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bamboozle

/bæmˈbuː.zl̩/ [bamboozled, bamboozling]

Translation

v [t]
(inform)
enredar
engañar
embaucar
She bamboozled him into doing her work
Lo embaucó para que hiciera su trabajo
constr. to bamboozle sb into + doing sth
(Definition of bamboozle v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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