Capture in different languages

Capture in Different Languages

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Capture


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Afrikaans
vang
Albanian
kapje
Amharic
መያዝ
Arabic
إلتقاط
Armenian
գրավում
Assamese
বন্দী কৰা
Aymara
apsuña
Azerbaijani
tutmaq
Bambara
ka minɛ
Basque
harrapatu
Belarusian
захоп
Bengali
ক্যাপচার
Bhojpuri
कब्जा
Bosnian
hvatanje
Bulgarian
улавяне
Catalan
captura
Cebuano
pagdakup
Chinese (Simplified)
捕获
Chinese (Traditional)
捕獲
Corsican
catturà
Croatian
uhvatiti
Czech
zajmout
Danish
fange
Dhivehi
ކެޕްޗަރ
Dogri
कब्जा करना
Dutch
gevangen nemen
English
capture
Esperanto
kapti
Estonian
jäädvustama
Ewe
le
Filipino (Tagalog)
makunan
Finnish
kaapata
French
capturer
Frisian
fange
Galician
capturar
Georgian
ხელში ჩაგდება
German
erfassung
Greek
πιάνω
Guarani
japyhy
Gujarati
કેપ્ચર
Haitian Creole
kaptire
Hausa
kama
Hawaiian
hopu
Hebrew
לִלְכּוֹד
Hindi
कब्जा
Hmong
ntes
Hungarian
elfog
Icelandic
handsama
Igbo
nwudo
Ilocano
alaen
Indonesian
menangkap
Irish
ghabháil
Italian
catturare
Japanese
キャプチャー
Javanese
nyekel
Kannada
ಸೆರೆಹಿಡಿಯುವಿಕೆ
Kazakh
басып алу
Khmer
ចាប់យក
Kinyarwanda
gufata
Konkani
हस्तगत
Korean
포착
Krio
kech
Kurdish
girtin
Kurdish (Sorani)
گرتن
Kyrgyz
басып алуу
Lao
ຈັບ
Latin
captis
Latvian
sagūstīt
Lingala
kokanga
Lithuanian
užfiksuoti
Luganda
okufuna
Luxembourgish
erfaassen
Macedonian
фаќање
Maithili
पकड़नाइ
Malagasy
fisamborana
Malay
tangkap
Malayalam
ക്യാപ്‌ചർ
Maltese
qbid
Maori
hopu
Marathi
हस्तगत
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯐꯥꯖꯤꯟꯕ
Mizo
la
Mongolian
барих
Myanmar (Burmese)
ဖမ်းယူ
Nepali
क्याप्चर
Norwegian
fange
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kujambula
Odia (Oriya)
ଧରିବା
Oromo
qabuu
Pashto
نیول
Persian
گرفتن
Polish
zdobyć
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
capturar
Punjabi
ਕੈਪਚਰ
Quechua
hapiy
Romanian
captură
Russian
захватить
Samoan
puʻeina
Sanskrit
पटल
Scots Gaelic
glacadh
Sepedi
golega
Serbian
хватање
Sesotho
hapa
Shona
kubata
Sindhi
پڪڙڻ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
අල්ලා ගැනීම
Slovak
zajať
Slovenian
zajemanje
Somali
qabasho
Spanish
capturar
Sundanese
néwak
Swahili
kukamata
Swedish
fånga
Tagalog (Filipino)
makunan
Tajik
дастгир кардан
Tamil
பிடிப்பு
Tatar
кулга алу
Telugu
సంగ్రహము
Thai
การจับกุม
Tigrinya
ምሓዝ
Tsonga
khoma
Turkish
ele geçirmek
Turkmen
ele almak
Twi (Akan)
kyere
Ukrainian
захоплення
Urdu
گرفتاری
Uyghur
تۇتۇش
Uzbek
qo'lga olish
Vietnamese
chiếm lấy
Welsh
cipio
Xhosa
bamba
Yiddish
כאַפּן
Yoruba
Zulu
bamba

