dissuade

[US]/dɪˈsweɪd/
[UK]/dɪˈsweɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Verbo: persuadir alguém a não fazer algo.
Word Forms
Particípio passadodissuaded
Terceira pessoa do singulardissuades
Passado simplesdissuaded
Gerúndiodissuading

Example Sentences

dissuade from an attempt

dissuadir de uma tentativa

a failure that dispirited the team. See also Synonyms at dissuade encourage

Uma falha que desanimou a equipe. Veja também Sinônimos em dissuadir encorajar

He was easily dissuaded from going.

Ele foi facilmente dissuadido de ir.

Save your breath; you can't dissuade them.

Economize sua energia; você não consegue dissuadi-los.

his friends tried to dissuade him from flying.

seus amigos tentaram dissuadi-lo de voar.

The father dissuaded his son from leaving school.

O pai dissuadiu o filho de abandonar a escola.

dissuaded my friend from pursuing such a rash scheme.

dissuadi meu amigo de seguir um plano tão impulsivo.

tried to dissuade the general from taking disciplinary action;

tentou dissuadir o general de tomar medidas disciplinares;

I tried to dissuade her from getting married.

Tentei dissuadi-la de se casar.

I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.

Tentei dissuadi-la de investir seu dinheiro em ações.

Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends’ attempts to dissuade him.

Chichester partiu novamente, apesar das tentativas de seus amigos de dissuadi-lo.

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