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| Language | Translations for "TAKEN ABACK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zë gafil (take aback), i befasuar (flabbergasted). (various references) | |
Arabic | ذهل (amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, distract, flabbergast, flummox, maze, shake, shock, stagger, stun, stupefy, surprise, take a fancy to, wonder). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стреснат (frightened, frightening), изненадан (open-eyed). (various references) | |
Czech | být vyveden z rovnováhy (be taken aback), být překvapen (be taken aback). (various references) | |
Dutch | verstomd (abashed, aghast, upset), verslagen (abashed, aghast, upset), verbluft (abashed, aghast, perplexed, upset), uit het veld geslagen (perplexed), perplex (perplexed), onthutst (abashed, aghast, upset), ontdaan (abashed, aghast, upset), beteuterd (dazed, perplexed, upset). (various references) | |
Esperanto | perpleksa (perplexed), konsternita (upset). (various references) | |
Faeroese | hamskiftur (perplexed). (various references) | |
Finnish | ymmällä (perplexed). (various references) | |
French | stupéfait, interloqué. (various references) | |
German | verdutzt (disconcerts), bestürtzt (abashed, aghast, dazed, perplexed, upset), befremdet (disconcerted). (various references) | |
Greek | ξαφνιασμένος (taken by surprise). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מופתע (amazed, astonished, startled, surprised), מורתע (deterred, startled). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megdöbbentett. (various references) | |
Indonesian | termangu-mangu (dazed, speechless), termangu (dazed, speechless), tercengang (agape, amazed, astonished, dumb founded, flabbergasted, stupefied, wondering). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 呆気 (dumbfounded), はち切れる (bluff, clearly, Dear me!, distinctly, Good gracious!, plainly, to be filled to bursting, to burst). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あっけ (dumbfounded), はっと . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | akentay abackay.(various references) | |
Romanian | rãmâne buimac (be taken aback), fi surprins (be surprised, be taken aback). (various references) | |
Russian | смущенный (abashed, ablush, confused, disconcerted, embarrassed), захваченный врасплох. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | iznenađen (stunned). (various references) | |
Spanish | desconcertado (abashed, astounds, bewildered, confused, disconcerted, embarrassed, hot under the collar, perplexed, stumps), azorado. (various references) | |
Swedish | flat (flat). (various references) | |
Turkish | şaşkın (addle-brained, addled, addle-headed, addle-pated, all abroad, at an end, bemused, bepuzzle, bewildered, confused, consternated, dizzy, dumbfounded, gaping, happy, open-eyed, pixilated, puzzled, puzzle-headed, sheepish, slaphappy, thunderstruck, twisted, wide-eyed, wondering), şaşırmış (all at sea, all out, amazed, at a loss, baffled, bewildered, blank, confounded, confused, disoriented, distracted, lost, perplexed, punch-drunk, puzzled, surprised, twisted, wondering), afallamış (astonished, consternated, floored, open-eyed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бути захопленим зненацька (be taken aback), бути поставленим в безвихідь (be taken aback). (various references) | |
Welsh | wedi synnu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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