deceive

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• /dɪˈsiːv/
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From Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: këndis — trick or mislead
• Albanian: mashtroj — trick or mislead
• Southern Altai: алдаар (aldaar) — trick or mislead
• Arabic: خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa) — trick or mislead
• Arabic: غَشَّ (ḡašša) — trick or mislead
• Arabic: غَرَّ (ḡarra) — trick or mislead
• Arabic: غَشّ (ḡašš) — trick or mislead
• Armenian: խաբել (xabel) — trick or mislead
• Armenian: մոլորեցնել (molorecʻnel) — trick or mislead
• Azerbaijani: aldatmaq — trick or mislead
• Belarusian: падма́нваць (padmánvacʹ) — trick or mislead
• Belarusian: падману́ць (padmanúcʹ) — trick or mislead
• Breton: touellañ — trick or mislead
• Breton: doganiñ — trick or mislead
• Bulgarian: ма́мя (mámja) — trick or mislead
• Bulgarian: изма́мвам (izmámvam) — trick or mislead
• Burmese: ဖြားယောင်း (hpra:yaung:) — trick or mislead
• Catalan: enganyar — trick or mislead
• Catalan: decebre — trick or mislead
• Cebuano: limbong — trick or mislead
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺騙 /欺骗 (qīpiàn) — trick or mislead
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺詐 /欺诈 (qīzhà) — trick or mislead
• Maore Comorian: uɗanganya — trick or mislead
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhaɗaya — trick or mislead
• Czech: klamat — trick or mislead
• Czech: oklamat — trick or mislead
• Danish: bedrage — trick or mislead
• Dutch: misleiden — trick or mislead
• Dutch: bedriegen — trick or mislead
• Esperanto: trompi — trick or mislead
• Estonian: petma — trick or mislead
• Estonian: tüssama — trick or mislead
• Finnish: huijata — trick or mislead
• Finnish: pettää — trick or mislead
• Finnish: johtaa harhaan — trick or mislead
• French: tromper — trick or mislead
• French: leurrer — trick or mislead
• French: séduire — trick or mislead
• Galician: enganar — trick or mislead
• Galician: embelecar — trick or mislead
• Gallurese: ruigní — trick or mislead
• Georgian: მოტყუება (moṭq̇ueba) — trick or mislead
• German: betrügen — trick or mislead
• German: täuschen — trick or mislead
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn) — trick or mislead
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (uslutōn) — trick or mislead
• Greek: εξαπατώ (exapató) — trick or mislead
• Ancient Greek: ἀπατάω (apatáō) — trick or mislead
• Ancient Greek: δολιόω (dolióō) — trick or mislead
• Ancient Greek: ἀπαφίσκω (apaphískō) — trick or mislead
• Hebrew: רִמָּה (rimmá) — trick or mislead
• Hebrew: הוֹנָה (honá) — trick or mislead
• Hindi: धोखा देना (dhokhā denā) — trick or mislead
• Hungarian: becsap — trick or mislead
• Hungarian: megtéveszt — trick or mislead
• Hungarian: átver — trick or mislead
• Icelandic: blekkja — trick or mislead
• Ido: trompar — trick or mislead
• Italian: ingannare — trick or mislead
• Japanese: 騙す (damasu) — trick or mislead
• Japanese: 欺く (azamuku) — trick or mislead
• Kabuverdianu: enbaladu — trick or mislead
• Kapampangan: pirayit — trick or mislead
• Kazakh: алдау (aldau) — trick or mislead
• Khmer: កំភូត (kɑmphuut) — trick or mislead
• Khmer: ក្បត់ (kbɑt) — trick or mislead
• Khmer: ឆ (chɑɑ) — trick or mislead
• Khmer: បង្វែង (bɑngvaeng) — trick or mislead
• Khmer: បញ្ឆោត (bɑɑbɑñchaot) — trick or mislead
• Khmer: បំពោត (bɑmpoot) — trick or mislead
• Korean: 속이다 (sogida) — trick or mislead
• Northern Kurdish: xapandin — trick or mislead
• Kyrgyz: алдоо (aldoo) — trick or mislead
• Lao: ຫລອກລວງ (lǭk lūang) — trick or mislead
• Latin: mentior — trick or mislead
• Latin: decipiō — trick or mislead
• Latin: fallō — trick or mislead
• Latin: calvor — trick or mislead
