verführen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- beguile verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
- betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- debauch noun A single occasion of excessive, immoral indulgence.
- entice verb To tempt or attract someone by offering something appealing.
- persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
- seduce verb To persuade someone to do something unwise or improper, often by charm or temptation.
- tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.
Senses
verführen is used for these senses in English:
- beguile (transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.
- betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- debauch (transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
- persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
- pick up (transitive, and, intransitive, _, with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
- seduce (transitive) To entice or induce (someone) to engage in a sexual relationship. [1550s]
beguile — full definition
- verb To trick someone cleverly, using charm or cunning.
- verb To attract and delight someone completely.
- verb To make time seem to go by fast through an enjoyable distraction.
betray — full definition
- verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- verb To reveal something unintentionally.
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