egg on

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* From Middle English eggen (“to incite; urge on; instigate”), from Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), from egg (“edge”). More at edge. * A variant of the archaic "edge on."

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Burmese: ညှော် (hnyau) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Dutch: provoceren — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Dutch: aanzetten tot — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Finnish: yllyttää — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• French: pousser à — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: encirrar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: apurrar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: enxibar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: estrizar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: isar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: istar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: enridar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: atouzar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Galician: envizcar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• German: anstiften — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• German: aufstacheln — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• German: verleiten — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• German: anspitzen — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Greek: παρακινώ (parakinó) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Icelandic: eggja — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Māori: whakataratara — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Persian: تحریک کردن (tahrik kardan) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Portuguese: incitar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Portuguese: provocar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Russian: подстрека́ть (podstrekátʹ) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Russian: подбива́ть (podbivátʹ) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Russian: подгова́ривать (podgovárivatʹ) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Russian: нау́ськивать (naúsʹkivatʹ) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Russian: подзу́живать (podzúživatʹ) — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: podstreknuti — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Serbo-Croatian: podgovoriti — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Spanish: provocar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Spanish: incitar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Spanish: concitar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Spanish: instigar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Spanish: suscitar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Spanish: guizgar — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Swedish: egga — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something
• Turkish: doldurmak — to encourage or coax (a person) to do something