tempting in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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tempting [Am ˈtɛm(p)tɪŋ, Brit ˈtɛm(p)tɪŋ] ADJ

tempt [Am tɛm(p)t, Brit tɛm(p)t] VB trans

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1. tempt often pass:

tempt
tentar
did you buy it? — no, but I was tempted
¿lo compraste? — no, pero estuve tentado
don't tempt me
no me tientes
to tempt fate or providence
tentar a la suerte
I am not tempted by the idea
la idea no me seduce
to be tempted to + infin
estar tentado de  +  infin
I was tempted to tell her what I really thought of her
estuve tentado de or me dieron ganas de decirle lo que realmente pensaba de ella
to tempt sb into sth/-ing to tempt sb into crime
inducir a alguien a cometer un delito
they tempted me into staying another week
me convencieron de que me quedara otra semana
what can I tempt you with?
¿qué puedo ofrecerte?
may I tempt you to a little more?
¿le sirvo un poco más?
can I tempt you away from your work?
¿te puedo convencer de que dejes el trabajo para más tarde?
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to tempt even the most jaded palate
para tentar hasta a los que ya están hartos de todo

Translations for tempting in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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tentador (tentadora)
tempting
un postre tentador
a tempting o mouthwatering dessert
provocativo (provocativa) Col Ven
tempting
seductor (seductora)
tempting
tentar plan/idea:
to tempt
tentar persona:
to tempt
no me tienta nada la oferta
the offer doesn't tempt me in the least
no me tienta nada la oferta
I don't find the offer at all tempting
no me tientes con esos bombones
don't tempt me with those chocolates
tentar a alg. a + infinit.
to tempt sb to +  infinit.
nada podría tentarlo a dejar sus estudios
nothing could entice o tempt him away from his books
nada podría tentarlo a dejar sus estudios
nothing could tempt him to leave his books
tentar a Dios o al diablo
to tempt fate o providence
engolosinar
to tempt
engolosinar a alg. CON algo
to tempt sb with sth
lo prohibido tiene mucho morbo
what's off-limits is very tempting
seducir
to tempt

tempting in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tempting in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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Translations for tempting in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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tempting Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tempt sb into doing sth
tentar a alguien a hacer algo
to tempt sb into doing sth
incitar a alguien a hacer algo
to tempt fate
tentar a la suerte
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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I just imagined some evil spirit tempting a person to come with them.
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Maximum throughput scheduling may be tempting in this context, especially in simulations where throughput of various schemes are compared.
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After the cantera has trained a player, another club will step in with a tempting offer and take them away.
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Here is one of the places where it is tempting to try to collapse the 3-adic sign relation into a 2-adic relation.
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For example, the double agent could be offered some tempting bait: "e.g.," be told that important information was stored at a dead drop site.
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Her tempting body is being offered to the saint, who is portrayed at right, contemplating while looking at the observer at the same time.
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With elephants still being used to carry commanders on the battlefield, they became even more tempting targets for enemy artillery.
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It is, therefore, tempting to interpret reciprocal effort behavior as a preference phenomenon. (p344).
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This made the new processor a tempting software migration route for many customers.
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The windows of the travel agents are full of tempting offers.
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