaria | enganyaries | enganyaria | enganyaríem | enganyaríeu | enganyarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | enganyi | enganyis | enganyi | enganyem | enganyeu | enganyin | |
| imperfect | enganyés | enganyessis | enganyés | enganyéssim | enganyéssiu | enganyessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | enganya | enganyi | enganyem | enganyeu | enganyin | ||
Derived terms
- engany
- enganyifa
Related terms
- desenganyar
References
- “enganyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “enganyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “enganyar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “enganyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.