beguile

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• bĭ-gīl′
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From Middle English begilen, begylen; equivalent to be- + guile. Compare Middle Dutch begilen (“to beguile”). Doublet of bewile.

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: embetumar — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Catalan: enganyar — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺騙 /欺骗 (qīpiàn) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺瞞 /欺瞒 (qīmán) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Dutch: misleiden — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Dutch: bedriegen — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Estonian: peibutama — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Finnish: hämätä — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Finnish: johtaa harhaan — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Finnish: pettää — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• French: duper — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• French: tromper — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• French: induire en erreur — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• German: irreleiten — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• German: irreführen — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• German: in die Irre führen — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Greek: παραπλανώ (paraplanó) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Greek: εξαπατώ (exapató) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Italian: ingannare — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Italian: turlupinare — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Latin: decipio — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Macedonian: залаже (zalaže) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Māori: whakakonuka — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Māori: whakatūaho — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Norwegian Bokmål: lokke — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Norwegian Bokmål: friste — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Norwegian Bokmål: forlokke — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Portuguese: enganar — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Romanian: înșela — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Romanian: ademeni — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Romanian: amăgi — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Russian: обману́ть (obmanútʹ) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Spanish: engañar — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Turkish: kanına girmek — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Turkish: yoldan çıkarmak — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Turkish: ayartmak — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Turkish: baştan çıkarmak — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Ukrainian: обма́нювати (obmánjuvaty) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Ukrainian: підма́нювати (pidmánjuvaty) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Ukrainian: обдури́ти (obdurýty) — to deceive or delude (using guile)
• Catalan: captivar — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Chinese Mandarin: 迷人 (mírén) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Dutch: verrukken — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Dutch: vervoeren — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Estonian: meeldivalt mööda saatma — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Finnish: hurmata — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Finnish: viekoitella — to charm, delight, or captivate
• French: exalter — to charm, delight, or captivate
• French: emporter — to charm, delight, or captivate
• French: ravir — to charm, delight, or captivate
• German: betören — to charm, delight, or captivate
• German: verführen — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Greek: διασκεδάζω (diaskedázo) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Ancient Greek: κηλέω (kēléō) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Italian: incantare — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Italian: distogliere — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Italian: sedurre — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Italian: adulare — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Italian: lusingare — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Māori: ātahu — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Māori: kohinu — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Portuguese: entreter — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Portuguese: distrair — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Portuguese: encantar — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Romanian: încânta — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Romanian: captiva — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Romanian: fermeca — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Russian: очаро́вывать (očaróvyvatʹ) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Russian: очарова́ть (očarovátʹ) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Spanish: cautivar — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Turkish: ayartmak — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Ukrainian: причаро́вувати (pryčaróvuvaty) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Ukrainian: прина́джувати (prynádžuvaty) — to charm, delight, or captivate
• Ukrainian: зачаро́вувати (začaróvuvaty) — to charm, delight, or captivate