🇬🇧🇪🇸 deceit - engaño : English Lesson

Meaning of "deceit" ("engaño"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Deceit is when someone on purpose tells lies or secretly tricks another person so that the other person believes something that is not true.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

When Mom asked who ate the last cookie, my chocolate-covered face was proof that my loud denial was pure deceit.

I attempted deceit by telling my brain that homework is fun, but even my brain didn’t believe that lie.

I saw through my friend’s deceit when he said, “I totally studied,” while his notebook was still in the plastic wrap.

The cat’s favorite deceit is pretending to be starving to Dad right after I’ve watched it eat a full bowl of food.

My sister’s deceit was exposed when her “washed” dishes still had an entire meatball stuck to one of the forks.

The little boy opened a small box and saw an empty cloth. He frowned; his sister's smile hid a small deceit. She used deceit, playful deceit, then pulled out a real toy from behind the curtain — pure deceit turned kind. The boy laughed, surprised and relieved, and forgave the gentle deceit with a hug.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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