verb · transitive · rare

pander

pan·der

pander · panders · pandered · pandering

розпещувати, розніжувати

потакать, потворствовать, сводничать

befriedigen, nachgeben, Befriedigung verschaffen, huldigen

To tempt with, to appeal or cater toTo tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.

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/ˈpændə/

» Magazines like these pander to horny straight men.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.
nachgeben, frönen, zufriedenstellen
потво́рствоватьpotvórstvovatʹ, потака́тьpotakátʹ
(transitive)To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.
(intransitive)To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
verkuppeln
сво́дничатьsvódničatʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To act as a pander for (somebody).

More definitions

arrange for sexual partners for others
yield (to); give satisfaction to

Examples

5 sentences

Magazines like these pander to horny straight men.
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That party is always pandering to the middle class.
ruЭта партия всегда старается угодить среднему классу.
deDiese Partei geht beständig der Mittelklasse um den Bart.
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That show tries to pander to children to push toys.
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He's a pander.
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I'm beginning to think that religious leaders are popular because they pander to the prejudices of the pack they call their flock.
ruЯ начинаю полагать, что религиозные лидеры популярны потому, что потворствуют предрассудкам стада, которое они называют своей паствой.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to appeal or cater to:

to offer illicit sex with a third party:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to appeal or cater to:

to offer illicit sex with a third party:

Origin

From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; se

From Middle English pandare, from Chaucer’s character Pandare (in Troilus and Criseyde; see also Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida), from Italian Pandaro (found in Boccaccio), from Latin Pandarus (found in Greek mythology), from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).

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