soft-soap in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for soft-soap in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.soft soap [Am sɔft ˈsoʊp, Brit] N U inf

to give sb soft soap

halagar a alguien

to give sb soft soap

hacerle el artículo a alguien inf

to give sb soft soap

darle jabón a alguien Spain inf

II.soft-soap VB trans

soft-soap inf:

soft-soap

halagar

soft-soap

hacerle el artículo a inf

soft-soap

darle jabón a Spain inf

to soft-soap sb into -ing he managed to soft-soap her into doing it

logró engatusarla para que lo hiciera

Translations for soft-soap in the Spanish»English Dictionary

empalicar VB trans Chil inf

empalicar

to sweet-talk inf

empalicar

to soft-soap inf

pamplinero¹ (pamplinera) ADJ inf

1. pamplinero (zalamero):

pamplinero (pamplinera)

sweet-talking attr

no seas pamplinero

don't try to sweet-talk o soft-soap me inf

no seas pamplinero

stop trying to butter me up inf

2. pamplinero (tonto):

no seas tan pamplinero

don't talk such nonsense

no seas tan pamplinero

don't talk such rubbish Brit inf

3. pamplinero (que gusta de cumplidos):

es muy pamplinero

he loves being made a fuss of inf

jabón N m

1. jabón (producto):

jabón

soap

una pastilla o barra de jabón

a bar o cake of soap

darle jabón a alg. Spain inf

to soft-soap sb inf

darle jabón a alg. Spain inf

to butter sb up inf

se acabó el jabón Peru inf

that's the lot! inf

se acabó el jabón Peru inf

that's it!

2. jabón RioPl inf (susto):

jabón

fright

me pegué un jabón

I got a fright

tenía un jabón la pobre

she was so scared, poor thing

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pamplinas

soft soap inf

no me vengas con pamplinas

don't try to sweet-talk o soft-soap me inf

¡qué comecocos eres! ¿por qué no me dices directamente lo que quieres?

stop trying to get round me o butter me up o softsoap me, just tell me straight what you want inf

soft-soap in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for soft-soap in the English»Spanish Dictionary

soft-soap VB trans inf

soft-soap

dar coba a

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soft soap

coba f

Translations for soft-soap in the Spanish»English Dictionary

jabón N m

1. jabón (para lavar):

jabón

soap

pastilla de jabón

bar of soap

2. jabón PRico, Arg (susto):

jabón

fright

Phrases:

dar jabón a alguien

to soft-soap sb

dar un jabón a alguien

to give sb a hard time

soft-soap Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

soft soap

coba f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There's no way to soft-soap this.

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He didn't soft-soap them, or give them hope when there is none.

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He wishes she would soft-soap an old man in their neighborhood and get written into his will.

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I hope that this consultation is not just a sham exercise to soft-soap an unsuspecting public.

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