halagar

to flatter

to please

¿Viste como lo halagaba a Alan durante la cena?	Did you see how he fawned over Alan at dinner?
Dijo que la halagaba, pero que no quería citas.	She said that she was flattered, but she wasn't dating.
Además, esta existencia errante halagaba su ansia por todo lo extraordinario.	This wandering existence, also, satiated his longing for the extraordinary.
Me halagaba que tuviera tantas ganas de llevarme, y tenía razón.	I was flattered he wanted to bring me so badly, and he was right.
Al principio me halagaba.	I was flattered at first.
Gozaba de enorme popularidad entre el pueblo, al que protegía y halagaba, recibiéndolo en su casa.	She enjoyed enormous popularity among the people, whom she protected and supported, receiving them in her house.
En el juego The World, ella siempre se había escondido detrás de él y siempre lo halagaba para que comprara cosas para ella.	In the game The World, she had always hidden behind him, and was always cajoling him to buy things for her.
Si el 13 de junio eliminó a sus jefes, por otra parte abrió paso a capacidades de segundo rango, a quienes esta nueva posición halagaba.	If June 13 had removed its chiefs, it made room, on the other hand, for men of lesser caliber, whom this new position flattered.
Si el 13 de junio eliminó a sus jefes, por otra parte abrió paso a capacidades de segundo rango, a quienes esta nueva posición halagaba.	If June 13 had removed its chiefs, it made room, on the other hand, for men of lesser calibre, whom this new position flattered.
La elección de la Santa Sede halagaba al Fundador [4], pero él sentía que en cierto modo era una pérdida para la Congregación, cuyo personal era todavía escaso.	For the Founder the Holy See's choice was flattering, [4] but in some ways he felt it was a loss for the Congregation still too few in number.
Amaban los lugares destacados en la sinagoga, y los saludos en las plazas; les halagaba el sonido de los títulos en labios de los hombres.	They loved the highest seats in the synagogue. They loved greetings in the market places, and were gratified with the sound of their titles on the lips of men.
Su popularidad en Galilea halagaba su ambición; todavía esperaban que daría una prueba de su poder que indujera a los fariseos a ver que él era lo que pretendía ser.	His popularity in Galilee was gratifying to their ambition; they still hoped that He would give an evidence of His power which would lead the Pharisees to see that He was what He claimed to be.
Lo caluroso de esta recepción se debió en parte a que el rey le admiraba, y en parte al hecho de que halagaba su vanidad el que un hebreo buscaba su protección.	The warmth of this reception was partly due to the fact that the king admired him and partly to the fact that it was flattering to his vanity to have a Hebrew seek his protection.
La elección de la Santa Sede halagaba al Fundador, pero sentía que, en cierto modo, suponía una pérdida para la Congregación, ya que el número de miembros era aún reducido.	For the Founder the Holy See's choice was flattering, but in some ways he felt it was a loss for the Congregation still too few in number.
Mientras tanto, iba apareciendo un libro marxista tras otro; empezaban a publicarse revistas y periódicos marxistas; todo el mundo se hacía marxista; se halagaba y lisonjeaba a los marxistas; los editores estaban entusiasmados de la extraordinaria venta que tenían los libros marxistas.	Meanwhile, Marxist books were published one after another, Marxist journals and newspapers were founded, nearly everyone became a Marxist, Marxists were flattered, Marxists were courted, and the book publishers rejoiced at the extraordinary, ready sale of Marxist literature.