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1 engatusar
v.1 to sweet-talk (informal).engatusar a alguien para que haga algo to sweet-talk somebody into doing something2 to deceive, to coax, to bluff, to fob off.* * *1 familiar to get round, coax, cajole* * *VT to coax, wheedle* * *verbo transitivo to sweet-talkengatusar a alguien para que + subj — to sweet-talk somebody into -ing
* * *= bamboozle, con, hoax.Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.----* engatusar para que + Subjuntivo = wheedle into + Gerundio.* * *verbo transitivo to sweet-talkengatusar a alguien para que + subj — to sweet-talk somebody into -ing
* * *= bamboozle, con, hoax.Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.
Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.* engatusar para que + Subjuntivo = wheedle into + Gerundio.* * *engatusar [A1 ]vtengatusó a su padre para que se lo comprara she sweet-talked her father into buying it for herme engatusó y acabó vendiéndome la radio más cara he gave me his spiel and I ended up buying the most expensive radioa mí no me vas a engatusar con zalamerías flattery will get you nowhere* * *
engatusar ( conjugate engatusar) verbo transitivo
to sweet-talk;
engatusar a algn para que haga algo to sweet-talk sb into doing sth
engatusar vtr fam to sweet-talk: no te dejes engatusar, don't fall for their sweet-talking
' engatusar' also found in these entries:
English:
con
- sweet-talk
- fob
- get
- sweet
* * *engatusar vtFam to sweet-talk;se dejó engatusar por un timador he let himself be taken in by a con artist;no trates de engatusarme don't try to get round me;logré engatusarlo para que viniera I managed to coax him into coming* * *v/t famsweet-talk fam* * *engatusar vt: to coax, to cajole
См. также в других словарях:
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flattery will get you nowhere — spoken used for telling someone that you will not do what they want just because they are praising you … English dictionary
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