Drag in Different Languages
Discover 'Drag' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Drag
Afrikaans sleep | ||
Albanian zvarrit | ||
Amharic ጎትት | ||
Arabic سحب | ||
Armenian քաշել | ||
Assamese টানি নিয়া | ||
Aymara qatatiña | ||
Azerbaijani sürükləyin | ||
Bambara ka ta ka bila | ||
Basque arrastatu | ||
Belarusian перацягнуць | ||
Bengali টানুন | ||
Bhojpuri खींचल | ||
Bosnian povucite | ||
Bulgarian плъзнете | ||
Catalan arrossegar | ||
Cebuano pagguyod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 拖动 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 拖動 | ||
Corsican trascinà | ||
Croatian opterećenje | ||
Czech táhnout | ||
Danish træk | ||
Dhivehi ލަސްކުރުން | ||
Dogri खिच्चना | ||
Dutch slepen | ||
English drag | ||
Esperanto treni | ||
Estonian vedama | ||
Ewe he | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hilahin | ||
Finnish raahata | ||
French traîne | ||
Frisian slepe | ||
Galician arrastrar | ||
Georgian გადაიტანე | ||
German ziehen | ||
Greek σέρνω | ||
Guarani mbosyryry | ||
Gujarati ખેંચો | ||
Haitian Creole trennen | ||
Hausa jawo | ||
Hawaiian kauō | ||
Hebrew לִגרוֹר | ||
Hindi खींचना | ||
Hmong luag | ||
Hungarian húzás | ||
Icelandic draga | ||
Igbo ikpuru | ||
Ilocano uluden | ||
Indonesian menyeret | ||
Irish tarraing | ||
Italian trascinare | ||
Japanese 引っ張る | ||
Javanese seret | ||
Kannada ಎಳೆಯಿರಿ | ||
Kazakh сүйреу | ||
Khmer អូស | ||
Kinyarwanda kurura | ||
Konkani ओडप | ||
Korean 견인 | ||
Krio drɛg | ||
Kurdish xwêrvekişandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕاکێشان | ||
Kyrgyz сүйрөө | ||
Lao ລາກ | ||
Latin drag | ||
Latvian velciet | ||
Lingala kobenda | ||
Lithuanian vilkite | ||
Luganda okusika | ||
Luxembourgish zéien | ||
Macedonian влече | ||
Maithili घसीटनाइ | ||
Malagasy tarihiny | ||
Malay seret | ||
Malayalam വലിച്ചിടുക | ||
Maltese drag | ||
Maori toia | ||
Marathi ड्रॅग करा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯤꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo hnuk | ||
Mongolian чирэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆွဲပါ | ||
Nepali तान्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian dra | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kokani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡ୍ରାଗ୍ | ||
Oromo lafarra harkisuu | ||
Pashto کشول | ||
Persian کشیدن | ||
Polish opór | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) arrastar | ||
Punjabi ਖਿੱਚੋ | ||
Quechua chutay | ||
Romanian trage | ||
Russian бремя | ||
Samoan toso | ||
Sanskrit आकर्षति | ||
Scots Gaelic slaod | ||
Sepedi goga | ||
Serbian вуци | ||
Sesotho hula | ||
Shona kweva | ||
Sindhi ڇڪيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අදින්න | ||
Slovak ťahať | ||
Slovenian povlecite | ||
Somali jiidid | ||
Spanish arrastrar | ||
Sundanese ngarérét | ||
Swahili buruta | ||
Swedish drag | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kaladkarin | ||
Tajik кашидан | ||
Tamil இழுக்கவும் | ||
Tatar тарту | ||
Telugu లాగండి | ||
Thai ลาก | ||
Tigrinya ምጉታት | ||
Tsonga koka | ||
Turkish sürüklemek | ||
Turkmen süýräň | ||
Twi (Akan) twe | ||
Ukrainian перетягування | ||
Urdu گھسیٹیں | ||
Uyghur سۆرەش | ||
Uzbek sudrab torting | ||
Vietnamese kéo | ||
Welsh llusgo | ||
Xhosa tsala | ||
Yiddish שלעפּן | ||
Yoruba fa | ||
Zulu hudula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "sleep" can also refer to the act of pulling or hauling something. |
| Albanian | "Zvarrit" is a variant of the verb "zvar" (to pull) and can also refer to the act of pulling or dragging something along the ground. |
| Amharic | "ጎትት" in Amharic can also refer to a kind of insect. |
| Arabic | The word "سحب" (drag) can also mean "to draw" or "to pull" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The Armenian verb "քաշել" also carries the meanings of "attract" and "to pay (a price)"} |
| Azerbaijani | The verb "sürükləyin" can also mean "to trace" or "to draw" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The verb 'arrastartu' could also mean 'catch in a fishing net', a meaning which is not present in its Spanish cognate 'arrastrar'. |
| Belarusian | The word "перацягнуць" can also be used to describe the act of drawing something closer to oneself. |
| Bengali | "টানুন" is derived from the Sanskrit word "tr̥" (to cross), and also means "to pull, draw, lead". |
| Bosnian | "Povući" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ew- meaning "to draw, pull" and is cognate with English "hew" and Russian "vytyagivat'". |
| Bulgarian | The verb "плъзнете" in Bulgarian can also mean to slide, glide, or crawl. |
| Catalan | "Arrossegar" in Catalan also refers to the process of dragging or moving someone or something with a rope or cable. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "pagguyod" can also refer to a group of people working together to pull something heavy. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 拖动 is an abbreviation of 拖曳和推动 (tuōyè hé tuīdòng), which means to pull and push. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 拖動（拖）在中文（繁體）中，有「拖延」、「拖曳」等意思。 |
