Afrikaans bloot te stel | ||
Albanian ekspozoj | ||
Amharic አጋለጡ | ||
Arabic تعرض | ||
Armenian մերկացնել | ||
Assamese উন্মুক্ত | ||
Aymara uñt'ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani ifşa etmək | ||
Bambara ka jira | ||
Basque busti | ||
Belarusian выставіць | ||
Bengali প্রকাশ করা | ||
Bhojpuri उजागार कईल | ||
Bosnian izlagati | ||
Bulgarian изложи | ||
Catalan exposar | ||
Cebuano ibuyagyag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 暴露 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 暴露 | ||
Corsican esponi | ||
Croatian izložiti | ||
Czech odhalit | ||
Danish udsætte | ||
Dhivehi ފާޅުވުން | ||
Dogri फाश करना | ||
Dutch blootleggen | ||
English expose | ||
Esperanto elmontri | ||
Estonian paljastada | ||
Ewe ɖe de go | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ilantad | ||
Finnish paljastaa | ||
French exposer | ||
Frisian bleatstelle | ||
Galician expoñer | ||
Georgian გამოაშკარავება | ||
German entlarven | ||
Greek εκθέσει | ||
Guarani hechauka | ||
Gujarati ખુલ્લું મૂકવું | ||
Haitian Creole ekspoze | ||
Hausa fallasa | ||
Hawaiian hōʻike | ||
Hebrew לַחשׂוֹף | ||
Hindi बेनकाब | ||
Hmong raug | ||
Hungarian leleplezni | ||
Icelandic afhjúpa | ||
Igbo kpughee | ||
Ilocano iwarnak | ||
Indonesian membuka | ||
Irish nochtadh | ||
Italian esporre | ||
Japanese 公開する | ||
Javanese mbabarake | ||
Kannada ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh әшкерелеу | ||
Khmer បង្ហាញ | ||
Kinyarwanda shyira ahagaragara | ||
Konkani उघड करप | ||
Korean 폭로 | ||
Krio tɛl ɔlman | ||
Kurdish sekinandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرکەوتن | ||
Kyrgyz ачыкка чыгаруу | ||
Lao ເປີດເຜີຍ | ||
Latin revelabo stultitiam | ||
Latvian atmaskot | ||
Lingala kolobela | ||
Lithuanian atskleisti | ||
Luganda okwabya | ||
Luxembourgish aussetzen | ||
Macedonian изложуваат | ||
Maithili देखानाइ | ||
Malagasy hampiharihary | ||
Malay dedahkan | ||
Malayalam തുറന്നുകാട്ടുക | ||
Maltese tesponi | ||
Maori whakakite | ||
Marathi उघडकीस आणणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯠꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo tilang | ||
Mongolian ил гаргах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖော်ထုတ် | ||
Nepali खुलाउनु | ||
Norwegian avdekke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) vumbula | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରକାଶ | ||
Oromo saaxiluu | ||
Pashto افشا کول | ||
Persian در معرض گذاشتن | ||
Polish expose | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) expor | ||
Punjabi ਬੇਨਕਾਬ | ||
Quechua qawachiy | ||
Romanian expune | ||
Russian разоблачать | ||
Samoan faʻaali | ||
Sanskrit उद्घाटन | ||
Scots Gaelic nochdadh | ||
Sepedi bonagatša | ||
Serbian изложити | ||
Sesotho pepesa | ||
Shona kufumura | ||
Sindhi پڌرو ٿيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හෙළිදරව් කරන්න | ||
Slovak vystaviť | ||
Slovenian izpostavi | ||
Somali soo bandhigid | ||
Spanish exponer | ||
Sundanese ngalaan | ||
Swahili fichua | ||
Swedish översikt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ilantad | ||
Tajik фош кардан | ||
Tamil அம்பலப்படுத்து | ||
Tatar фаш итү | ||
Telugu బహిర్గతం | ||
Thai เปิดเผย | ||
Tigrinya ምቅላዕ | ||
Tsonga tlangandla | ||
Turkish maruz bırakmak | ||
Turkmen paş etmek | ||
Twi (Akan) te toɔ | ||
Ukrainian викривати | ||
Urdu بے نقاب | ||
Uyghur ئاشكارىلاش | ||
Uzbek fosh qilmoq | ||
Vietnamese lộ ra | ||
Welsh datgelu | ||
Xhosa bhenca | ||
Yiddish אויסשטעלן | ||
Yoruba fi han | ||
Zulu ukudalula |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans verb "bloot te stel" also means "to unveil" or "to uncover". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "ekspozoj" can mean "to expose", "to exhibit", or "to lay bare". |
| Amharic | The verb አጋለጡ can also refer to "making something clear" or "revealing a secret". |
| Arabic | The root word of "تعرض" is "عرض" meaning "to show" or "to present". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ifşa etmək" in Azerbaijani also means "to reveal" or "to make public". |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "busti" can also mean "show off" or "boast". |
| Belarusian | The word "выставіць" in Belarusian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*staviti", which could mean "to put", "to stand", or "to set". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "প্রকাশ করা" also means to publish, broadcast, or reveal. |
| Bosnian | The word "izlagati" in Bosnian can also mean "to display" or "to exhibit". |
| Bulgarian | The word "изложи" can also mean "expound" or "explain". |
| Catalan | The etymology of "exposar" (expose) derives from Latin, and can also mean to show, exhibit, or put in danger. |
| Cebuano | "Ibuyagyag" also means "to reveal" or "to lay bare". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "暴露" (bào lù) has the alternate meanings of "disclose" and "lay bare". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 除了「暴露」的意思外,「揭露」也是「暴露」的另一個中文意思。 |
| Corsican | The French word "exposition" is etymologically related to the Corsican word "esponi". |
| Croatian | As a noun, 'izložiti' can mean a 'trade fair' or 'display', or - in a figurative sense - 'disclosure' or 'exposure'. |
| Czech | Odhalit is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "odь" (meaning "off, away") and the suffix "-lit" (indicating action or process), suggesting the act of removing something that covers or obscures. |
| Danish | The word "udsætte" is derived from the Old Norse word "utsátta", which means "to put out" or "to set out". It can also mean "to abandon" or "to reject". |
