Confirm in different languages

Confirm in Different Languages

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Confirm


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Afrikaans
bevestig
Albanian
konfirmoj
Amharic
አረጋግጥ
Arabic
تؤكد
Armenian
հաստատել
Assamese
নিশ্চিত
Aymara
iyawsaña
Azerbaijani
təsdiq edin
Bambara
sɛmɛntiya
Basque
berretsi
Belarusian
пацвердзіць
Bengali
নিশ্চিত করুন
Bhojpuri
पक्का कयिल
Bosnian
potvrdite
Bulgarian
потвърдете
Catalan
confirmar
Cebuano
sa pagmatuod sa
Chinese (Simplified)
确认
Chinese (Traditional)
確認
Corsican
cunfirmà
Croatian
potvrdi
Czech
potvrdit
Danish
bekræfte
Dhivehi
ޔަޤީންކުރުން
Dogri
तसदीक
Dutch
bevestigen
English
confirm
Esperanto
konfirmi
Estonian
kinnita
Ewe
ɖo kpe edzi
Filipino (Tagalog)
kumpirmahin
Finnish
vahvistaa
French
confirmer
Frisian
befestigje
Galician
confirmar
Georgian
დაადასტურო
German
bestätigen
Greek
επιβεβαιώνω
Guarani
moneĩ
Gujarati
ખાતરી કરો
Haitian Creole
konfime
Hausa
tabbatar
Hawaiian
e hoʻokūpaʻa
Hebrew
לְאַשֵׁר
Hindi
पुष्टि करें
Hmong
paub meej
Hungarian
megerősít
Icelandic
staðfesta
Igbo
gosi
Ilocano
kumpirmaen
Indonesian
konfirmasi
Irish
dheimhnigh
Italian
confermare
Japanese
確認
Javanese
konfirmasi
Kannada
ಖಚಿತಪಡಿಸಿ
Kazakh
растау
Khmer
បញ្ជាក់
Kinyarwanda
kwemeza
Konkani
निश्चीत
Korean
확인
Krio
mek wi biliv
Kurdish
tesdîqkirin
Kurdish (Sorani)
دڵنیاکردنەوە
Kyrgyz
ырастоо
Lao
ຢືນຢັນ
Latin
augete
Latvian
apstiprināt
Lingala
kondimisa
Lithuanian
patvirtinti
Luganda
okukakasa
Luxembourgish
bestätegen
Macedonian
потврди
Maithili
पुष्टि करु
Malagasy
manamarina
Malay
mengesahkan
Malayalam
സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കുക
Maltese
ikkonferma
Maori
whakaū
Marathi
पुष्टी
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯌꯥꯕ
Mizo
nemnghet
Mongolian
баталгаажуулах
Myanmar (Burmese)
အတည်ပြုပါ
Nepali
निश्चित गर्नुहोस्
Norwegian
bekrefte
Nyanja (Chichewa)
tsimikizani
Odia (Oriya)
ନିଶ୍ଚିତ କର |
Oromo
mirkaneessuu
Pashto
تایید کړئ
Persian
تایید
Polish
potwierdzać
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
confirme
Punjabi
ਪੁਸ਼ਟੀ ਕਰੋ
Quechua
yuyachiy
Romanian
a confirma
Russian
подтвердить
Samoan
faʻamaonia
Sanskrit
दृढी करोतु
Scots Gaelic
dearbhadh
Sepedi
tiišetša
Serbian
потврди
Sesotho
netefatsa
Shona
simbisa
Sindhi
تصديق ڪريو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
තහවුරු කරන්න
Slovak
potvrdiť
Slovenian
potrdite
Somali
xaqiiji
Spanish
confirmar
Sundanese
mastikeun
Swahili
thibitisha
Swedish
bekräfta
Tagalog (Filipino)
kumpirmahin
Tajik
тасдиқ кунед
Tamil
உறுதிப்படுத்தவும்
Tatar
расла
Telugu
నిర్ధారించండి
Thai
ยืนยัน
Tigrinya
ኣረጋግፅ
Tsonga
tiyisisa
Turkish
onaylamak
Turkmen
tassykla
Twi (Akan)
si pi
Ukrainian
підтвердити
Urdu
تصدیق کریں
Uyghur
جەزملەشتۈرۈڭ
Uzbek
tasdiqlang
Vietnamese
xác nhận
Welsh
cadarnhau
Xhosa
qinisekisa
Yiddish
באַשטעטיקן
Yoruba
jẹrisi
Zulu
qinisekisa

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "bevestig" is derived from the Dutch "bevestigen", meaning both "to confirm" and "to attach".
