Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Endrominar

English translation:

to dupe

Added to glossary by Tania Pires
Jan 26, 2015 09:22
9 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Endrominar

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama conversation
'Foi esse mesmo Maurício, o pai da minha filha, que a senhora conseguiu endrominar com muita, muita pinta e fez com que ele lhe vendesse a nossa casa.'

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Proposed translations

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(whom you) duped/managed to dupe (big time)

Example sentence:

Their egregious friendliness finally managed to dupe me, sweetly bolstering my self-esteem.

Somehow Matura has managed to dupe even elected members of our Parliament with the false proposition that one party can

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deceive, mislead

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Peer comment(s):

agree Catarina Lopes
14 mins
Obrigada, Catarina!
agree oxygen4u
17 mins
Obrigada, Patrícia!
agree Mario Freitas : Enganar, ludibriar, engalobar (BR), passar a perna... Mas "endrominar" eu nunca tinha ouvido na vida. Está anotado.
22 mins
Obrigada, Mario! É calão PT(pt), significa enganar, intrujar, aldrabar, mas tem tb a ideia de que é feito lentamente...
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35 mins

that you, very wisely, managed to trick

Sugestão
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3 hrs

bamboozle

suggestion
to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like;
They bamboozled us into joining the club.
Synonyms: gyp, dupe, trick, cheat, swindle, defraud, flimflam, hoax, gull, rook; delude, mislead, fool.


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..... she managed to baboozle very cleverly into ...........
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lead down the garden path

suggestion, depends how informal it is
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conned

conned
Example sentence:

Thieves conned him out of his life savings.

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