persuade
persuadir
definition
verb
it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing
cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
translation of 'persuade'
verb
persuadir,
convencer
example
The arguments and results may 'persuade' you to change the way you coach this critical skill.
It tends to 'persuade' people who may be otherwise inclined to carry out a preventative maintenance service once a year.
he did everything he could to 'persuade' the police that he was the robber
he did everything he could to 'persuade' the police that he was the robber
Once again, I have concluded that the evidence does not 'persuade' me that this event occurred.
He believes this would 'persuade' many motorists to switch to a second-hand purchase.
You have no idea how difficult it was to 'persuade' him to move it back into the kitchen.
A more modern party may finally 'persuade' them out of their armchairs and into the polling booth.
I couldn't 'persuade' her that I was serious
How could I 'persuade' her to believe me and not think I was being mental or playing a joke?
to 'persuade' sb to do sth
the argument failed to 'persuade' me
Laurel and Hardy's best performances 'persuade' you that humiliation is not all it's cracked up to be.
Alas, the lead singer's attempts to 'persuade' him to remove his shirt for the ladies went down the toilet.
No human voice can 'persuade' the man who believes that God is speaking in his other ear.
Her dad's efforts to 'persuade' her to buy a computer have fallen on deaf ears.
If the moral case won't 'persuade' everyone, perhaps the practical case will.
His agent has been trying to 'persuade' him to move down to London, so that he will be closer to the jobs.
Efforts to 'persuade' teenagers to stay at school had also been increased.
Why would individuals expend effort to 'persuade' an audience about something that it already believes?
to 'persuade' sb of sth
nothing in this universe would 'persuade' them of it
Nor do I think a slippery slope case would 'persuade' anyone who can see nothing wrong with banning such views.
But the supposed need for an early revolution did 'persuade' many to accept violence as a temporary necessity.
But when I ask his closest advisers whether the Prime Minister has been 'persuaded' of this, they hum and haw.
Under the Criminal Code, police can install a tracking device only after 'persuading' a judge there are reasonable grounds to believe a crime has been or will be committed.
He said the drivers were 'persuaded' to move their cars before the towing company arrived.
The alarm woke me at 6.30 the next morning, but the sound of heavy rain on the van roof 'persuaded' me to switch it off and go back to sleep.
So it was quite incredible to see people willingly parade across this fiery pathway, but Cliff had done a great job in 'persuading' us to believe that we could.
In those Wisconsin cram sessions, we're told the emphasis has been on 'persuadability' and brevity.
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