embaucar

v.

to deceive, to take in.

no te dejes embaucar don't (let yourself) be taken in

embaucar a alguien en algo to talk somebody into something

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embaucar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, swindle

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VT to trick, fool, lead up the garden path *

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verbo transitivo to trick, con (colloq)

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= trick, dupe, bamboozle, bluff, ensnare, snare, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path.

Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.

Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.

Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

Ex. They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.

Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.

Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.

Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

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* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.

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verbo transitivo to trick, con (colloq)

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= trick, dupe, bamboozle, bluff, ensnare, snare, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path.

Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.

Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.

Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

Ex: They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.

Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.

Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.

Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.

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embaucar [A2 ]

vt

to trick, con (colloq)

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embaucar (conjugate embaucar) verbo transitivo
to trick, con (colloq)
embaucar verbo transitivo to swindle, cheat, lead up the garden path
'embaucar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
seducir
English:
garden
- dupe

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embaucar vt

to deceive, to take in;

no te dejes embaucar don't (let yourself) be taken in;

embaucar a alguien para hacer algo to trick sb into doing sth

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embaucar

v/t trick, deceive

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embaucar {72} vt

: to trick, to swindle