seduce

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin seducere (“to lead apart or astray”), from se- (“aside, away, astray”) + ducere (“to lead”); see duct. Compare adduce, conduce, deduce, etc.

Pronunciation

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Verb

seduce (third-person singular simple present seduces, present participle seducing, simple past and past participle seduced)

1. To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct. To lead astray.

   He was seduced by the dark side of The Force. - Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars

2. To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship

   Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me? - Benjamin Braddock, The Graduate

3. To win over or attract someone

Related terms

• seduction
• seductive
• seducement
• seducer
• seductress

Translations

to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray

• Czech: svést (cs)
• Danish: forføre (da)
• French: séduire (fr)
• German: verführen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaƕatjan)

• Icelandic: tæla (is), lokka (is)
• Portuguese: seduzir (pt)
• Russian: прельщать (ru) (prel'ščát')  impf., прельстить (ru) (prel'stít')  pf.
• Swedish: förleda (sv)

to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship

• Arabic: أغرى (ar) ('aghraa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勾引 (cmn) (gōuyǐn), 誘惑 (cmn), 诱惑 (cmn) (yòuhuò)

• Czech: svést (cs)
• Danish: forføre (da)
• French: séduire (fr)
• German: verführen (de), verleiten (de)
• Icelandic: tæla (is)
• Japanese: 誘惑する (ja) (ゆうわくする, yūwaku-surú)

• Polish: uwodzić (pl) impf., uwieść (pl) pf.
• Portuguese: seduzir (pt)
• Romanian: seduce (ro)
• Russian: соблазнять (ru) (soblaznját')  impf., соблазнить (ru) (soblaznít')  pf., обольщать (ru) (obolščát')  impf., обольстить (ru) (obol'stít')  pf., совращать (ru) (sovraščát')  impf., совратить (ru) (sovratít')  pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: zavesti (sh) n
• Swedish: förföra (sv), förleda (sv)

to win over or attract someone

• Danish: forføre (da)
• French: séduire (fr)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufairzjan)
• Italian: sedurre (it)

• Polish: uwodzić (pl) impf., uwieść (pl) pf.
• Portuguese: seduzir (pt)
• Spanish: seducir (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Latin: seducere
• Bulgarian: прелъстявам, съблазнявам

External links

• seduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• seduce in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• deuces
• educes

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Italian

Verb

seduce

1. third-person singular present indicative of sedurre

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Latin

Verb

sēdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sēdūcō

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sēdūcēre, present active infinitive of sēdūcō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [seˈdutʃe]

Verb

a seduce 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to seduce

Derived terms

• seducere
• seducător
• sedus

Conjugation

seduce (third conjugation)

infinitive			a seduce
gerund			seducând
past participle			sedus
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	seduc	seduci	seduce	seducem	seduceți	seduc
	imperfect	seduceam	seduceai	seducea	seduceam	seduceați	seduceau
	simple perfect	sedusei	seduseși	seduse	seduserăm	seduserăți	seduseră
	pluperfect	sedusesem	seduseseși	sedusese	seduseserăm	seduseserăți	seduseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să seduc	să seduci	să seducă	să seducem	să seduceți	să seducă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		sedu			seduceți
	negative		nu seduce			nu seduceți

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Spanish

Verb

seduce (infinitive seducir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of seducir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of seducir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of seducir.