| Corsican | "Trascinà" in Corsican also means to draw, or to mark something with a line. |
| Croatian | The word "opterećenje" also means "charge" or "burden". |
| Czech | Despite a close phonetic spelling, "táhnout" also translates directly to "count off (soldiers)" within the realm of military jargon or commands. |
| Danish | Danish "træk" can derive from an Old Norse word meaning "drawing" or "pulling" as well as one denoting "features" or "aspect". |
| Dutch | The word "slepen" in Dutch can also refer to towing a vehicle or moving something heavy with effort. |
| Esperanto | The word "treni" is also used to refer to the act of pulling something heavy, such as a sled. |
| Estonian | In ancient religious usage, "vedama" referred to the dragging of idols. |
| Finnish | The word "raahata" in Finnish also means "to tow or pull something heavy". |
| French | The word "traîne" in French can also mean "trail" or "entourage". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "slepe" comes from the Old Frisian word "sleippa," meaning a kind of rope used for dragging. |
| Galician | In Galician, "arrastrar" can also mean "to pull" or "to carry something heavy or difficult to move". |
| German | Ziehen can also mean "to move" or "to pull" and derives from the Proto-Germanic word *teuhaną, meaning "to draw". |
| Greek | The word "σέρνω" was used in Ancient Greek to describe a fisherman dragging a net, and is possibly related to "ερέσσω", meaning "to row". |
| Gujarati | The word 'ખેંચો' in Gujarati can also mean 'to extend' or 'to pull something towards oneself'. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian word "trennen" derives from the Creole word "trainer" and also means "draw" or "pull". |
| Hausa | "Jawo" has the alternate meaning of "to pull" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Kauō is also used figuratively to describe a difficult or unpleasant situation or experience. |
| Hebrew | The biblical meaning of the Hebrew word for "drag" is "to entice," whereas its modern use means "to impose." |
| Hindi | In addition to its primary meaning of "drag," खींचना can also mean "to stretch" or "to pull." |
| Hmong | "Luag" is an alternative Hmong word for "to pull," although it can also mean "to drag" or "to tow." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "húzás" also means "pulling" or "drawing". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "draga" also means "to fish with a seine or net." |
| Igbo | In the Anambra State of Nigeria, 'ikpuru' is also the name for a very popular masquerade that appears at festivals and ceremonies. |
| Indonesian | The word “menyeret” can also refer to the action of pulling or towing something. |
| Irish | The Irish word ‘tarraing’ can also refer to a funeral procession, in addition to its meaning of pulling or dragging. |
| Italian | "Trascinare" derives from the Latin "trans" (across) and "trahere" (to draw), also found in "train" and "tract"} |
| Japanese | The word "引っ張る" (hippareru) can also mean "to pull" or "to draw out". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "seret" also refers to a type of dance or a traditional game similar to tug-of-war. |
| Kannada | ಎಳೆಯಿರಿ can also mean ‘to pull towards oneself’ and is closely connected to a similar verb ‘ಎಳುವ’ meaning ‘to pull’ |
| Kazakh | The word "сүйреу" also means "to crawl" or "to creep" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | In Khmer, អូស can also refer to fishing by dragging a net. |
| Korean | "견인" is also used to mean "tow" or "pull" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "xwêrvekişandin" is derived from the Persian word "کشیدن" (keshīdan), meaning "to pull" or "to draw". |
| Kyrgyz | Сүйрөө (Kyrgyz) relates to the Turkish word "sürümek" (to apply force to move something), and shares the same root as the English word "stir". |
| Lao | The word "ລາກ" in Lao can also mean "to pull" or "to draw". |
| Latin | Latin "tragere," meaning to carry or pull, is the origin of the word "drag." |
| Latvian | "Velciet" is also an archaic form of the verb "vilkt", meaning to pull, haul or tow. |
| Lithuanian | Vilkitė (drag) derives from vilkti (to pull, to tow), which in turn comes from the Proto-Baltic root *velk- (*to pull). |
| Luxembourgish | "Z'eien" can also mean "move slowly" or "drag (someone/something) along" |
| Macedonian | The word "влече" can also mean "attract". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "tarihiny" also means "story" or "history". |
| Malay | "Seret" can also mean "to pull" or "to tow". |
| Malayalam | The word വലിച്ചിടുക, meaning "drag," comes from the Sanskrit word "valichid," which also means "to pull" or "to haul."} |
| Maltese | In Maltese, the word "drag" also means "to pull" or "to tow". |
| Maori | . In Māori, the word "toia" can also refer to the act of pulling or hauling something |
