Swedish English Dictionary

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övertala in English:

1. persuade


Nothing would persuade him.
The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.
Therefore, we try to persuade people not to have cash, to have money electronically transferred.
Second, smokers persuade themselves that there is nothing they can do about smoking anyway.
Granted that you are right, we still have to persuade him first.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Perhaps having realized it was impossible to persuade her, Ms. Kurosaki sighed and sat down in her seat.
Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
To persuade somebody that your recommendation is reasonable and wise, you have to give reasons and quote known examples and authorities.
He is ​trying to persuade ​local and ​foreign ​businesses to ​invest in the ​project.
It took the child weeks to persuade her mother to let her get a kitten
Have you persuaded your parents to buy tickets for the concert?
At first Mohandas refused, but at last his brother persuaded him.
It persuaded John F. Kennedy to withdraw support for Ngô Đình Diệm's government.
It had taken Rob some time to persuade Emma that Sophie was no threat to their marriage

English word "övertala"(persuade) occurs in sets:

verbs 3 swedish