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "vang" can also mean "to catch", "to seize", or "to hold".
AlbanianThe word "kapje" in Albanian derives from the Old Slavic word "xapiti" and has cognate meanings in other Slavic languages.
AmharicThe word "መያዝ" also means "to hold," "to keep," or "to possess" in Amharic.
ArabicThe word “إلتقاط” also means the act of picking up something, like a coin on the ground.
ArmenianThe Armenian word "գրավում" also has the alternate meaning of "occupation", referring to the seizure and holding of territory by a military force.
Azerbaijani"Tutmaq" in Azerbaijani also means to hold something, to keep something, to have something, or to seize something.
BasqueThe term "harrapatu" could derive from either Proto-Basque or from the Arabic root word "harapa".
BelarusianThe word "захоп" is derived from the Belarusian verb "захапіць," which also means "to seize" or "to take hold of."
Bengaliক্যাপচার শব্দটি ল্যাটিন শব্দ 'capere' থেকে এসেছে যার অর্থ 'ধরতে' বা 'গ্রহণ করা'।
BosnianThe word "hvatanje" can also refer to the act of grabbing or holding something.
BulgarianThe word "улавяне" can also mean "to catch" or "to grasp".
CatalanThe Catalan word "captura" also means "harvest".
CebuanoIn Waray, 'pagdakup' also means 'to seize', while in Hiligaynon, it can mean 'to arrest' or 'to detain'.
Chinese (Simplified)The character "捉" in "捕获" can also mean "to hold" or "to seize".
Chinese (Traditional)The word 捕獲, meaning 'capture' in Chinese (Traditional), literally translates to 'to seize with a net or trap'.
CorsicanThe Corsican word for "capture," catturà, originates from the Tuscan dialect and is related to the Italian word for "capture," cattura, both deriving from the Latin root "capere" meaning "to take".
CroatianThe word "uhvatiti" in Croatian is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *xŭvatiti, meaning "to grasp, seize, capture."
CzechThe Czech word "zajmout" ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic word for "fence," highlighting its historical association with enclosing and securing prisoners.
DanishThe word "fange" in Danish is related to the English word "fang" and both trace their roots to the Proto-Indo-European root *paḱ- 'to seize, catch'
Dutch"Gevangen nemen" (capture) is a compound word made up of "geven" (give) and "vangen" (catch), meaning "to take into custody" or "to place under arrest."
EsperantoIn Toki Pona, "kapti" also has the meaning "understand"}
EstonianThe verb "jäädvustama" in Estonian has alternate meanings of "to imprint" and "to immortalize".
FinnishKaapata is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *kapata, meaning "to take, to grab".
FrenchThe French word "Capturer" comes from the Latin word "capere", meaning "to take". It shares the same etymology with the English word "capture" and the Spanish word "capturar".
FrisianThe word "fange" in Frisian can also refer to a fence or a dike, suggesting its historical connection to the act of enclosing or capturing.
GalicianThe Galician verb "capturar" also means "to hunt" or "to fish".
GeorgianThe Georgian word "ხელში ჩაგდება" literally means "to put something in your hand," and it is also used metaphorically to mean "to capture" or "to seize."
GermanIn geology, Erfassung often refers to recording the spatial distribution of geological features or data.
GreekThe Greek word "πιάνω" is related to the word for "hand" ("χέρι"), suggesting its original sense of grasping and holding.
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "કેપ્ચર" (capture) is derived from the English word "capture", meaning to take possession of something by force.
Haitian CreoleThe word "kaptire" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "capturer", which means "to seize" or "to take hold of".
HausaIn Hausa, 'kama' also connotes a sense of 'gripping' or 'seizing'.
HawaiianThe word "hopu" also means "to arrest" or "to seize" in Hawaiian.
Hebrew"לִלְכּוֹד" might be derived from the root "לכד" meaning "to catch, seize, capture", or it might be related to the word "לכד" meaning "to surround, besiege".
HindiThe word "कब्जा" can also mean "occupation" or "possession", and is derived from the Arabic word "قبض" (qabḍ), meaning "to seize" or "to take hold of".
HmongThe word "ntes" can also mean "to win" or "to obtain" in Hmong.
HungarianThe Hungarian word “elfog” (to capture) originally denoted the taking prisoner during the Tartar invasion.
Icelandic"Handsama" is the causative form of "handsa" ("to seize"), which itself comes from Old Norse "hant" ("hand").
IgboThe word "nwudo" can also mean "hostage" or "prisoner of war" in Igbo.
IndonesianThe term 'menangkap' also carries the meaning of 'catching', as in catching a ball.
IrishThe word "ghabháil" in Irish can also refer to the act of taking possession of something, or the thing possessed.
ItalianThe Italian verb 'catturare' derives from the Latin 'capere', meaning 'to take' or 'to seize', which also gave rise to the English word 'capture'.
Japaneseキャプチャー (capture) is also used in Japanese to refer to a screenshot or screen capture.
JavaneseThe word "nyekel" in Javanese also means "to touch" or "to grasp".
Kazakh"Басып алу" (capture) derives from the verb "басу" (to step, to press) and the suffix "-ып", indicating a completed action.
Khmerចាប់យក can also mean 'to obtain' or 'to seize' something.
Korean포착(捕捉)은 포섭(包攝)과 거머쥐기(據取)에서 유래했고, 포섭보다 거머쥐기에 더 가까운 의미.
KurdishThe term 'girtin' has Indo-European etymological roots shared with the Sanskrit word 'grbhnati' and the Greek word 'krataioi'.
