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1 blandire
blandire v.tr. to blandish; to cajole; to soothe; to coax; to wheedle; ( lenire) to ease; ( adulare) to flatter.* * *[blan'dire]* * *blandire/blan'dire/ [102](lusingare) to coax, to cajole [ persona]. -
2 moina
moina s.f. simpering; (comportamento lezioso) coaxing, wheedling, cajoling: fare moine, to simper; smetti di fare tante moine, stop simpering; fare moine a qlcu. per indurlo a fare qlco., to wheedle (o to coax) a person into doing sthg.; con un po' di moine ottiene dalla mamma quel che vuole, with a little bit of coaxing (o wheedling) he can get anything he wants from his mother.* * *[mo'ina]sostantivo femminilele -e — (comportamento lezioso) coaxing, wheedling, cajoling; (gesto d'affetto) fondling
fare le -e a qcn. — to try to coax sb.
convincere qcn. a fare qcs. con le -e — to wheedle sb. into doing sth
* * *moina/mo'ina/sostantivo f.le -e (comportamento lezioso) coaxing, wheedling, cajoling; (gesto d'affetto) fondling; fare le -e a qcn. to try to coax sb.; convincere qcn. a fare qcs. con le -e to wheedle sb. into doing sth. -
3 imbonire
imbonire v.tr.1 (il pubblico) to allure, to entice2 (acquietare) to quiet down, to calm3 (accattivarsi) to get* round (s.o.), to coax: ha cercato di imbonirmi, ma senza successo, he tried to get round me, but without success.* * *[imbo'nire]imbonire qcn. per fargli fare — to fast-talk sb. into doing
* * *imbonire/imbo'nire/ [102]
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