engáñame
/enɡaɲame/from spelling rules
In Spanish, 'trick me' is translated as engáñame.
The phrase is used to describe the act of deceiving someone by making them believe something that is not true.
Which one should you use?
For describing actions, use me engañó to say 'he/she tricked me' in the past tense and me engañas to say 'you are tricking me' in the present tense.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form engáñame is the imperative (command) form of the verb engañar combined with the object pronoun me. To describe an action in the past, the third-person singular preterite form is me engañó (he/she tricked me). To describe an action currently happening in the present tense, use me engañas (you are tricking me).
How do you pronounce it?
/enɡaɲame/
Did you know?
- Spanish speakers often use the phrase tomar el pelo meaning 'to take the hair' as a colloquial way to say someone is tricking or teasing them.
- The verb engañar is also the standard word used to describe a spouse committing adultery, so saying me engañó can imply much more than a simple prank or a lie.
- The word engañar shares a distant root with the word ganar meaning 'to win' or 'to earn', reflecting an old sense of gaining an advantage through artifice.
Examples in context
- Antonio, por favor, no trates de engañarme con tus trucos.Antonio, please don't try to trick me with your tricks.
- No intentes tomarme por tonto/a con esa historia.Don't try to trick me with that story.
- Deja de vacilarme, ya sé que estás bromeando.Stop tricking me, I know you're joking.
- No intentes enredarme con tus cuentos.Don't try to trick me with your stories.
- Engáñame si puedes, pero no lo lograrás.Trick me if you can, but you won't succeed.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are playing a prank on each other.
- AlejandroMira lo que encontré en el jardín.Look what I found in the garden.
- LucíaNo intentes engáñame, Alejandro.Don't try to trick me, Alejandro.
- AlejandroEs verdad, te lo juro.It's true, I swear.
- LucíaTú siempre haces lo mismo.You always do the same thing.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
