Anticipate in different languages

Anticipate in Different Languages

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Anticipate


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Afrikaans
antisipeer
Albanian
parashikoj
Amharic
ይጠብቁ
Arabic
توقع
Armenian
կանխատեսել
Assamese
পূৰ্বানুমান
Aymara
nayrst'ayaña
Azerbaijani
qabaqlamaq
Bambara
ka kɔn
Basque
aurrea hartu
Belarusian
прадбачыць
Bengali
পূর্বানুমান
Bhojpuri
पूर्वानुमान लगावल
Bosnian
predvidjeti
Bulgarian
предвиждайте
Catalan
anticipar-se
Cebuano
pagpaabut
Chinese (Simplified)
预料
Chinese (Traditional)
預料
Corsican
anticipà
Croatian
predvidjeti
Czech
předvídat
Danish
foregribe
Dhivehi
އުންމީދުކުރުން
Dogri
मेद करना
Dutch
anticiperen
English
anticipate
Esperanto
antaŭvidi
Estonian
ette näha
Ewe
kpɔ mɔ
Filipino (Tagalog)
asahan
Finnish
ennakoida
French
anticiper
Frisian
antisipearje
Galician
anticipar
Georgian
განჭვრეტა
German
erwarten
Greek
προσδοκώ
Guarani
motenonde
Gujarati
અપેક્ષા
Haitian Creole
antisipe
Hausa
yi tsammani
Hawaiian
e kakali
Hebrew
לְצַפּוֹת
Hindi
आशा
Hmong
cia siab tias yuav tau
Hungarian
előre
Icelandic
sjá fyrir
Igbo
na-atụ anya
Ilocano
namnamaen
Indonesian
mengantisipasi
Irish
réamh-mheas
Italian
anticipare
Japanese
予想する
Javanese
ngarepake
Kannada
ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ
Kazakh
болжау
Khmer
គិតទុកជាមុន
Kinyarwanda
iteganya
Konkani
अंदाज बांदप
Korean
앞질러 하다
Krio
wet fɔ
Kurdish
payin
Kurdish (Sorani)
پێشبینی کردن
Kyrgyz
күтүү
Lao
ຄາດລ່ວງ ໜ້າ
Latin
praecipio
Latvian
paredzēt
Lingala
kokanisa liboso
Lithuanian
numatyti
Luganda
okusuubira
Luxembourgish
antizipéieren
Macedonian
предвиди
Maithili
पहिने सँ कए रखनाइ
Malagasy
mialoha
Malay
menjangka
Malayalam
പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുക
Maltese
antiċipa
Maori
tatari
Marathi
अपेक्षेने
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯑꯣꯏꯊꯣꯛꯀꯅꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯅ ꯊꯥꯖꯕ ꯊꯝꯕ
Mizo
ringlawk
Mongolian
урьдчилан таамаглах
Myanmar (Burmese)
မျှော်လင့်ထားသည်
Nepali
पूर्वानुमान
Norwegian
forutse
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kuyembekezera
Odia (Oriya)
ଆଶା କର
Oromo
tilmaamuu
Pashto
وړاندوینه کول
Persian
پیش بینی کردن
Polish
przewidywać
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
antecipar
Punjabi
ਉਮੀਦ
Quechua
kamariy
Romanian
anticipa
Russian
предвидеть
Samoan
faʻatalitali
Sanskrit
आयासं
Scots Gaelic
dùil
Sepedi
letela
Serbian
очекивати
Sesotho
lebella
Shona
kutarisira
Sindhi
متوقع
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
අපේක්ෂා කරන්න
Slovak
predvídať
Slovenian
predvideti
Somali
filo
Spanish
prever
Sundanese
ngantisipasi
Swahili
tarajia
Swedish
förutse
Tagalog (Filipino)
asahan
Tajik
пешбинӣ кардан
Tamil
எதிர்பார்க்கலாம்
Tatar
көтегез
Telugu
ate హించండి
Thai
คาดการณ์
Tigrinya
ግምት
Tsonga
langutela
Turkish
tahmin etmek
Turkmen
garaşmak
Twi (Akan)
bɔ mpɛmpɛn
Ukrainian
передбачати
Urdu
متوقع
Uyghur
ئالدىن پەرەز قىلىڭ
Uzbek
kutmoq
Vietnamese
đoán trước
Welsh
rhagweld
Xhosa
lindela
Yiddish
ריכטנ זיך
Yoruba
fokansi
Zulu
lindela

