persuadir a

persuade

→ persuadir
phrase Rare #30,851
persuade The “a” marks the person being persuaded; it is usually not translated into English.
SP: Logró persuadir a su hermana.
EN: She managed to persuade her sister.

Espero que usted pueda ayudar a persuadir a Milkha.

I hope you can help persuade Milkha.

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

No será fácil persuadir a Mary de ir.

It won’t be easy to persuade Mary to go.

Tom no pudo persuadir a Mary para que le comprase un regalo a John.

Tom couldn't persuade Mary to buy John a present.

Intentaré persuadir a Tom que nos cante una canción.

I'll try to persuade Tom to sing us a song.

Tom trató de persuadir a Mary de que fuera a la fiesta de John.

Tom tried to persuade Mary to go to John's party.

A veces es difícil persuadir a los niños a comer.

Sometimes it’s difficult to persuade children to eat.

Ella trató de persuadir a su padre.

She tried to persuade her father.

Tom trató de persuadir a María para ir a la iglesia con él.

Tom tried to persuade Maria to go to church with him.

Para que la alianza suceda, solo necesito persuadir a una persona más.

For the alliance to happen, I just need to persuade one more person.

— Acantilado Rojo (2008)