PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Rud a áitiú ar dhuine, to persuade s.o. of sth.
Chuirfeadh sé an dubh ina bhán ort, he would persuade you that black was white.
Chuaigh sé go ~ agus go crua orm, he tried to persuade me by all means.
~ caol) D’áitigh sé ~ caol orm (go), he used the most subtle arguments to persuade me (that).
An ~ a chur ina gheal ar dhuine, to persuade s.o. that black is white, to bamboozle s.o.
Cá bhfuair tú uait féin a leithéid a dhéanamh? How could you persuade yourself to do such a thing?
Rud a chur i luí ~ ar dhuine, to persuade s.o. of sth.
Shuigh sé go daingean orm é, he tried hard to persuade me of it.
Thaobhaigh mé go crua leis gan dul ann, I tried hard to persuade him not to go there.