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sacanear

mess with, screw over

s ɐ k ɐ n j a ɾ
sacan dirty trick / screw over + ear verb-forming; do/use/become
verb Rare #29,230
mess with, screw over Informal/slang (common in Brazil). Often means treating someone unfairly or being mean as a joke.
PO: Não é legal sacanear os colegas.
EN: It’s not cool to mess with your classmates.
Conjugation of sacanear
sacanear
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First sacanear —
Third sacanear —

O cara famoso acha que é o trote, e começa a viajar e a sacanear o outro.

The famous guy thinks it's a prank call, and starts traveling and messing with the other guy.

— O Ódio (1995)

E eles o matarão, se os sacanear como fez com Jared e comigo.

And they'll kill him if he messes with them like he did with Jared and me.

— Elefante (2003)

Quer me sacanear?

Are you messing with me?

— Uma Batalha Após a Outra (2025)

Tu tá afim de me sacanear?

Are you trying to mess with me?

— Tropa de Elite (2007)

Não tô afim de te sacanear.

I’m not trying to mess with you.

— Tropa de Elite (2007)

Então para de me sacanear e me diga o ponto de encontro.

So stop messing with me and tell me the meeting point.

— Uma Batalha Após a Outra (2025)

Quer me sacanear, seu merda?

Are you trying to screw me over, you piece of shit?

— Uma Batalha Após a Outra (2025)

Acha que não sei que o liberou somente para me sacanear?

Do you think I don't know that he only released him to mess with me?

— O Segredo dos seus Olhos (2009)

Não vou sacanear ninguém.

I'm not going to mess with anyone.

— Caminhos do Crime (2026)