| Marathi | "हैं मर्दों के भी हैं कंधे, वो बोझ नहीं ढो पाएंगे?" (भारतीय नारीवाद की एक कविता से पंक्तियाँ) |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "чирэх" can also mean "to scrape" or "to scratch". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဆွဲပါ (swei pa) is also commonly used to refer to the action of pulling or dragging someone or something along a surface. |
| Nepali | The word "तान्नुहोस्" can also mean "to pull" or "to draw" something. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "dra" can mean both to drag and to wear clothing or accessories that are not typically associated with one's gender. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "Kokani" in Nyanja, also known as Chichewa, can also refer to a type of traditional fishing net commonly used in the region. |
| Pashto | The word "کشول" in Pashto can also refer to a type of bag or a bundle of belongings. |
| Persian | The Persian word "کشیدن" ('drag') can also mean 'to paint' or 'to draw'. |
| Polish | "Opór" not only means "drag" in Polish, but also "resistance" or "opposition". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In some Portuguese dialects, the verb "arrastar" can also mean "to chat" or "to gossip". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਖਿੱਚੋ" (drag) is derived from the Hindi word "खींचना" (to pull), which itself is derived from the Sanskrit word "कृष" (to draw, to pull). |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "trage" can also mean "to pull" or "to carry".} |
| Russian | "Бремя" is used not only in the sense of "burden, heavy load," but also in the sense of "the duty of doing something difficult," which dates back to the Old Slavonic word "beremѣ" ("to take"). |
| Samoan | "Toso" can also refer to a group of people or a crowd in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "slaod" can also mean "slay" or "kill" in Scots Gaelic, derived from the Middle Scots word "sla" meaning "to strike". |
| Serbian | "Вуци" can also mean "wolves" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | Hula is derived from the verb 'hulile', meaning 'to pull or drag by force'. |
| Shona | Kweva is a type of bird, and can also mean 'to catch' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi the word "ڇڪيو" can also refer to a type of traditional fishing trap. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term "අදින්න" in Sinhala can also refer to the act of stretching or extending something, particularly in the context of stretching a limb or a piece of fabric. |
| Slovak | The word "ťahať" also means "to pull" or "to draw" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The verb 'povlecite' can also refer to 'dragging someone into a conversation'. |
| Somali | The Somali word 'jiidid' can also refer to the process of pulling or hauling something. |
| Spanish | "Arrastrar" comes from the Latin "rastrum" (rake) and in Spain it is also used to mean "cheat" (in a game) or "criticize harshly". |
| Sundanese | The word "ngarérét" in Sundanese can also mean "draw" or "pull" something. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "buruta" also means to "pull" or "haul" something. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "drag" can also refer to a type of fishing net or a type of horse-drawn carriage. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Kaladkarin originates from 'kaladkad' meaning to pull or to haul. The suffix '-in' transforms verbs into nouns thus making the term 'kaladkarin' mean 'the act of pulling or hauling'. |
| Tajik | The word "кашидан" can also mean "pull" or "stretch" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | The verb "లాగండి" can also refer to the act of "pulling" something along, or to make something move by a pulling or tugging action. |
| Thai | "ลาก" also means "to pull" in Thai. |
| Turkish | In some contexts, "sürüklemek" can also mean "to pull" or "to trace". |
| Ukrainian | The word "перетягування" (drag) comes from the verbs "тягнути" (to pull) and "перетягувати" (to drag). This word can also be used to describe a tug of war. |
| Uzbek | Etymology: from Russian "drag" (pull) and Uzbek "tort" (rope) |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "kéo" also means "to stretch" or "to pull", possibly due to its onomatopoeic origin. |
| Welsh | The word `llusgo` can also mean `to pull` or `to tow`. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "tsala" also means "friend" or "brother". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שלעפּן" ("drag") is also used to refer to the act of gossiping, as in "she's always schlepping about her neighbors." |
| Yoruba | The word "fa" can also refer to a type of divination or oracle, or to a spiritual power or force. |
| Zulu | The word "hudula" in Zulu can also refer to the act of dragging or pulling something behind oneself. |
| English | In addition to its use as a verb and noun meaning to pull or draw something, "drag" can also refer to a type of performance art or entertainment, or a state of exhaustion or weakness. |