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "antisipeer" is derived from the Latin word "anticipatio", meaning "action of taking beforehand".
AlbanianThe word "parashikoj" derives from the Greek "paraskêptô", meaning "to prepare".
AmharicIn Amharic, "ይጠብቁ" also means to expect or to prepare in advance.
Arabic"توقع" also means "to expect" or "to look forward to".
AzerbaijaniThe word "qabaqlamaq" also means "to foresee" or "to predict".
BasqueThe Basque word "aurrea hartu" is literally "to seize the front".
BelarusianThe word "прадбачыць" originally meant "to foretell" or "to predict."
Bengali"পূর্বানুমান" comes from the Sanskrit word "poorvanumana" which literally means "thinking before."
Bosnian"Predvidjeti" is a Slavic word composed by the root "vid" (see) and the prefix "pre" (before), hence the literal meaning of "seeing" or "perceiving" something before it happens.
BulgarianThe word "предвиждайте" can also mean "to foresee" or "to take into account".
Catalan"Anticipar-se" also means "to take precautions" in Catalan.
Cebuano"Pagpaabut" in Cebuano can also mean waiting in line, but it has the alternate meaning of "to expect" and "to predict" in Tagalog.
Chinese (Simplified)"预料"由 "预" 和 "料" 组成,"预" 指先,"料" 指料想,引申为预先估计、料想
Chinese (Traditional)“預”在甲骨文中指“占卜”,“料”在甲骨文中指“占卜時所用的龜甲”,“預料”即“占卜後得知的結果” 。
CorsicanIn Corsican, "anticipà" means "anticipate", but it can also be used as a euphemism for "to die" or "to finish a task."
CroatianThe Croatian word "predvidjeti" also means "to foresee" or "to predict".
CzechCzech "předvídat" derives from "vidět" (see), akin to German "vorhersehen" (to foresee).
DanishForegribe comes from the Danish word "foregribe", which also means "to snatch ahead".
DutchIn Dutch, the word "anticiperen" also carries the meaning of "to take something into account".
EsperantoThe word "antaŭvidi" in Esperanto has the same root as "vision" in English, highlighting the idea of seeing something before it happens.
Estonian"Ette näha" also literally means "to see ahead" in Estonian.
FinnishThe word "ennakoida" is also used to describe a situation where something is expected or foreseen.
French"Anticiper" vient du latin "anticipare", qui signifie "prendre à l'avance".
FrisianIt may also mean to receive, expect, or look forward to something.
GalicianEn Galician, "anticipar" también significa "estar preparado".
GermanThe German word "erwarten" is derived from the Middle High German word "erwarten," which means "to wait for" or "to look forward to".
Greek"προσδοκώ" also means to "await" in Modern Greek.
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "antisipe" also means "to perceive something before it happens".
Hausa'Yi tsammani' can also mean 'to have foreknowledge'.
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word "e kakali" can also mean "to wait for" or "to expect".
HebrewThe verb לצפות also means 'to cover with a coating', such as paint or gold, and thus 'to glisten' or 'to shine'.
HindiThe word "आशा" derives from Sanskrit and originally meant "desire" or "longing", indicating the emotional anticipation of an event or outcome.
HmongThe term "cia siab tias yuav tau" literally translates to "think in the heart that it will happen."
HungarianThe Hungarian word "előre" also means "forward" and is related to the word "előrelátó" ("foresighted").
IcelandicThe Icelandic word "sjá fyrir" ('anticipate') also means 'to foretell' and 'to provide for'.
IgboThe Igbo term "na-atụ anya" is also used to express feelings of excitement, expectation, and curiosity.
IndonesianMengantisipasi comes from Dutch "anticipatie" and also means "foresight"
Italian"Anticipare" in Italian can also mean "to foresee" or "to foretell".
JapaneseThe verb '予想する' can also mean 'to forecast', 'to predict', or 'to estimate' in English.
JavaneseIn the Javanese language, the word "ngarepake" also means "to expect" or "to look forward to something."
Kannada'ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'nirīkṣa', which means 'to look at', 'to watch', or 'to observe'.
KazakhThe word "болжау" also means "to suspect" or "to expect".
KoreanThe Korean word "앞질러 하다" literally translates to "to do in advance" or "to act ahead of time," capturing the essence of its English counterpart, "anticipate."
KurdishThe term "payin" originates from the Old Kurdish verb "payan," meaning "to expect" or "to await."
KyrgyzКүтүү (Kyrgyz) also means "to wait" and is derived from the Turkic root "küt-," meaning "to watch, wait, or observe."
LatinThe Latin word "praecipio" can also mean "to seize", "to capture", or "to command".
LatvianThe word “paredzēt” in Latvian can also mean to provide or envisage something.
Lithuanian"Numatyti" is also the Lithuanian word for "presume," which comes from the Latin word "praesumere," meaning "to take before."
LuxembourgishThe verb "antizipéieren" comes from the French verb "anticiper" which derives from the Latin "ante" (= "before") and "capere" (= "to take").
Macedonian"Предвиди" in Macedonian is derived from the Proto-Slavic *predъviděti, meaning "to see beforehand".
MalagasyThe word "mialoha" in Malagasy may also refer to a feeling of joy and contentment while waiting for something.
