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A MAN

Modern Translation: A MAN

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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