It is no use your trying to persuade him.
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Persuade
//pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd//
Synonyms for "persuade" (123 found)
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Closest matches (25)
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Related words (61)
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1 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 50 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πείθω verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- ἀναπείθω verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Arabic
1 entries- أَقْنَعَ verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Armenian
1 entries- հորդորել verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- inandırmaq verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- razılaşdırmaq verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Belarusian
2 entries- запэ́ўніваць verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- запэ́ўніць verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Bulgarian
2 entries- убедя́ verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- убежда́вам verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Catalan
1 entries- persuadir verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 勸 /劝 verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- 勸說 /劝说 verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- 相勸 /相劝 verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- 說服 /说服 verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Czech
1 entries- přesvědčit verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Danish
2 entries- overbevise verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- overtale verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Dutch
4 entries- overhalen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- overreden verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- overtuigen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persuaderen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Esperanto
2 entries- konvinki verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persvadi verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Estonian
2 entries- keelitama verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- veenma verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Finnish
4 entries- suostutella verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- taivutella verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- taivuttaa verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- vakuuttaa verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
French
2 entries- convaincre verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persuader verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
German
4 entries- bestechen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- dazu bringen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- gewinnen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- verführen verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁכְנֵעַ verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Hungarian
3 entries- meggyőz verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- rábeszél verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- rávesz verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Hunsrik
1 entries- përsuatiere verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Irish
1 entries- cuir i bhfeidhm verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Italian
2 entries- convincere verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persuadere verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Japanese
2 entries- 説く verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- 説得する verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Khmer
1 entries- បញ្ជោក verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Korean
1 entries- 설득하다 verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Lao
1 entries- ຊັກຊວນ verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Latin
2 entries- exōrō verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persuādeō verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Latvian
2 entries- pierunāt verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- pārliecināt verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Lithuanian
2 entries- įkalbėti verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- įtikinti verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Macedonian
2 entries- убеди verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- убедува verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Malayalam
1 entries- അനുനയിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Māori
1 entries- whakapakepake verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overbevise verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- overtale verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اقناع ایتمك verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Persian
4 entries- رقبیدن verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- قانعیدن verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- قبولاندن verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- متقاعد کردن verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Polish
2 entries- przekonać verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- przekonywać verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Portuguese
1 entries- persuadir verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Romanian
2 entries- convinge verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persuada verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Russian
4 entries- убеди́ть verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- убежда́ть verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- угова́ривать verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- уговори́ть verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- iompaich verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ubijéditi verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- ubéditi verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- ùveriti verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- ùvjeriti verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Slovak
1 entries- presvedčiť verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Slovene
2 entries- prepričevati verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- prepríčati verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Spanish
2 entries- chamuyar verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- persuadir verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Swedish
2 entries- övertala verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- övertyga verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Thai
2 entries- ชักชวน verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- โน้มน้าว verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Turkish
2 entries- ikna etmek verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- razı etmek verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Ukrainian
2 entries- переко́нувати verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
- перекона́ти verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thuyết phục verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Welsh
1 entries- perswadio verb (to successfully convince (someone) to agree to)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
It is difficult for us to persuade him.
Source: tatoeba (23497)
Granted that you are right, we still have to persuade him first.
Source: tatoeba (25333)
No words availed to persuade him.
Source: tatoeba (36656)
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