KyrgyzThe word "басып алуу" also means "to conquer" or "to occupy" in Kyrgyz.
LaoThe word "ຈັບ" (capture) in Lao can also refer to the act of holding or grasping something.
LatinThe word "captis" in Latin can also mean "seizure" or "arrest"
LatvianThe verb "sagūstīt" likely originates from the Proto-Baltic form *ǵūstiō, meaning "to hunt" or "to catch."
LithuanianThe word "užfiksuoti" derives from the German word "fixieren" and means to "fix", "secure", or "record".
LuxembourgishIn Luxembourgish, "erfaassen" can refer to "comprehending" or "perceiving" something with one's senses.
MacedonianIn Macedonian, the word "фаќање" has a primary meaning of "capture" but also carries the alternate meanings of "arrest" and "fishing".
MalagasyThe word "fisamborana" has an alternate meaning as "a thing that has been captured."
MalayThe word "tangkap" in Malay also means "to perceive" or "to understand".
MalayalamThe Malayalam word "ക്യാപ്‌ചർ" (capture) is derived from the English word "capture" and carries the same meaning in the context of obtaining or seizing something.
MalteseQbid also means 'seize, apprehend, get, obtain, secure, win, gain,' all of which are connected to 'capture'.
MaoriThe word hopu also means to "seize, grasp, or hold onto something".
MarathiThe word "हस्तगत" (capture) in Marathi is cognate with the Persian "دستگير" (capture, arrest), both sharing a common Indo-European root related to "hand" (Persian "دست" and Sanskrit "हस्त").
Mongolian"Барих" also means "to hold" and "to contain."
NepaliThe Nepali word "क्याप्चर" derives from the English word "capture", which means to seize or take control of something.
NorwegianThe word «fange» can also mean «to embrace»
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kujambula" has its roots in the verb "jambula" meaning "to take hold of" or "catch hold of".
PashtoThe word نیول is also used in a figurative sense to describe the act of seizing or taking possession of anything.
PersianThe Persian word "گرفتن" can also mean "to receive" or "to take."
PolishThe word "zdobyć" is derived from the Old Polish word "dobyć", meaning "to take" or "to win".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "capturar" also means to seize or catch something.
PunjabiThe word "ਕੈਪਚਰ" is a loanword from English and has the same meaning in Punjabi.
RomanianThe Romanian word "captură" ultimately derives from the Latin word "capere", meaning "to take", "to seize", or "to grasp."
RussianThe word "захватить" can also mean "to take over" or "to seize".
SamoanThe word "puʻeina" also means "to embrace" or "to hold tightly" in Samoan.
Scots GaelicDerived from the Irish "glacadh" and the Old Irish "glacc", meaning "a taking or seizure".
SerbianThe verb "хватање" can also mean "to grasp" or "to seize" in Serbian.
SesothoIn addition to meaning "capture," "hapa" also means "to hold on to something that is running away."
ShonaKubata may have originally meant a state of possession.
Sindhiپڪڙڻ (capture) in Sindhi is cognate with the Sanskrit word 'pakṛ' meaning 'to apprehend, seize, lay hold of' and the Prakrit word 'paḍiā' meaning 'snare, trap'.
SlovakZajať is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *zęti, meaning "to take", which is also the root of the words "zajac" (hare) and "zajatie" (captivity).
SlovenianThe word "zajemanje" can also mean "comprehension" or "grasping" in Slovenian.
SomaliThe Somali word "qabasho" is also used to mean "extract" or "quote".
SpanishThe Spanish word "capturar" also means to seize, arrest, or fascinate.
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "néwak" also has alternate meanings such as "enslave", "seize" and "arrest".
SwahiliIn some Bantu languages, "kukamata" also signifies "to seize", "to grasp", or "to take hold of".
SwedishIn Swedish, "fånga" can also mean "to perceive" or "to understand," possibly derived from the root "fang," meaning "to seize" or "to take hold of."
Tagalog (Filipino)"Makunan" also means "to be discovered" or "to be found out"
TajikThe word is a compound of the words "даст" (hand) and "гир" (to take).
TamilIn Tamil, the root of பிடிப்பு meaning 'to seize, to grasp, to hold' also appears in பிடி (pidi) meaning 'a fist' and 'a handful'.
Teluguసంగ్రహము also means "to sum up" or "to summarize" in the context of literature or speech.
Thai'การจับกุม' originates from 'จับ' (catch) and 'กุม' (hold), indicating the act of holding someone who has been caught.
Turkish"Ele geçirmek" also refers to gaining control of or possession of something, not just physically capturing it.
UkrainianIn Ukrainian, "захоплення" can also refer to "hobby" or "passion"
UrduThe word "گرفتاری" can also mean "troubles" or "difficulties".
Uzbek"Qo'lga olish" also means "getting the upper hand" or "taking control of something".
VietnameseThe word "chiếm lấy" also means "to occupy" or "to take possession of".
WelshThe Welsh word `cipio` is derived from the Latin `capio`, meaning `to take` or `to seize`.
XhosaThe word "bamba" can also mean "to hold" or "to handle" in Xhosa.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "כאַפּן" (kapn) is also used to refer to receiving or acquiring something, similar to the English word "nab."
YorubaThe Yoruba word "mú," meaning "capture," also carries the connotations of "obtain," "acquire," and "take possession of."
ZuluThe Zulu word "bamba" also has the meaning of "to hold" or "to grasp".
EnglishThe word 'capture' comes from the Latin word 'capere', meaning 'to take' or 'to seize'.

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