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tempt

/tempt/

Translation

v [t]
tentar
Don't tempt me
No me tientes
The boy was tempted to steal the chocolates from his sister's room
El chico se sintió tentado a coger los bombones de la habitación de su hermana
constr. to tempt + to do sth
to tempt fate
tentar a la suerte
(Definition of tempt v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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