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övertala (present övertalar, preterite övertalade, supine övertalat, imperative övertala)

  1. to persuade
    övertala någon att göra något
    persuade someone to do something
  2. to convince

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Övertala means to get someone to agree to/on something (like a course of action or less commonly a fact), while övertyga means to convince someone of something. Overlap occurs, like with persuade vs. convince.

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