Fall for

[123xyz]

Could someone tell me what the Turkish translation of "to fall for" is, in the sense of being deceived? I've found "dalgaya düşmek" so far - is that suitable? Meanwhile, I've also know of "kanmak", but I'm looking for something more figurative and colloquial.

Example sentence:
He said that I should wait in the parking lot while he went to go and collect the money; I can't believe I fell for that - I haven't seen him (or the money) since then.
O parayı alarken benim otoparkta beklemek gerektiğimi söyledi; ondan dalgaya düştüğümü inanamam - ondan beri ne onu ne parayı görmedim (?)

Thank you in advance

 

[adelan]

I've never used "dalgaya düşmek" since it has a meaning of "being moony" in Turkish. I prefer "yemek" if we are looking for a natural translation of being deceived yet my friends could give more examples like: kanmak, inanmak, tongaya düşmek etc.

There is problem in English sentence since "he went to go" is meaningless but as an example it could be translated as:

Parayı almak için gideceğini ve benim beklemem gerektiğini söyledi. Bunu nasıl yediğime inanamıyorum, onu da parayı da bir daha görmedim.

 

[123xyz]

Thank you for the reply. What do you mean by "being moony", though - being generally naive and detached from reality, referring to a continuous personality state, rather than an isolated event? By the way, I'm sorry about the "went to go" - I meant to write merely "he went to collect".

 

[adelan]

Dalgaya düştüm sounds like "dalgınlığıma geldi" which means I was so moony at that time that I couldn't predict what will happen. You may say "detached from reality for a while" as well.

 

[Ali Smith]

What about devrilmek, which means exactly the same thing as düşmek 'to fall'? They are interchangeable in all other contexts, e.g. arabası devrildi = arabası düştü 'His car fell over (e.g. because of a strong gust of wind).'

 

[Rallino]

It doesn't work in this context. Düşmek can be used in expressions having to do with being deceived, but devrilmek doesn't have such connotations.

 

[drowsykush]

What about devrilmek, which means exactly the same thing as düşmek 'to fall'? They are interchangeable in all other contexts, e.g. arabası devrildi = arabası düştü 'His car fell over (e.g. because of a strong gust of wind).'

I don't think devrilmek is the same thing as düşmek.

When someone says "arabası düştü", it is assumed that the car has fallen from a high place (a cliff or whatever), not rolled over.

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And for the translation of "to fall for", I would use "tufaya gelmek/düşmek", which is more colloquial than the others.

 

[shafaq]

Could someone tell me what the Turkish translation of "to fall for" is, in the sense of being deceived? I've found "dalgaya düşmek" so far - is that suitable? Meanwhile, I've also know of "kanmak", but I'm looking for something more figurative and colloquial.

Example sentence:
He said that I should wait in the parking lot while he went to go and collect the money; I can't believe I fell for that - I haven't seen him (or the money) since then.
O parayı alarken benim otoparkta beklemek gerektiğimi söyledi; ondan dalgaya düştüğümü inanamam - ondan beri ne onu ne parayı görmedim (?)

Thank you in advance

I think Adelan's "tongaya düşmek" is more suitable at your context. You may say "Bu tongaya nasıl düştüm/düştüğümü bilemiyorum", instead of problematic "ondan dalgaya düştüğümü inanamam" .
There is also "faka basmak" in the same sense along side

drowsykus's "tufaya gelmek/düşmek".​