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invocar

Translation

v.
(a los dioses)
to invoke
La sacerdotisa invocó a los dioses
The priestess invoked the gods
(un sentimiento)
to invoke form
to appeal
Glenn invocó a mi amistad para conseguir lo que quería
Glenn appealed to my friendship to get what she wanted
(Definition of invocar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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