Breakdown of La portada no me convenció, pero el titular del artículo era muy bueno.
Questions & Answers about La portada no me convenció, pero el titular del artículo era muy bueno.
Because me means me and shows who was affected by the verb.
- convencer a alguien = to convince someone / to win someone over
- me convenció = it convinced me
- te convenció = it convinced you
- nos convenció = it convinced us
In this sentence, la portada is the thing doing the convincing, and me is the person reacting to it.
A useful note: in Spanish, convencer can sound broader than English to convince. It often means something like:
So La portada no me convenció is very natural Spanish.