AlbanianThe Albanian word "konfirmoj" also means "to make firm" or "to strengthen".
AmharicIt is also a noun meaning 'proof' but can refer to 'the act or process of confirming' in the sense of 'validating'.
ArabicThe Arabic word "تؤكد" can also mean "to affirm" or "to corroborate".
ArmenianThe Armenian word "հաստատել" means "to confirm," but it can also mean "to establish," "to appoint," or "to strengthen."
AzerbaijaniThe word "təsdiq edin" can also mean "to approve" or "to verify" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueThe Basque word
BelarusianThe word "пацвердзіць" comes from the Polish word "potwierdzić" which means "to confirm, to verify."
BengaliThe word "নিশ্চিত করুন" comes from the Sanskrit word "निश्चित" meaning "certain, fixed, or settled."
BosnianIn Bosnian, "potvrdite" can also mean to verify, corroborate, or authenticate
BulgarianThe word "потвърдете" (confirm) in Bulgarian also has the alternate meaning of "to christen".
Catalan**Confirmar** can also mean to verify or check.
CebuanoSa pagmatuod sa is derived from the root word 'tuod', meaning 'tree stump', and signifies a firm foundation for something that is being asserted.
Chinese (Simplified)'确认' originally meant to establish something, then later came to mean 'to check' and 'to prove'.
Chinese (Traditional)確認 can mean either 'verify' or 'acknowledge' depending on the context.
Corsican"Cunfirmà" in Corsican comes from Latin "confirmare," meaning "to make firm or strong."
CroatianThe word "potvrdi" in Croatian is derived from the Slavic root *potvrъdь*, meaning "certain", and shares the same etymology with the Russian word "podтверждать".
CzechIn Czech, the word "potvrdit" can also mean "to harden" or "to make more durable."
Danish"Bekræfte" comes from the Old Norse word "krefta," meaning "to strengthen or make firm."
DutchThe verb "bevestigen" derives from the Middle Dutch "bevestigen" and "vesten," meaning "to confirm" and "to fasten," respectively.
EsperantoThe Esperanto word 'konfirmi' also means 'to be strengthened' and is related to 'firm.'
EstonianThe Estonian word "kinnita" shares the same linguistic origin with the Finnish word "kiinnittää" and the Hungarian word "köt" which both mean "bind" or "fasten."
Finnish"Vahvistaa" is also used in the context of sealing.
FrenchConfirmer is derived from the Latin word 'confirmare', meaning 'to make firm' or 'to strengthen'.
FrisianThe word "befestigje" in Frisian derives from the Old Frisian word "befestigia", meaning to strengthen or establish.
Galician"Confirmar" can also mean "to agree" or "to strengthen" in Galician.
GeorgianThe Georgian word "დაადასტურო" ("confirm") is derived from the Arabic word "صراط" (sirat), meaning "path" or "way", and the Persian word "راه" (rah), also meaning "path" or "way".
GermanThe German word "bestätigen" comes from the Old High German "bestaten", meaning "to support" or "to make firm".
GreekThe Greek word "επιβεβαιώνω" (epiveveono), meaning "confirm," originally meant "to call upon or invoke as a witness" from an oath ritual, where one person called upon another to testify or confirm their oath.