• Latvian: apmānīt — trick or mislead
• Latvian: maldināt — trick or mislead
• Ligurian: illüde — trick or mislead
• Lithuanian: klaidinti — trick or mislead
• Lithuanian: vilti — trick or mislead
• Luganda: okulimba — trick or mislead
• Luganda: okuwayiriza — trick or mislead
• Macedonian: измамува (izmamuva) — trick or mislead
• Macedonian: измами (izmami) — trick or mislead
• Māori: tuapeka — trick or mislead
• Māori: nuka — trick or mislead
• Māori: tinihanga — trick or mislead
• Māori: mākoi — trick or mislead
• Māori: kōpeka — trick or mislead
• Middle English: deceyven — trick or mislead
• Mongolian: залилах (zalilax) — trick or mislead
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠯᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (ǰalilaqu) — trick or mislead
• Nepali: छक्याउनु (chakyāunu) — trick or mislead
• Norwegian Bokmål: bedra — trick or mislead
• Old Avestan: 𐬛𐬁𐬠𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬍 (dābaiieitī) — trick or mislead
• Old English: beswīcan — trick or mislead
• Oromo: gowoomsuu — trick or mislead
• Pennsylvania German: aabasse — trick or mislead
• Persian: فریب دادن (farib dâdan) — trick or mislead
• Persian: فریفتن (fariftan) — trick or mislead
• Polish: oszukiwać — trick or mislead
• Polish: oszukać — trick or mislead
• Portuguese: enganar — trick or mislead
• Romanian: înșela — trick or mislead
• Romanian: amăgi — trick or mislead
• Romansh: trumpar — trick or mislead
• Russian: обма́нывать (obmányvatʹ) — trick or mislead
• Russian: обману́ть (obmanútʹ) — trick or mislead
• Sanskrit: गर्धयते (gardhayate) — trick or mislead
• Campidanese Sardinian: ingiriai — trick or mislead
• Sardinian: inghiriare — trick or mislead
• Sardinian: trampàre — trick or mislead
• Sassarese: inturrià — trick or mislead
• Scottish Gaelic: meall — trick or mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: nasamarívati — trick or mislead
• Serbo-Croatian: nasamáriti — trick or mislead
• Slovak: klamať — trick or mislead
• Slovak: oklamať — trick or mislead
• Slovene: goljufati — trick or mislead
• Slovene: ogoljufati — trick or mislead
• Spanish: engañar — trick or mislead
• Spanish: decebir — trick or mislead
• Spanish: meter la yuca — trick or mislead
• Spanish: meter el dedo — trick or mislead
• Spanish: embaír — trick or mislead
• Spanish: descrestar — trick or mislead
• Spanish: entucar — trick or mislead
• Spanish: engrupir — trick or mislead
• Spanish: engatar — trick or mislead
• Spanish: casquear — trick or mislead
• Spanish: paquear — trick or mislead
• Swedish: bedra — trick or mislead
• Swedish: lura — trick or mislead
• Tagalog: lokohin — trick or mislead
• Tagalog: linlangin — trick or mislead
• Tagalog: dayain — trick or mislead
• Tajik: фиреб додан (fireb dodan) — trick or mislead
• Tajik: фирефтан (fireftan) — trick or mislead
• Tamil: ஏமாற்று (ēmāṟṟu) — trick or mislead
• Telugu: దగాచేయు (dagācēyu) — trick or mislead
• Telugu: మోసగించు (mōsagiñcu) — trick or mislead
• Thai: หลอก (lɔ̀ɔk) — trick or mislead
• Thai: โกง (goong) — trick or mislead
• Thai: หลอกลวง (lɔ̀ɔk-luuang) — trick or mislead
• Turkish: kandırmak — trick or mislead
• Turkish: ayartmak — trick or mislead
• Turkish: aldatmak — trick or mislead
• Turkish: üçkağıda getirmek — trick or mislead
• Turkmen: aldamak — trick or mislead
• Ukrainian: обма́нювати (obmánjuvaty) — trick or mislead
• Ukrainian: обману́ти (obmanúty) — trick or mislead
• Urdu: دھوکہ دینا (dhokhā denā) — trick or mislead
• Uyghur: ئالدىماق (aldimaq) — trick or mislead
• Uzbek: aldamoq — trick or mislead
• Vietnamese: lừa — trick or mislead
• Vietnamese: lừa bịp — trick or mislead
• Vietnamese: bịp — trick or mislead
• Vietnamese: lừa dối — trick or mislead
• Zazaki: xapeynen — trick or mislead