Translation for "to win over" to spanish
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verb
They wanted to win over the population before defeating the British soldiers.
Querían conquistar a la población antes que derrotar a los soldados ingleses.
“But above all,” she said, “the first person you have to win over is not the girl but her aunt.”
– Pero sobre todo -le dijo-, a la primera que tienes que conquistar no es a ella sino a la tía.
This nervous, silly, sensual woman was not the easiest person in the world to win over.
Conquistar a esa mujer nerviosa, tonta y sensual no era la tarea más fácil del mundo.
To win over such a great intellect as mine would signify a notable moral victory for the forces of progress.
Me dijeron que conquistar un gran intelecto como el mío significaría una importante victoria moral para las fuerzas del progreso.
And if your wife, as a member of a people Russia is endeavoring to win over to Christianity, objected ...' He shrugged his shoulders.
Y si su esposa, que pertenece a una raza que Rusia se esfuerza en conquistar para la cristiandad, se opusiera… -se encogió de hombros.
Even hung over, he thought his charms would be enough to win over a seventy-three-year-old widow.
Pensaba que, incluso con resaca, sus encantos bastarían para conquistar a una viuda de setenta y tres años.
verb
Perhaps Nico and the others had managed to win over the legion.
Tal vez Nico y los demás habían logrado convencer a la legión.
It was horribly ironic that his betrayal and death should serve as the spur to win over other vampires to his way of thinking.
Era una horrible ironía que su traición y su muerte hubieran servido como acicate para convencer a otros vampiros de su forma de pensar.
And to win over this high-class merchandise, I’m sorry, I’m still talking about women, it takes a mature man, an expert.
Para convencer a esta mercancía seleccionada, perdone, estoy hablando de mujeres, es preciso un hombre maduro, experto.
Jesus had been one of these prophets but his Religion of Nature had been corrupted by Athanasius, who had devised the doctrines of the Incarnation and the Trinity to win over the heathens.
Jesús fue uno de estos profetas, pero su religión de la naturaleza fue corrompida por Atanasio, que ideó las doctrinas de la encarnación y de la trinidad para convencer a los paganos.
The whole damn conspiracy – Marcellus’ great plan to end the siege – had gone up in flames because Pera had not been prepared to win over one more man.
La dichosa conspiración —el plan maestro de Marcelo para acabar el asedio— se había ido al garete porque Pera no había tenido ganas de convencer a un hombre más.
He was shuddering, remembering only the rush of his words as he had tried to comfort her, assuring her it was only time he needed, time to win over his father.
Temblaba, recordando sólo sus palabras apresuradas al consolarla, y asegurarle que lo único que necesitaba era tiempo, tiempo para convencer a su padre.
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