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| Language | Translations for "TO BEAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | jam në gjendje të përballoj shpenziment (be able to bear the expenses). (various references) | |
Arabic | نتج (bring forth), ولد (child, descendant, give birth, son). (various references) | |
Chinese | 負 (lose, negative, to carry), 載攜 (to carry), 結 (bond, knot, sturdy, to bind, to tie), 生育 (to give birth), 吃苦 (hardships), 承受 (to inherit, to support), 承 (due to, owing to, to carry, to continue, to hold, to receive, to take charge, to undertake), 慉 (to foster), 戴 (to put on, to respect, to support, wear), 受 (to endure, to receive, to stand). (various references) | |
Czech | uplatnit (bring to bear, enforce, use). (various references) | |
Danish | hugge ind i (to bear in). (various references) | |
Dutch | steunen op (rely on), ondermijnen (subvert, undermine), getuigenis van iets afleggen (to bear testimony to something, to give evidence about something), een verklaring afleggen (to bear testimony to something, to depose evidence, to give evidence, to give evidence about something). (various references) | |
Finnish | uurtaa (cut, furrow, groove, hollow, scote), painostaa (bring pressure to bear on, oppress, press, put pressure on, weigh on somebody's mind), louhia kivihiilipilaria sivusta ja alhaalta (to bear in), kovistaa (bring pressure to bear upon ., press, take . . to task). (various references) | |
French | pratiquer. (various references) | |
German | lasten (encumbered, encumbrances, weigh), ausüben (born, borne, carry on, exercise, exert, perform, ply, practice, practise, to exercise, to practise, wield). (various references) | |
Greek | υποσκάπτω (mine, sap, undercut, undermine), υπονομεύω (mine, sap, subvert, undermine), ασκώ πίεση σε (bring pressure to bear on). (various references) | |
Hungarian | termel (bore, borne, to churn out, to crop, to generate, to rear, to run up), terem (room, to bring forth, to crop), tart (continue, endure, to cultivate), tűr (to take it), visz (bear, carry, to direct), visel (bear, bore, borne, to port, to wear, wear, wore, worn), szül (bear, to gender), kibír (bear, bore, borne, stick it out, sustain, to do with, to stomach, to sustain), hoz (bore, born, borne, bring, to bring in, to land, to release, to spawn, to tree, to warm), hordoz (bear, to carry), hord (to tote), elvisel (abide, bear, bore, borne, endure, stood, suffer, sustain, to abide, to comport, to endure, to stand, to stomach, to support, to take it, to tolerate, tolerate, undergo), eltűr (bore, born, borne, to abide, to admit of, to brook, to support), elszenved (to brook), cipel (to lug, to tote). (various references) | |
Italian | esercitare (exercise, practice, practise, wield). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 負う (to owe), 耐える (to endure). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たえる (to be equal to, to be fit for, to become extinct, to brave, to die out, to endure, to peter out, to put up with, to resist, to stand, to support, to withstand), おう (depression, female phoenix bird, hollow, king, monarch, old man, ruler, sovereign, sunken, to chase, to cut, to grow, to owe, to run after, to spring up, venerable), うみだす (to bring forth, to give birth to, to invent, to produce), になう (to carry on shoulder, to shoulder), かたにかつぐ (to shoulder), こたえる (to answer, to be equal to, to be fit for, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to reply, to resist, to respond, to reward, to stand, to strike home, to support, to take its toll, to withstand), こらえる (to be equal to, to be fit for, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to resist, to stand, to support, to withstand), あげる (to admit, to advance, to arrange, to arrest, to do up, to elevate, to engage, to finish, to fly, to fry, to give, to improve, to increase, to leave with, to lift, to mention, to observe, to offer, to perform, to praise, to present, to promote, to quote, to raise, to send, to stop, to usher in, to vomit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay earbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | testemunhar algo (to bear testimony to something). (various references) | |
Romanian | pune în mişcare (actuate, bring to bear, drive, gear, move, set afoot, set agoing, set in motion, work), mai mult decât poate îndura fiinţã umanã (too much for flesh and blood to bear), influenţa (affect, bias, bring to bear, influence, lobby, predetermine, reach, sway, work). (various references) | |
Scottish | seachlach (a heifer barren though of age to bear a calf). (various references) | |
Spanish | profesar (bear, exercise, practise, profess). (various references) | |
Swedish | undergräva (undermine), avlägga vittnesmål om något (to bear testimony to something, to give evidence about something). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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