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"Deceive" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "engañar", and "fool" is a noun which is often translated as "el tonto". Learn more about the difference between "deceive" and "fool" below.
deceive(
dih
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siv
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
fool(
ful
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el tonto (M), la tonta (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
What a fool you are!¡Qué tonta eres!
b. el idiota (M), la idiota (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Some fool left the windows open.Algún idiota dejó abiertas las ventanas.
2. (jester)
a. el puré de fruta con natas (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This rhubarb fool is delicious!¡Este puré de ruibarbo con natas es delicioso!
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to deceive)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
b. bromear
I never know when is he fooling and when he's being serious.No sé nunca cuándo está bromeando y cuándo habla en serio.
