persuade

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• /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/
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• rhymes with -eɪd
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From Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَقْنَعَ (ʔaqnaʕa) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Armenian: հորդորել (hordorel) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Azerbaijani: inandırmaq — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Azerbaijani: razılaşdırmaq — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніваць (zapéwnivacʹ) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніць (zapéwnicʹ) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Bulgarian: убежда́вам (ubeždávam) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Bulgarian: убедя́ (ubedjá) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Catalan: persuadir — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Chinese Mandarin: 說服 /说服 (shuōfú) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Chinese Mandarin: 勸說 /劝说 (quànshuō) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Chinese Mandarin: 相勸 /相劝 (xiāngquàn) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Chinese Mandarin: 勸 /劝 (quàn) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Czech: přesvědčit — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Danish: overbevise — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Danish: overtale — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Dutch: overtuigen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Dutch: overhalen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Dutch: overreden — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Dutch: persuaderen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Esperanto: konvinki — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Esperanto: persvadi — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Estonian: veenma — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Estonian: keelitama — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Finnish: suostutella — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Finnish: taivutella — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Finnish: taivuttaa — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Finnish: vakuuttaa — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• French: persuader — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• French: convaincre — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• German: überreden — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• German: gewinnen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• German: verführen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• German: bestechen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• German: dazu bringen — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gafullaweisjan) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Ancient Greek: πείθω (peíthō) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Ancient Greek: ἀναπείθω (anapeíthō) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Hebrew: שִׁכְנֵעַ (shikhnéa) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Hungarian: rábeszél — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Hungarian: meggyőz — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Hungarian: rávesz — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Hunsrik: përsuatiere — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Irish: cuir i bhfeidhm — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Italian: persuadere — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Italian: convincere — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Japanese: 説得する (settoku suru) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Japanese: 説く (toku) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Khmer: បញ្ជោក (bɑɑbɑñcook) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Korean: 설득하다 (seoldeukhada) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Lao: ຊັກຊວນ (sak sūan) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Latin: persuādeō — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Latin: exōrō — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Latvian: pārliecināt — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Latvian: pierunāt — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Lithuanian: įtikinti — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Lithuanian: įkalbėti — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Macedonian: убедува (ubeduva) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Macedonian: убеди (ubedi) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Malayalam: അനുനയിപ്പിക്കുക (anunayippikkuka) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Māori: whakapakepake — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Norwegian Bokmål: overtale — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Norwegian Bokmål: overbevise — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Persian: متقاعد کردن (moteqâ'ed kardan) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Persian: رقبیدن — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Persian: قانعیدن — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Persian: قبولاندن — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Persian: مجابیدن — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Persian: وادار کردن (vâdâr kardan) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Polish: przekonywać — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Polish: przekonać — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Portuguese: persuadir — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Romanian: convinge — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Romanian: persuada — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Russian: убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Russian: убеди́ть (ubedítʹ) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Russian: угова́ривать (ugovárivatʹ) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Russian: уговори́ть (ugovorítʹ) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Scottish Gaelic: iompaich — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀верити — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀вјерити — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: убе́дити — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: убије́дити — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: ùveriti — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: ùvjeriti — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: ubéditi — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Serbo-Croatian: ubijéditi — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Slovak: presvedčiť — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Slovene: prepričevati — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Slovene: prepríčati — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Spanish: persuadir — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Spanish: chamuyar — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Swedish: övertyga — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Swedish: övertala — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Thai: ชักชวน (chák-chuuan) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Thai: โน้มน้าว (nóom-náao) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Turkish: ikna etmek — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Turkish: razı etmek — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Ottoman Turkish: اقناع ایتمك (iknâʼ etmek) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Ukrainian: переко́нувати (perekónuvaty) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Ukrainian: перекона́ти (perekonáty) — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Vietnamese: thuyết phục — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to
• Welsh: perswadio — to successfully convince (someone) to agree to