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| Language | Translations for "AS THOUGH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | asof (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
Albanian | thuajse (almost, hardly, nearly, scarcely, well nigh), sikur (as if, like, ostensibly), gjoja (allegedly, as if, in a way, mock, ostensibly, professedly, quasi, seeming, supposing, would be). (various references) | |
Arabic | كيفما (however), كأنما (as if), وكأن (as if). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сякаш (like). (various references) | |
Czech | jako kdyby, jako by (as if). (various references) | |
Dutch | alsof, als het ware (as if, in a way), als (as, if, when, like), of alsof (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kvazaŭ (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
Finnish | ikäänkuin (as if, as it were, in a way). (various references) | |
French | presque (as if), comme (as, such as). (various references) | |
Frisian | as (arbor, as, as if, axis, axle, how, if, in a way, like, provided that, shaft, spindle, such as), oft (as if, in a way), krekt as (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
German | als ob (as if). (various references) | |
Greek | σαν να (as if), τάχα (supposedly). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | gjoja (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כאלו (as if, like), כביכול (alleged, as it were, so called, so to speak). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mintha (an, and, as, as if, it seemed as though, to go through the motions, to go through the motions of sg, to play dead, to play possum, to rain cats and dogs, to simulate, you sound as if). (various references) | |
Indonesian | seakan-akan (as if). (various references) | |
Italian | come se (as if, if, in a way, like, whether). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 言わんばかり (as if to say, as much as to say), 丸で (as if, at all, completely, entirely, quite, so to speak). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まるで (as if, at all, completely, entirely, quite, so to speak), いわんばかり (as if to say, as much as to say). (various references) | |
Manx | myr (as, like, such, though). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asay oughthay.(various references) | |
Polish | niby (as if, in a way), jakby (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
Portuguese | como se (as if, quasi). (various references) | |
Romanian | de parcã, ca şi cum (like, quasi), ca şi când. (various references) | |
Russian | как если бы (as if). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kao da (as if). (various references) | |
Spanish | como si (as if). (various references) | |
Sranan | netleki (as if, in a way), neleki (as if, in a way). (various references) | |
Swedish | som om (as if, like). (various references) | |
Turkish | sanki (as if, like, quasi, quasi-, so to say, so to speak), sankí (as if, in a way), sözde (alleged, allegedly, as if, nominal, nominally, of a sort, of sorts, ostensible, professed, professedly, quasi, quasi-, reputed, self-styled, so called, soi-disant, supposed, would be), -mış gibi (as if), güya (as if, like, professedly, quasi). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hamala (as if, as it were), goяд (as if). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | неначе (as if, like, quasi). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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