tempt

sha'awar yi, ruɗa, gwada

Pronunciation

• (US)(UK) IPA: /tɛmpt/ or /tɛmt/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) tempt

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) tempts

Past tense (ya wuce) tempted

Past participle (ya wuce) tempted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) tempting

1. When you tempt someone, you try to get someone to do something, perhaps something bad or immoral. <> sha'awar yin wani abu.

   I don't drink but I'm sometimes tempted. <> bā nā̀ shân giyā̀ àmmā wani lōkàcī inā̀ shà’awā̀.

2. (especially by the Devil) gwada, jarraba/jarabce/jarabci.

   He was tempted by the Devil <> Shàiɗân yā rū̀ɗē shì