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1 wheedle
tr['wiːdəl]1 engatusar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto wheedle somebody into doing something engatusar a alguien para que haga algoto wheedle something out of somebody sonsacar algo a alguiento wheedle something out of someone: sonsacarle algo a alguienv.• capotear v.• conseguir por medio de halagos v.• embromar v.• engaitar v.• engatusar v.• sonsacar v.'hwiːdḷ, 'wiːdḷa) (coax, flatter)to wheedle something OUT OF somebody — sonsacarle* algo a alguien
b) wheedling pres p <tone/voice> adulador['wiːdl]VT* * *['hwiːdḷ, 'wiːdḷ]a) (coax, flatter)to wheedle something OUT OF somebody — sonsacarle* algo a alguien
b) wheedling pres p <tone/voice> adulador
См. также в других словарях:
wheedle — whee|dle [ˈwi:dl] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from German wedeln to wag the tail, be willing to do what others want ] to persuade someone to do or give you something, for example by saying nice things to them that you do not mean used … Dictionary of contemporary English
wheedle — verb (I, T) to try to persuade someone by saying pleasant things which you do not mean: a wheedling voice | wheedle sb into doing sth: He wheedled me into paying. | wheedle sth from/out of sb: She managed to wheedle an extra day s pay out of him … Longman dictionary of contemporary English