Deceptive means Engañoso in Spanish | Discover Synonyms, Part of Speech & Examples

Deceptive

Translation of Deceptive in Spanish :

deceptive

engañoso

ADJ

Synonyms: misleading, deceitful, deceiving, tricky, deceptively, specious

It can be a bit deceptive from up here. Puede verse un poco engañoso desde aquí.
It can be deceptive. No, es engañoso.
... more useable, in the fact it is more deceptive. ... más manejable, más engañoso, de hecho.
My charm's really deceptive. Mi encanto es muy engañoso.
It canbe a bit deceptive from up here. Puede verse un poco engañoso desde aquí.

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in English

1. Misleading

misleading

engañosa

ADJ

Synonyms: deceptive, deceitful, tricky, sneaky, deceiving, deceptively, delusive

This story was misleading. Esta historia es engañosa.
The online description was completely misleading. La descripción en línea era completamente engañosa.
This artificial light's rather misleading. La luz artificial es un poco engañosa.
Although this name can be misleading. Aunque esta denominación puede ser engañosa.
That statistic was completely misleading. Esa estadística era completamente engañosa.

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II)

engañando

VERB

Synonyms: cheating, fooling, deceiving, tricking, kidding, deluding

III)

equívoca

ADJ

Synonyms: equivocal, equivocate

... the first sentence was misleading; ... la primera frase es equívoca;
... electronic signature" might be misleading. ... la firma electrónica" podía ser equívoca.

IV)

falaz

ADJ

Synonyms: fallacious

... as a clash of civilizations is outdated and misleading. ... como choque de civilizaciones es un concepto caduco y falaz.
... to be fragile and misleading. ... a ser frágil y falaz.

erróneo

ADJ

Synonyms: wrong, erroneous, incorrect, flawed

(a) is false or misleading; (a) sea falso o erróneo;

2. Deceitful

deceitful

engañoso

ADJ

Synonyms: misleading, deceptive, deceiving, tricky, deceptively, specious

My work was manipulator and deceitful. Mi trabajo era manipulador y engañoso.
My job was manipulative and deceitful. Mi trabajo fue manipulador y engañoso.
He has been very deceitful! Ha sido muy engañoso!
He has been very deceitful! Él ha sido muy engañoso!
The heart is deceitful and wicked: El corazón es engañoso.

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II)

mentirosa

ADJ

Synonyms: liar, lying

You represent an exceptionally deceitful institution. Representa una institución excepcionalmente mentirosa.
She is vain and spoiled and selfish and deceitful. Es vanidosa, malcriada, egoísta y mentirosa.
But a damaged, deceitful, manipulative child is not ... Pero una niña herida, mentirosa y manipuladora no es ...
... a lying, sneaky, deceitful snake would do that ... ... una engañosa, artera y mentirosa víbora le haría eso ...

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3. Deceiving

deceiving

engañando

VERB

Synonyms: cheating, fooling, tricking, misleading, kidding, deluding

Seems you've been deceiving me. Me ha estado engañando.
Deceiving with the truth. Engañando con la verdad.
I am not deceiving you. No los estoy engañando.
You are deceiving yourself with the idea of a vengeance. Te estás engañando con la idea de una venganza.
Deceiving your mother, turning on your brother. Engañando a tu madre, entregando a tu hermano.

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II)

engañarse

VERB

Synonyms: deceive, delude

Or how good she is at deceiving herself. O de cuán buena sea en engañarse a ella misma.

4. Tricky

tricky

complicado

ADJ

Synonyms: complicated, difficult, messy, confusing

Measuring energy required for walking is tricky. Medir la energía requerida para caminar es complicado.
The first one can be a bit tricky. El primer parto puede ser complicado.
They can be quite tricky. Pueden ser bastante complicado.
Now it gets tricky. Ahora se pone complicado.
Playing an excerpt with bars rest is always tricky. Tocar un pieza con descansos es siempre complicado.

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II)

peliagudo

ADJ

... with a motorcycle is a tricky thing to pull off. ... con una moto es peliagudo.
... good father's kind of a tricky subject for me. ... lo de buen padre es un tema peliagudo para mí.
I don't know, it's tricky. No sé, es peliagudo.

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III)

difícil

ADJ

Synonyms: difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, harder

This could be tricky. Esto puede ser difícil.
And this can be tricky sometimes. Y esto puede ser difícil a veces.
Choosing the right class can be tricky. Escoger la clase adecuada puede resultar difícil.
Can get real tricky, man. Puede volverse realmente difícil, amigo.
Now this is a tricky passage. Este es un pasaje difícil.

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IV)

engañoso

ADJ

Synonyms: misleading, deceptive, deceitful, deceiving, deceptively, specious

But that could be tricky. Pero eso podría ser engañoso.
And that tricky exponent. Y ese exponente engañoso.
That tunnel turn is real tricky. Ese giro en el túnel es realmente engañoso.
The weather can be so tricky here. El clima es muy engañoso.
There's nothing complicated or tricky about the mechanism. El mecanismo no tiene nada complicado ni engañoso.

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tramposo

ADJ

Synonyms: cheat, trickster, sneaky

This is a tricky business. Este es un asunto tramposo.
You're all shady and tricky. Eres sospechoso y tramposo.
... , but, probably not as tricky as your title. ... , pero probablemente no tan tramposo como su título.
... still active action that's it's it's a tricky ... acción sigue activo que es que es que es un tramposo
... I am a liar the tricky one and an addict. ... soy un mentiroso un tramposo y un adicto.

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VI)

astuto

ADJ

Synonyms: cunning, clever, sly, astute, crafty, shrewd, wily

... the court that counsel is very tricky. ... que el abogado es muy astuto.
Tricky, very tricky. Astuto, muy astuto.
yes, bait is tricky. Sí, el cebo es astuto.
He's a tricky one, but I'll test him ... Es astuto, pero lo probaré ...

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5. Deceptively

deceptively

engañosamente

ADV

Synonyms: misleadingly

The games make it all seem deceptively simple. Los juegos hacen que todo se vea engañosamente simple.
Child number one is acting deceptively vague again. La hija número uno actúa engañosamente vaga de nuevo.
Deceptively simple, yet elegant. Engañosamente simple pero elegante.
... the number of human genes is deceptively small, merely one ... ... la cantidad de genes humanos es engañosamente pequeña, solo un ...
the deceptively crafty unreasonable crop el cultivo irracional engañosamente astuto

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6. Specious

specious

especiosa

ADJ

hold out specious allurements, and make them rush to aguantar seducciones especiosa, y hacerlos prisa

II)

engañoso

ADJ

Synonyms: misleading, deceptive, deceitful, deceiving, tricky, deceptively

Your argument is specious. Tu argumento es engañoso.
I think your argument is specious. Su argumento es engañoso.
specious glitter it had never yet quite worn? ... brillo engañoso que nunca se había llevado bastante ...
But this argument is specious: one can have ... Pero este argumento es engañoso: se puede tener ...
... , the progress is specious. ... , el progreso es engañoso.