English

Verb
en-verb|inf=to butter up|butters up|buttering up|buttered up

1. context|transitive|idiom To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.

#: He takes every opportunity to butter up the boss.

Translations
trans-top|to flatter
Arabic: ARchar|ت��� (tamállaqa)
Bulgarian: ла�ка� (laskaja)
Chinese: �� (fèngchéng)
Dutch: vleien
French: flatter
German: Honig um den Bart schmieren
Interlingua: adular
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Italian: lusingare
Japanese: ������ (������, oseji o iu)
Korean: �첨�� (acheomhada)
Portuguese: bajular
Russian: л���и�� (l�stít�)
Spanish: lisonjear
Swedish: smickra
Telugu: ప��డ�, �బ�బివ�య�, �బ�బి���
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• 2007-10-18 02:27 - WikiPedant - added {{en-verb}} and {{transitive}}

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