GujaratiThe word
Haitian CreoleThe word "konfime" is the Haitian Creole version of "confirmer" which means "to make strong, to reinforce, to approve, to ratify, to validate" in French.
HausaHausa "tabbatar" and Arabic "tabatta" share a similar root meaning "steadfast, fixed, sealed, or protected".
Hawaiian"E hoʻokūpaʻa" derives its meaning from "to hold the breath" or "to make steadfast" in Old Hawaiian.
Hebrewלְאַשֵׁר is the piel stem of the verb יָשַׁר meaning "straighten" or "make straight".
Hindiपुष्टि करें is derived from the Sanskrit word puṣṭi, which means 'nourishment' or 'strengthening'.
HmongThe word "paub meej" can also mean "understand" or "make sense of" in Hmong.
HungarianIn addition to "confirm", the verb "megerősít" can also mean "to strengthen" or "to fortify".
IcelandicIn Icelandic, staðfesta also means 'to state' or 'to assert'.
IgboThe Igbo word "gosi" primarily means "make complete" and is often used in religious contexts to signify "confirm." It can also mean "establish" or "fulfil."
IndonesianThe Indonesian word "Konfirmasi" is derived from the Portuguese word "Confirmar," which in turn comes from the Latin "Confirmare."
Irish"Dheimhnigh" is derived from the Old Irish word *dam-nigid*, meaning "to bind by an oath".
ItalianThe Italian word "Confermare" derives from the Latin verb "Confirmare", meaning "to make firm, strengthen, or establish."
JapaneseThe Japanese word "確認" is also used to mean "examination" or "inspection".
JavaneseIn Javanese, 'konfirmasi' can also mean 'the official approval or recognition of someone's status or position'.
KannadaThe word "ಖಚಿತಪಡಿಸಿ" in Kannada can also mean "to make certain" or "to verify".
Kazakh"Растау" созвучен со словами "справедливый" и "правда" в других тюркских языках, а также имеет синоним "тiкелеу", который переводится как "ставить в прямое положение"
KhmerThe word "បញ្ជាក់" can also mean "to declare" or "to state clearly".
Korean"확인" literally means "to fix truth" in Korean.
KurdishTesdîqkirin ('confirm') shares an etymology with the phrase 'to make true', but can also reference a concept of 'to hold as true'.
Kyrgyz"Ырастоо" also means "to prove" or "to verify".
LatinAugere's original meaning was to 'increase,' 'make more abundant,' 'nourish,' or 'add to'
LatvianThe word "Apstiprināt" in Latvian, meaning "confirm", shares its etymological roots with the word "Apstiprināt" in Lithuanian, which means "to accept" or "to consent".
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word patvirtinti comes from the Latin verb 'patiri' meaning "to suffer". It can also mean "to establish", "to make firm", or "to strengthen".
LuxembourgishBestätegen comes from the word bestätigen in German, which means to affirm or ratify something.
MacedonianThis verb could also mean 'to be present, occur', 'to become' and 'to allow'.
MalagasyThe word "Manamarina" finds its origin in the Indonesian word "amarma" meaning "to speak".
Malay"Mengesahkan" also means "to validate" or "to verify" in Malay.
MalteseThe word 'ikkonferma' in Maltese is not derived from Italian, but from 'conferma', a noun of action in Latin meaning 'strengthening'.
Maori"Whakaū" (confirm) comes from "ū" (to agree), with the prefix "whaka" indicating a causative meaning.
MarathiThe word "पुष्टी" is derived from Sanskrit "पुष्ट", meaning "strong" or "firm".
MongolianThe Mongolian word "баталгаажуулах" can also mean "to establish" or "to approve."
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "bekrefte" (confirm) comes from the Old Norse word "krefja" (to strengthen).
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "tsimikizani" in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also mean "to make sure of something" or "to verify".
PashtoThe word "تایید کړئ" derives from the Arabic root "ثبت", meaning "to establish" or "to make firm".
