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Old April 30, 2010, 08:13 AM
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"you could have fooled me"

I know engañar means "deceive" or "fool", but how would you say "you could have fooled me"?

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Old April 30, 2010, 09:08 AM
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I know engañar means "deceive" or "fool", but how would you say "you could have fooled me"?

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A mi no me parecía.
Example: Jimmy told me he was sick, but he could have fooled me. I saw him that evening laughing and dancing.
Jimmy me dijo que sentía enfermo, pero no me parecía así. Lo vi en aquella noche riendo y bailando.
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Old April 30, 2010, 10:47 AM
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I know engañar means "deceive" or "fool", but how would you say "you could have fooled me"?

Thanks in advance.
In the dictionary it means Tu podrias haberte atontado por mi.

You could have fooled for me.
It refer about the love.
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Old April 30, 2010, 11:11 AM
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"Podías/pudiste haberme engañado", depending on what you mean.

Simple past is used when someone has fooled you once, but you're not in disposition of letting them fool you again:

Pudiste haberme engañado en el pasado, pero ahora ya te conozco bien.
You could have fooled me in the past, but now I know you well.


Imperfect is used when someone could have fooled you in the past, but didn't (either because you caught them or because they changed their mind).

Podías haberme engañado diciendo que estabas enfermo, pero te agradezco que me hayas dicho la verdad.
You could have fooled me saying you were sick, but I appreciate that you have told me the truth.


An alternative to Poli's example:
Jimmy told me he was sick, but he could have fooled me.
Jimmy me dijo que estaba enfermo, pero pudo haberme engañado.
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Old April 30, 2010, 02:16 PM
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Could have fooled me is kind of sarcastic. Maybe you can say íQue sorpresa (o Que maravilla) tan enfermo que está sin embargo sigue riendo y bailando!
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I know engañar means "deceive" or "fool", but how would you say "you could have fooled me"?

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Podrías haberme engañado.

But it does not make sense as in the same context of what it is meant in the US.

Sarcasm aside, consider this:

You could have fooled me by pointing me to the wrong direction.

Podrías haberme engañado guiándome en la dirección equivocada.
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Son noticias para mí
?????????????
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Son noticias para mí
?????????????
¿Noticias?
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¿Noticias?
For example...
Person 1 - Unemployment in Spain is going down
Person 2 - going down? You could have fooled me!/ Estos son noticias para mí

What do you think irmamar??
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"Son noticias para mí" sounds strange...

"That's news for me" might be better understood as "eso es (algo) nuevo para mí" (≈ "no lo sabía") ...is that the idea, Here4good?
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