Señuelo (en. Lure)

/seˈɲwe.lo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Definition_text: Element used to attract an animal in hunting.

Example_sentence: The hunters placed a decoy in the lake to attract ducks.

Los cazadores colocaron un señuelo en el lago para atraer patos.

Definition_text: Strategy used in a deception or manipulation.

Example_sentence: The salesman used a decoy to draw customers to his product.

El vendedor usó un señuelo para atraer a los clientes hacia su producto.

Definition_text: Something used to distract or deceive.

Example_sentence: The decoy in the newspaper made everyone pay attention to the trivial news.

El señuelo del periódico hizo que todos se fijaran en la noticia intrascendente.

Etymology_origin: From Latin 'signum', meaning sign, and the suffix '-uelo' indicating diminutive.

Phrase: hunting decoy

Meaning: An object that attracts animals to be captured.

señuelo de caza

Phrase: marketing decoy

Meaning: Strategy used to attract customers through misleading offers.

señuelo de marketing

Related_word: bait

Description: Object used to attract fish or animals.

cebo

Related_word: trap

Description: Device designed to capture or deceive someone or something.

trampa

Related_word: distraction

Description: Something that diverts a person's attention.

distracción

Meaning: Joke or trick used to deceive someone.

Example: He set a decoy for his friend to scare him.

Le puso un señuelo a su amigo para asustarlo.

Meaning: Superficial thing that hides the true intention.

Example: That event was just a decoy to hide the true agenda.

Ese evento fue solo un señuelo para ocultar la verdadera agenda.