encourage

encourage
verb
1) (to give support, confidence or hope to: The general tried to encourage the troops: You should not encourage him in his extravagance; I felt encouraged by his praise.) animar
2) (to urge (a person) to do something: You must encourage him to try again.) animar
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- encouragingly
- encouragement
encourage vb animar / alentar
El gerundio de encourage se escribe encouraging
encourage
tr[ɪn'kʌrɪʤ]
transitive verb
1 (cheer, inspire) animar, alentar
■ my parents encouraged me to learn to drive mis padres me animaron a aprender a conducir
■ when he saw his friends, it encouraged him to finish the race ver a sus amigos le animó a terminar la carrera
■ don't encourage him! ¡no le des cuerda!
2 (develop, stimulate) fomentar, favorecer, estimular
■ we need to encourage attendance hay que fomentar la asistencia
■ the management encourages rivalry la dirección estimula la rivalidad
encourage [ɪn'kərɪʤ, ɛn-] vt, -aged ; -aging
1) hearten, inspire: animar, alentar
2) foster: fomentar, promover
encourage
v.
• abosar v.
• acalorar v.
• alentar v.
• animar v.
• avivar v.
• encorajar v.
• estimular v.
ɪn'kɜːrɪdʒ, ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ
transitive verb
a) (give hope, courage to) animar, alentar*
b) (stimulate, inspire)

to encourage somebody to + INF: she/it encouraged me to carry on me animó a seguir adelante; to encourage somebody IN something: don't encourage him in bad habits — no le fomentes las malas costumbres

c) \<\<industry/competition/bad habit\>\> fomentar; \<\<growth\>\> fomentar, estimular; \<\<speculation\>\> intensificar*
[ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ]
VT [+ person] animar, alentar; [+ industry, growth] estimular, fomentar

to encourage sb to do sth — animar a algn a hacer algo

the discovery encouraged him in his belief that she was still alive — el hallazgo reafirmó su creencia de que aún seguía viva

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[ɪn'kɜːrɪdʒ, ɪn'kʌrɪdʒ]
transitive verb
a) (give hope, courage to) animar, alentar*
b) (stimulate, inspire)

to encourage somebody to + INF: she/it encouraged me to carry on me animó a seguir adelante; to encourage somebody IN something: don't encourage him in bad habits — no le fomentes las malas costumbres

c) \<\<industry/competition/bad habit\>\> fomentar; \<\<growth\>\> fomentar, estimular; \<\<speculation\>\> intensificar*

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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