adular

Meaning

1. (transitive) to flatter; to adulate (compliment someone excessively)
2. (Northeast-Brazil, transitive) to esteem, to have good regards for someone
3. (Minas-Gerais, transitive) to pet, to caress

Concepts

adulate

flatter

coax

butter up

cajole

blarney

wheedle

blandish

extract the urine

inveigle

palaver

soft-soap

suck up

sweet-talk

curry favor

fawn

Synonyms

bajular

lisonjear

gabar

puxar saco

Translations

schmeicheln

aduler

adular

flatter

lusingare

adulare

yaltaklanmak

halagar

amadouer

vleien

afalagar

lécher le cul

lécher

flagorner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.duˈla(ʁ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: adulor

In summary

Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.