TAKEN ABACK

  

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TAKEN ABACK

Modern Translation: TAKEN ABACK

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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