soft-soap

(sôft′sōp′, sŏft′-)

tr.v. soft-soaped, soft-soap·ing, soft-soaps Informal

To flatter in order to gain something; cajole.

soft′-soap′er n.

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soft-soap

Past participle: soft-soaped
Gerund: soft-soaping

Imperative
soft-soap
soft-soap

Present
I soft-soap
you soft-soap
he/she/it soft-soaps
we soft-soap
you soft-soap
they soft-soap

Preterite
I soft-soaped
you soft-soaped
he/she/it soft-soaped
we soft-soaped
you soft-soaped
they soft-soaped

Present Continuous
I am soft-soaping
you are soft-soaping
he/she/it is soft-soaping
we are soft-soaping
you are soft-soaping
they are soft-soaping

Present Perfect
I have soft-soaped
you have soft-soaped
he/she/it has soft-soaped
we have soft-soaped
you have soft-soaped
they have soft-soaped

Past Continuous
I was soft-soaping
you were soft-soaping
he/she/it was soft-soaping
we were soft-soaping
you were soft-soaping
they were soft-soaping

Past Perfect
I had soft-soaped
you had soft-soaped
he/she/it had soft-soaped
we had soft-soaped
you had soft-soaped
they had soft-soaped

Future
I will soft-soap
you will soft-soap
he/she/it will soft-soap
we will soft-soap
you will soft-soap
they will soft-soap

Future Perfect
I will have soft-soaped
you will have soft-soaped
he/she/it will have soft-soaped
we will have soft-soaped
you will have soft-soaped
they will have soft-soaped

Future Continuous
I will be soft-soaping
you will be soft-soaping
he/she/it will be soft-soaping
we will be soft-soaping
you will be soft-soaping
they will be soft-soaping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been soft-soaping
you have been soft-soaping
he/she/it has been soft-soaping
we have been soft-soaping
you have been soft-soaping
they have been soft-soaping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been soft-soaping
you will have been soft-soaping
he/she/it will have been soft-soaping
we will have been soft-soaping
you will have been soft-soaping
they will have been soft-soaping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been soft-soaping
you had been soft-soaping
he/she/it had been soft-soaping
we had been soft-soaping
you had been soft-soaping
they had been soft-soaping

Conditional
I would soft-soap
you would soft-soap
he/she/it would soft-soap
we would soft-soap
you would soft-soap
they would soft-soap

Past Conditional
I would have soft-soaped
you would have soft-soaped
he/she/it would have soft-soaped
we would have soft-soaped
you would have soft-soaped
they would have soft-soaped

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	soft-soap - persuade someone through flattery blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
	2.	soft-soap - use flattering talk on somebody blandish, flatter - praise somewhat dishonestly

Translations

soft-soap

[ˌsɒftˈsəʊp] VT → dar coba a

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soft-soap

[ˌsɒftˈsəʊp] vt (fam) → dare del sapone a, lusingare