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| Language | Translations for "TO RUB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 磨 (grindstone, hardship, to delay, to grind, to sharpen), 扢 (clean, sprightful). (various references) | |
Danish | slette del af en tegning (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
Dutch | een tekening gommen (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
Finnish | poistaa osa piirustuksesta (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
French | gommer un dessin (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
German | reiben (rub, rubbing, chafe, to chafe). (various references) | |
Greek | σβύνω ένα σχέδιο (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vakar (to curry, to groom), kiradíroz (erase, rub out, to rub out), fényesít (to glaze), dörzsöl (to chafe, to fret, to scrub), dörgöl, bedörzsöl (to anoint). (various references) | |
Italian | cancellare un disegno (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 摩る (to chafe, to file, to strike). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すれる (to become sophisticated, to chafe, to wear), する (to chafe, to cost, to do, to elapse, to file, to frost, to pass, to pick someone's pocket, to play, to practice, to print, to serve as, to shave, to strike, to try), なでまわす (to pat, to stroke), まする (to draw near, to press, to scrub), こする (to scrub), もむ (to be troubled about, to coach, to crumple, to massage, to train, to worry over, to wrinkle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay ubray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | apagar parte de desenho (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
Romanian | reuşesc sã o scot la capãt (I manage to rub on). (various references) | |
Spanish | borrar un dibujo (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
Swedish | sudda del av bild (to rub out a drawing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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