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| Language | Translations for "TO ABANDON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 舍 (residence, to give up), 拋 (to cast, to fling, to throw, to toss), 放棄 (to give up, to renounce), 捨棄 (to abort, to give up), 捐 (tax, to contribute, to donate). (various references) | |
Dutch | zonder kosten aan de schatkist afstaan (to abandon free of all expenses to the revenue). (various references) | |
French | les ministres des Affaires étrangères des Neuf ont décidé récemment, dans le cadre de la coopération politique, d'examiner activement un éventail d'initiatives dans le but d'utiliser le poids collectif de la Communauté pour influencer l'Afrique du (the Foreign Ministers of the Nine recently decided as part of their political co-operation programme to give active consideration to a range of initiatives to bring the collective weight of the Community to bear on South Africa to persuade it to abandon i), abandonner sans frais au profit du trésor public (to abandon free of all expenses to the revenue). (various references) | |
German | nachlassen (abate, discount, flag, slacken, subside, to ease up), kostenlos dem Staat überlassen (to abandon free of all expenses to the revenue), herabsetzen (belittle, lower), ermäßigen (abandon ship, decrease, diminish, moderate, reduce, to abandon ship, to reduce), die Aussenminister der Neun haben im Rahmen der Politischen Zusammenarbeit kuerzlich beschlossen, unverzueglich eine Reihe von Initiativen zu pruefen, die es der Gemeinschaft ermoeglichen sollen, mit ihrem ganzen Gewicht auf Suedafrika dahingehend einzuwi (the Foreign Ministers of the Nine recently decided as part of their political co-operation programme to give active consideration to a range of initiatives to bring the collective weight of the Community to bear on South Africa to persuade it to abandon i), Anspruch aufgeben (abandon a claim, to abandon a claim). (various references) | |
Hungarian | letesz vmiről, felad (to cede). (various references) | |
Italian | lasciare a titolo gratuito all'erario (to abandon free of all expenses to the revenue). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 投げ出す (to sacrifice, to throw down, to throw out), 取り下げる (to withdraw), 握りつぶす (to crush), 握り潰す (to crush), 捨てる (to cast aside, to resign, to throw away), 捨て去る , 放り出す (to expel, to fire, to give up, to neglect, to throw out), 乗り捨てる (to get off), 抛つ (to fling away), 諦める (to give up), 投げ出す (to sacrifice, to throw down), 見切る (to see everything, to sell at a loss), 見捨てる (to desert, to fail), 見放す (to desert, to give up), 見離す (to give up), 見限る (to give up, to turn one's back), 打ち捨てる (to throw away). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すてさる, すてる (to cast aside, to resign, to throw away), なげうつ (to fling away), なげだす (to sacrifice, to throw down, to throw out), うちすてる (to throw away), のりすてる (to get off), ほうりだす (to expel, to fire, to give up, to neglect, to throw out), にぎりつぶす (to crush), あきらめる (to give up), みすてる (to desert, to fail), みきる (to see everything, to sell at a loss), みかぎる (to give up, to turn one's back), みはなす (to desert, to give up), とりさげる (to withdraw). (various references) | |
Maya | pat. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay abandonay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abandonar (abandon, forsake, leave, quit). (various references) | |
Tahitian | fa'aru'e. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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