PersianThe Persian word 'تایید' is derived from the Arabic root 'أيد' (aid), meaning 'to help' or 'to support', and carries the connotation of 'validation' or 'approbation'.
PolishPotwierdzać in Polish, besides its primary meaning of “to confirm”, also means “to verify”, “to check”, “to corroborate”, and “to support with evidence”.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The Portuguese verb "confirmar" is descended from the Late Latin "confirmare", meaning "to make firm" or "strengthen".
RomanianThe word 'a confirma' also means 'to strengthen' or 'to validate' in Romanian.
RussianThe Russian verb подтвердить (“confirm”) comes from the Latin word confirmare (“to make strong, strengthen”), which derives from firmus (“firm”).
SamoanConfirming something as certain in Samoan can also mean to verify it.
Scots GaelicThe word "dearbhadh" in Scots Gaelic also means "to make sure" or "to prove".
SerbianThe verb "потврдити" literally means "to make firm" and originates from the Proto-Slavic root *tvьrdъ, meaning "hard" or "firm".
SesothoThe word "netefatsa" also means "to make sure" or "to ascertain" in Sesotho.
ShonaThe etymology of "simbisa" is likely from the Proto-Bantu root "-simb-, -sumb- "to support, be firm"
SindhiThe word تصديق ڪريو, which translates to 'confirm' in English, originates from Arabic where its root 'صادق' (ṣ-d-q) signifies 'truthfulness' or 'honesty'.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The word තහවුරු කරන්න is derived from the Sanskrit word 'thavara', meaning 'fixed' or 'stable', thus indicating a sense of certainty or confirmation.
SlovakIn Slovak, "potvrdiť" also means to "greet" (with a handshake)
SlovenianThe word 'potrdite' (confirm) also means 'support' or 'approve' in Slovenian.
SomaliThe word "xaqiiji" is derived from the Arabic word "saqafa", which means "to verify".
SpanishConfirmar derives from the Latin word "confirmare" meaning "to make firm" or "to strengthen".
SundaneseThe word "mastikeun" in Sundanese has an alternate meaning of "to make sure" or "to ascertain".
Swahili"Thibitisha" also means "to prove" in Swahili, further underlining its association with establishing the certainty or veracity of something.
Swedish"Bekräfta" comes from the Middle Low German word "bekreftigen," meaning "to strengthen".
Tagalog (Filipino)"Kumpirmahin" in Tagalog comes from the Spanish word "comprobar" meaning "to verify" or "to check".
ThaiThe word "ยืนยัน" is derived from the Sanskrit word "sthira" meaning "firm" or "stable". It can also mean "to establish" or "to make sure".
TurkishThe word 'onaylamak' is derived from the Arabic word 'anlamaq', meaning 'to understand' or 'to comprehend'.
Ukrainian"Підтвердити" is derived from the Proto-Slavic *tьvьrditi, meaning "to strengthen, to make firm," and is related to the Ukrainian word "твердий" (tverdyi), meaning "hard, firm."
UzbekThe word "tasdiqlang" also means "to declare" in Uzbek.
VietnameseThe word "xác nhận" in Vietnamese can also mean "to witness" or "to acknowledge".
WelshThe word "cadarnhau" is related to the Latin word "certus" (certain) and shares its root with the French word "certain".
XhosaDerived from Proto-Bantu -qin- - make firm in place, -isek- - cause to do, and -a - infinitive marker.
Yiddishבאַשטעטיקן can also mean to approve or affirm.
Yoruba"Jẹrisi" (confirm) is derived from the verb "je ire si," meaning "to say goodness"}
ZuluThe word 'qinisekisa' is a verb derived from the noun 'iqiniso' meaning 'truth'.
EnglishBoth the English word 'confirm' and the French word 'confirmer' come from the Medieval Latin word 'confirmare', which means to 'strengthen', 'make firm', or 'establish'.

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