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| Language | Translations for "A MAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | до един (to a man), до последния човек (to a man). (various references) | |
Chinese | 男人 (a male, men), 男子 (a male, male). (various references) | |
Czech | zmužnìt (grow into a man), do jednoho (to a man). (various references) | |
Finnish | ansioitunut mies (a man of merit), yhtenä miehenä (to a man), varttua mieheksi (grow into manhood, grow to be a man), sinunlaisesimies (a man like you), seitsenkymmenvuotias (a man of seventy, a septuagenarian, seventy years old), seitsenkymmenluku (a man of seventy, a septuagenarian, seventy years old), periaatteen mies (a man of principle), nerokas mies (a man of genius), naiseksi pukeutunut mies (a man dressed up as a woman), moni mies (many a man, many men), minun pituiseni mies (a man of my height), minkä ihminen kylvää, sen hän myös niittää (a man reaps what he sows), kunniallinen mies (a man of honour), harvapuheinen mies (a man of few words). (various references) | |
French | quel homme (what a man), il a une belle fortune (he is a man of means). (various references) | |
German | Er macht nicht viel Worte. (He's a man of few words.). (various references) | |
Greek | ένας άνθρωπος του κόσμου (a man of the world), μέχρι του τελευταίου άνδρα (to a man), άνδρας που φαίνεται ωραίος (a fine figure of a man). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עד האש האחרון (to a man). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sok ember (many a man, many a one, many people), férfit leszólít (to pick up a man), férfit felcsíp (to pick up a man), egy olyan ember (such a man), az utolsó emberig elestek (killed to a man), alkalmatlanként elbocsát (to turn a man down as unfit). (various references) | |
Italian | uno (one, a). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 通を気取る (to set up for a man about town), 肌を許す (to surrender one's chastity to a man), 美丈夫 (fine figure of a man, good-looking man), 男装 (disguising oneself as a man), 男一匹 (shining example of a man), 半人前 (half a man, half share), 人非人 (brute of a man), 嫁入る (to marry a man, to wed), 一人物 (a character, a man of some importance). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おとこいっぴき (shining example of a man), びじょうふ (fine figure of a man, good-looking man), つうをきどる (to set up for a man about town), にんぴにん (brute of a man), いちじんぶつ (a character, a man of some importance), よめいる (to marry a man, to wed), はんにんまえ (half a man, half share), はだをゆるす (to surrender one's chastity to a man), だんそう (disguising oneself as a man, dislocation, magazine, performance, playing on stringed instruments). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay anmay.(various references) | |
Romanian | astfel de om (such a man), un om cu nervi de oţel (a man with iron nerves), ce om (what a man), e un om influent (he is a man of importance), nu e un om în care sã poate avea încredere (he is not a man to be trusted), odatã bãrbat (a man indeed, there's a real man), om bogat (a man of fortune, man of means, money bag), om cu posibilitãţi reduse (a man of slender means), om de paie (a man of straw, dummy, puppet, straw man, yes man), om peste bord (a man overboard), pânã la ultimul (to a man), suporta ceva cu curaj (bear smth. like a man), un om cu care te poţi înţelege uşor (a man easy to deal with), un om cu greutate (a man of weight), un om valoros (a man of great worth), un om cu o culturã vastã (a man of wide culture), un om cu stare (a man of substance), un om cu temperament violent (a man of violent temper), un om cumpãtat (a man of temperate habits), un om de cuvânt (a man of his word), un om de vârstã mijlocie (a man of middle age), un om din cinci (a man in five), un om dintre o mie (a man in a thousand), un om foarte dotat (a man of great abilities), un om genial (a man of genius), un om mic de staturã (a man of short stature), un om plin de calitãţi (a man full of resource, a man of resource), un om cu cunoştinţe vaste (a man of vast acquirements). (various references) | |
Russian | человек настроения (a man of moods), человек (human being, man, person), отзывчивый человек (a man of heart), пользующийся большим почетом (a man of great worship), до последнего человека (to a man). (various references) | |
Scottish | fear (man). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ljudski (decent, human, humanly, kind, man: to a man). (various references) | |
Spanish | apartar a un hombre de su deber (seduce a man from his duty), un hombre de principios (a man of principle), un hombre de fácil acceso (a man who is easy to approach), un hombre de acción (a man of action), hasta el último hombre (to a man). (various references) | |
Swedish | mangrant (to a man). (various references) | |
Thai | ออกไปโดยไม่บอกว่าจะไปทำอะไร (see a man about a dog). (various references) | |
Turkish | adam olmak (grow into a man), adam etmek (make a man), yetenekli adam (a man of talent), varlıklı adam (a man of substance), son kişiye kadar (to a man), sağduyulu kimse (a man of sense), prensip sahibi kimse (a man of principles), insanlık bakımından (as a man, humanly), insan olarak (as a man), herkes (all, all and sundry, all hands, every damned one, every man jack, every one, everybody, everyone, one and all, people, the whole caboodle, to a man), günü gününe uymayan tip (a man of moods), erkekliğe adım atmak (grow into a man), deli gibi (like a man possessed, like blazes, like mad, madly), cin çarpmış gibi (like a man possessed). (various references) | |
Turkmen | цяlenmek (get married (for a man only)), kemal (become a man). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | усі до жодного (to a man), одностайно (at one, solid, to a man, with one accord). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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