anzuelo

anzuelo
masculine noun
1. (fish) hook ; bait (informal figurative)
  • tragarse el anzuelo -> to take the bait

anzuelo [an-thoo-ay-lo]
noun
1. Fish-hook. (m)
2. Allurement, incitement. (Metaphorical) (m)
3. A kind of fritters made in the shape of a hook. (m)
  • Caer en el anzuelo -> to be tricked or defrauded
  • Roer el anzuelo -> to escape a danger
  • Tragar el anzuelo -> to swallow the bait

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