A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun 1. (act of deceiving)
a. deceit La empresa recurrió al engaño para justificar el despido de empleados. The company resorted to deceit in order to justify the layoff of employees.
b. deception Gómez es un hombre que está acostumbrado al engaño. Gómez is a man who's used to deception.
2. (ruse)
a. trick ¿Dices que fue todo un engaño? ¿Entonces nunca hablaste con Elvis? You're telling me it was nothing but a trick? So you never spoke to Elvis?
b. ploy Kevin ideó un engaño que resultó efectivo para mantener lejos a sus oponentes. Kevin devised an effective ploy to hold off his opponents.
c. hoax ¿Crees que ese video de la autopsia a un extraterrestre es un engaño montado por el gobierno? Do you think that video of an alien autopsy is a hoax perpetrated by the government?
d. swindle Algunos tipos de negocios, como los esquemas de pirámides, son un engaño. Some kinds of businesses, like pyramid schemes, are a swindle.
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun 2. (estafa)
a. swindle ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land
no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar y mucho let's not kid ourselves, the program could be a lot better
que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well
3. (ardid)
a. ploy, trick las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre estupideces the sales are a swindle intended to try to make people buy rubbish
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engaño
1 (acto) (gen) deception; (ilusión) delusion todo es engaño it's all a sham; llamarse a engaño to protest that one has been cheated; que nadie se llame a engaño let nobody say he wasn't warned; aquí no hay engaño there is no attempt to deceive anybody here; it's all on the level (familiar)
2 (trampa) trick; swindle 3 (malentendido) mistake; misunderstanding padecer engaño to labour under a misunderstanding; labor under a misunderstanding; (EEUU) no haya engaño let there be no mistake about it
4 engaños (astucia) wiles; tricks 6 (S. Cone) (regalo) small gift; token Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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