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convinge
to convince /konˈvin.dʒe/
verb#1062 most common
Also: to persuade, to win over
Example sentences
Nu mă poți convinge.
You can't convince me.
El încearcă să mă convingă să merg cu el.
He is trying to convince me to go with him.
Profesorul a convins elevii să citească mai mult.
The teacher convinced the students to read more.
Argumentele ei m-au convins complet.
Her arguments completely convinced me.
Deși avea îndoieli, s-a lăsat convins de promisiunile vagi ale directorului.
Although he had doubts, he let himself be convinced by the director's vague promises.
Retorica sa, oricât de elaborată, nu a reușit să convingă un public deja sceptic în privința reformelor propuse.
His rhetoric, however elaborate, failed to convince an already skeptical audience about the proposed reforms.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | conving | convinsei | voi convinge |
| 2sg | convingi | convinseși | vei convinge |
| 3sg | convinge | convinse | va convinge |
| 1pl | convingem | convinserăm | vom convinge |
| 2pl | convingeți | convinserăți | veți convinge |
| 3pl | conving | convinseră | vor convinge |
Word family
Etymology
Convinge comes from Latin convincere, a combination of con- (together, thoroughly) and vincere (to conquer, to defeat). The original sense was to defeat someone in an argument or in court, and this later softened to mean winning someone over to a belief. Romanian kept the verb through direct inheritance from Latin, alongside later reinforcement from French convaincre.
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