verlocken

vt/i entice, tempt; (verführen) auch seduce (etw. zu tun into doing s.th.); zum Kauf verlocken tempt people into buying; es verlockt zum Kauf it’s tempting (oder it tempts one) to buy; der See / das schöne Wetter verlockt zum Baden / Spazierengehen the lake / the beautiful weather tempts one to bathe / go for a walk

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to decoy; to entice; to allure; to seduce; to wile

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ver|lọ|cken ptp verlo\#ckt

vti

to entice, to tempt

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(to (try to) persuade or attract to do something; to make (someone) want to do (something): The sunshine tempted them (to go) out.) tempt

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ver·lo·cken *

vi (geh)

▪ [zu etw dat] \verlocken to make sth a tempting [or an attractive] prospect [for sb], to tempt [or entice] sb [to do sth], to make sb want to do sth

▪ dazu \verlocken, etw zu tun to make sb want [or to tempt [or entice] sb] to do sth

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transitives Verb (geh.) tempt; entice

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verlocken v/t & v/i entice, tempt; (verführen) auch seduce (

etwas zu tun into doing sth);

zum Kauf verlocken tempt people into buying;

es verlockt zum Kauf it’s tempting (oder it tempts one) to buy;

der See/das schöne Wetter verlockt zum Baden/Spazierengehen the lake/the beautiful weather tempts one to bathe/go for a walk

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transitives Verb (geh.) tempt; entice

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v.

to allure v.