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1 camelar
v.1 to butter up, to win over.2 to flirt with.3 to cajole, to canoodle, to butter, to butter up.* * *1 familiar (galantear) to flirt with■ ha camelado a su padre para que le compre una moto he's talked his father into buying him a motorbike1 familiar to cajole, sweet-talk, get round* * *VT1) (=persuadir) to cajole, win over2) [+ mujer] (=flirtear) to flirt with, make up to *; (=conquistar) to attract* * *verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to sweet-talk (colloq)camelar a alguien para que + subj — to sweet-talk somebody into + ing
* * *= bluff, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax.Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.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.* * *verbo transitivo (Esp fam) to sweet-talk (colloq)camelar a alguien para que + subj — to sweet-talk somebody into + ing
* * *= bluff, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax.Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.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.* * *camelar [A1 ]vtcamelar a algn PARA QUE + SUBJ to sweet-talk sb INTO -INGcameló al abuelo para que le diese dinero she sweet-talked her grandfather into giving her some money, she wheedled some money out of her grandfather* * *
camelar vtr fam (convencer, conquistar) to win over: no intentes camelarme porque no pienso comprártelo, you can't talk me into buying it
a ver si le camelo para que participe en el negocio, let's see if I can convince him to let me come in on the business
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English:
sweet
* * *camelar vtFam1. [convencer] to butter up, to win over;me cameló para que lo ayudara he sweet-talked me into helping him2. [enamorar] to win the heart of;la cameló rápidamente he quickly set her heart aflutter* * *v/t famsweet-talk fam ;camelar a alguien para que haga algo fam sweet-talk s.o. into doing sth fam
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