MalayThe word "menjangka" is derived from the Old Malay word "jangka", which means "to expect" or "to predict". In modern Malay, the word "jangka" also has the meaning of "to measure" or "to estimate".
Malayalamപ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുക (prateekshikkuka) derives from Sanskrit prati+iksha, meaning “looking forward” or “expecting.”
MalteseThe word "antiċipa" in Maltese comes from the Latin "anticipare," meaning "to take before" or "to expect."
MaoriThe word "tatari" can also refer to a sense of foreboding or unease.
MarathiThe Marathi word 'अपेक्षेने' can also mean 'expect', 'await', or 'predict'.
MongolianIt is derived from "урьд" (before) and "чилан" (think, suppose). It can mean to expect, predict, or foretell something.
Nepaliपूर्वानुमान is derived from the Sanskrit root 'pūrva' meaning 'before' and 'anu' meaning 'after', hence it means both 'to anticipate' and 'to follow'.
NorwegianThe word "forutse" in Norwegian shares its root with the word "foretell" in English, both meaning "to know in advance".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kuyembekezera" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the verb "yembekeza" which means "to wait for" or "to expect".
PashtoIn Pashto, the word "وړاندوینه کول" also carries the meaning of "to expect" or "to foresee."
PersianThe Persian verb "پیش بینی کردن" also has the meaning of "foresee" and "predict" in addition to "anticipate".
PolishThe Polish verb "przewidywać" originally meant "to foresee" or "to predict", and its root is the noun "widzieć" ("to see").
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "antecipar" can also mean to "advance" or "bring forward".
PunjabiThe word "ਉਮੀਦ" is derived from the Persian word "umid" which means "hope" or "expectation".
RomanianThe Romanian word "anticipa" originates from Latin "ante capere" meaning "to take beforehand".
RussianThe word "предвидеть" in Russian is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "предви́дѣти", meaning "to foresee, to predict."
SamoanThe word faʻatalitali also refers to a person's expectations and desires.
Scots GaelicThe word "dùil" comes from the proto-Celtic word "*dūlī-." This word may also have been the origin of the English word "dole," which originally meant a portion of land and later came to mean a handout to the poor.
SerbianThe word "очекивати" in Serbian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "очькати", meaning "to wait" or "to expect".
SesothoThe term 'lebella' is also used to refer to the act of expecting something to happen or to be ready for it beforehand.
ShonaThe word "kutarisira" can also mean to "wait" or "expect".
SindhiThe Sindhi word "متوقع" can also mean "expectation" or "hope".
SlovakIn addition to its primary meaning of "anticipate", "predvídať" can also mean "to provide for".
SlovenianThe Slovenian word "predvideti" originates from the Proto-Slavic verb *prědъviděti, meaning "to see in advance" or "to foresee".
SomaliFilo can mean both "anticipate" and "await", and may be related "filan"" ("to think").
SpanishPrever in Spanish also means 'to prevent' and comes from Latin 'praevidēre', meaning 'see beforehand'.
Sundanese"Ngantsipasi" juga berarti "mengharap-harapkan" dalam bahasa Sunda.
SwahiliThe word "tarajia" can also mean "to expect", "to look forward to", or "to hope for" in Swahili.
SwedishThe word "förutse" derives from the Old Norse word "fyrir-sjá," which means "to see in advance."
Tagalog (Filipino)"Asahan" is also a Tagalog word that means "to expect," as in "I expect that he will come."
TajikFrom the word "peş" which means "front" or "head".
TeluguThe word "anticipate" comes from the Latin word "antecipatus," which means "to take beforehand."
ThaiThe word "คาดการณ์" is of Sanskrit origin, deriving from the word "khadga", meaning "sword", and was originally used in Thai to describe the anticipation of an attack.
Turkish"Tahmin etmek" is derived from the Arabic word "tahmīn," meaning "to guess" or "to estimate."
UkrainianThe word "передбачати" in Ukrainian also means "to suppose" or "to presume".
UrduThe word 'متوقع' has two distinct origins and alternate meanings; the first being 'to suppose or predict' and the second being 'accepted' or 'allowed'.
UzbekIn Uzbek, “kutmoq” can also mean "to wish" or "to expect".
VietnameseThe Vietnamese word "đoán trước" is similar in meaning to the English word "predict", and derives from the Chinese word "duan", which means "to guess" or "to infer."
WelshThe word "rhagweld" in Welsh is derived from the root "rhag" meaning "before" and "gwel" meaning "to see".
XhosaThe Xhosa word "lindela" can also mean "to wait" or "to expect".
YiddishThe Yiddish word "ריכטנ זיך" can also mean "to prepare" or "to get ready".
Yoruba"Fokansi" also means "to see from afar" or "to await something from a distance" in Yoruba.
ZuluThe word "lindela" in Zulu is also used to describe the act of waiting or looking forward to something.
EnglishThe word "anticipate" derives from Latin and literally means "to take before".

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