voleva abbandonare tutto ma l'ho dissuaso

dissuadere qualcuno dal fare qualcosa dissuade s.o. from doing something

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dissuadere v.tr. to dissuade, to discourage, to deter: mi dissuasero dall'acquistare la merce, they dissuaded me from (o advised me against) buying the goods; nulla lo dissuaderà dal tentare ancora, nothing will deter him from trying again; cerca di dissuaderlo da quell'azione, try to persuade him not to do it (o try to dissuade him from doing it); voleva abbandonare tutto ma l'ho dissuaso, he wanted to give up everything but I talked him out of it (o I discouraged him).

◘ dissuadersi v.rifl. (non com.) to dissuade oneself, to be dissuaded: voleva dimettersi ma poi si è dissuaso, he wanted to resign but then he decided against it.

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verbo transitivo to deter, to discourage, to dissuade

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dissuadere

/dissua'dere/ [69]

verbo transitivo

to deter, to discourage, to dissuade; dissuadere qcn. dal fare qcs. to argue o talk sb. out of doing sth.