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Meanings of allure in English

Portuguese
sedução
Catalan
temptació
Spanish
tentación

The power to entice or attract through personal charm.

sedução
Portuguese
atrativo
Catalan
temptejar
Spanish
atraer

To dispose or incline or entice to; to be attractive by arousing hope or desire.

atrativo

Fascination.

Usage of allure in English
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Whether its allure is as strong outside Africa remains to be seen.
The Guardian
2
Strength in stocks also sapped the safe-haven allure of U.S. government debt.
Reuters
3
Such is the emotive allure of horses: powerful yet all too vulnerable.
The Irish Times
4
But in reality, it has lost much of its allure for investors.
The Irish Times
5
The problems have so far failed to dull Thailand's centuries-old exotic allure.
Reuters
6
Access to low interest financing is adding to the allure of property.
Reuters
7
Perhaps attending a match no longer has the same allure for locals.
Reuters
8
All artists, from Brueghel to Modigliani, have used distortion to create allure.
The Guardian
9
She is a musical conversationalist, whose matter-of-fact delivery is her great allure.
Reuters
10
I could not understand, at the time, the allure of grad students.
All the sad young literary men
11
Whatever it was that had held him here had lost its allure.
Running scared
12
The allure of comics, especially Marvel Comics, was quickly digestible, pass-the-issue-to-your-pals fun.
Wired
13
Festival to talk to the headliners about the allure of experimental music.
Radio NZ
14
The allure of the game was also justified by the cracking contest.
The Irish Times
15
Outside, the building has all the allure of a disused open-cast mine.
The Guardian
16
She also grasped the edifying, if at times unsavoury, allure of secrets.
The Irish Times
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Translations for allure
Allure through the time
Allure across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common