cheat on

cheat on

English

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Verb

cheat on (third-person singular simple present cheats on, present participle cheating on, simple past and past participle cheated on)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheat,‎ on.

   I was disqualified for cheating on my final exam.

2. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To be unfaithful to, especially in a romantic relationship.

   Six years of a happy relationship, and then she had the nerve to cheat on me with a barman!

Translations

be unfaithful to

Azerbaijani: aldatmaq (az), xəyanət etmək (az) Catalan: enganyar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 對某人不忠／对某人不忠 (duì mǒurén bùzhōng) Danish: bedrage Esperanto: kokri Finnish: pettää (fi) French: tromper (fr) Hungarian: megcsal (hu) Indonesian: berselingkuh (id) Italian: tradire (it) Japanese: (妻を欺いて) 不倫をする (ja) (ふりんをする, furin o suru) Occitan: enganar (oc) Polish: zdradzać (pl) Portuguese: trair (pt) Romanian: înșela (ro) Russian: изменя́ть (ru) impf (izmenjátʹ), измени́ть (ru) pf (izmenítʹ), обманывать (ru) (obmanyvatʹ) Spanish: engañar (es), poner los cuernos (es) Swedish: vara otrogen mot, bedra (sv) Turkish: aldatmak (tr) Walloon: tromper (wa)

See also

• have an affair