lusinga (-ghe)

f (pl -ghe) flattery

* * *

lusinga s.f.

1 allurement, cajolery [U], blandishment; (persuasione) coaxing [U]; (adulazione) flattery [U], praise: le lusinghe dei sensi, the allurements of the senses; le lusinghe di una donna, a woman's blandishments; cercò di accattivarselo con delle lusinghe, he tried to win him over by flattery; cedere alle lusinghe, to give way to enticements (o to blandishments); attirare qlcu. con lusinghe, to entice s.o. with one's blandishments; era indifferente alle lusinghe della grande città, he was indifferent to the attractions (o the lure) of the city

2 (letter.) (illusione) illusion, false hope, delusion: speravo di riuscire, ma era una lusinga, I hoped to succeed, but it was a delusion; vivere di lusinghe, to live on one's illusions.

* * *

pl. - ghe [lu'zinga, ge] sostantivo femminile

1) (adulazione) flattery U, lure

2) lett. fallacious hope, illusion

* * *

lusinga

pl. - ghe /lu'zinga, ge/

sostantivo f.

 1 (adulazione) flattery U, lure

 2 lett. fallacious hope, illusion.