| Dutch | The word "blootleggen" in Dutch can also mean to uncover or reveal something, both literally and figuratively. |
| Esperanto | "Elmontri" shares a root with "montro", meaning "to show," and is related to both "elmontro" ("an exhibit") and "malmontro" ("a deformity"). |
| Estonian | The word "paljastada" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *paljasta-, meaning "to make bare" or "to uncover" |
| Finnish | The word "paljastaa" is also used in Finnish to mean "reveal" or "disclose". |
| French | In French, "exposer" can also mean "to exhibit" or "to display", and it derives from the Latin word "exponere", meaning "to put forth". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "bleatstelle" also means "to criticize". |
| Galician | In Galician, "expoñer" means both "expose" and "display". |
| German | The word "entlarven" is derived from the Middle High German word "larve" meaning "mask" or "shell". |
| Greek | In Greek, the word "εκθέσει" can also mean "lecture" or "thesis." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "ekspoze" also has the alternate meaning of "show off". |
| Hausa | The word 'fallasa' also means 'to discover' or 'to find out'. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hōʻike" in Hawaiian can also refer to "to display" or "to exhibit". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew verb "לַחשׂוֹף" (lachshof) can also mean "to reveal" or "to disclose". |
| Hindi | The word 'बेकाब' (exposure) in Hindi comes from the Persian word 'binakab' (face-unveiled). |
| Hmong | The word "raug" can also mean "open" or "make available". |
| Hungarian | Leleplezni was used primarily in the sense of "to reveal" until the 18th century, where it also took on the meaning of "to uncover". |
| Icelandic | "Afhjúpa" (literally "cover away") also means "uncover" and is the opposite of "hjúpa," which means "cover." |
| Igbo | "Kpughee" can also mean "reveal" or "discover". |
| Indonesian | The word 'membuka' derives from the Proto-Austronesian root *buka, which also means 'open' or 'disclose' |
| Irish | Nochtadh is also used as a noun referring to a person or thing that has been exposed, such as a secret or a person who has been publicly humiliated. |
| Italian | The Italian word "esporre" derives from the Latin "exponere," meaning both "to set out" and "to explain." |
| Japanese | 公開する can also mean "to make public" or "to disclose". |
| Javanese | "Mbabarake" in Javanese also means "to show off", "to brag", or "to boast". |
| Kannada | The word "ಬಹಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸಿ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "वि+हृ" (vi+hr) meaning "to carry out, to bring forth, to manifest, to make public". |
| Kazakh | The word "әшкерелеу" can also mean to "reveal" or "disclose". |
| Khmer | "បង្ហាញ" can also mean 'show', 'display', or 'present' depending on the context. |
| Korean | The word "폭로" ("expose") can also mean "revelation" or "disclosure". |
| Kurdish | The Middle Persian verb *fra-kinānd- ('expose, show') survives in the modern Kurdish sekinandin ('expose') and is cognate with Greek δεικανύω (deikanuō, 'show') and Avestan *fra-kaināiš- ('show forth'). |
| Lao | {"text": "This verb comes from three different words, a prefix “ເປີດ”, a noun “ເຜີຍ”, and a noun “ຜີ" which roughly translates to “Open”, “spread” or “ghost” in English and is still used to describe how one “shows their true nature” with this word."} |
| Latin | The word "revelabo stultitiam" literally means "I will uncover folly." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "atmaskot" can also mean "to reveal" or "to uncover". |
| Lithuanian | The word “atskleisti” in Lithuanian also means to “open up” or to “expand”. |
| Luxembourgish | Aussetzen in Luxembourgish can also mean to stop, to defer, to set out, to put out, or to lay out. |
| Macedonian | The word "изложуваат" (expose) in Macedonian comes from the Proto-Slavic root *ob-ložiti, meaning "to put down" or "to arrange." |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy verb hampiharihary is derived from the noun harihary 'sun', and has the alternate meaning 'tan'. |
| Malay | Although “dedahkan” (expose) is derived from the root word “dedah” (exposure), it does not imply a negative connotation in Malay, and can also mean “reveal” or “uncover”. |
| Maltese | "Tesponi" is cognate with Italian "testimoniare" (to testify), Latin "testis" (witness). |
| Maori | 'Whakakite': to expose, to show, to unveil; to publish, to proclaim. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word “उघडकीस आणणे” (ūghadakeēsa āṇanē) translates to “expose” in English but literally means “to bring into the open”. |
| Mongolian | Ил гаргах is a compound word formed by the Mongolian roots |
| Nepali | The verb "खुलाउनु" can also mean "to open", "to reveal", or "to make public". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "avdekke" can also mean to remove cover or to uncover, indicating its literal meaning of "off cover." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Vumbula" can also mean "to reveal" or "to make known" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | "Efshā kol" is also a term used for a kind of bread made in a clay oven. |
| Persian | The Persian word "در معرض گذاشتن" (expose) is derived from the Arabic word "عرض," meaning "to present" or "to show." |
| Polish | The word "expose" comes from the Latin word "exponere," meaning "to put forth" or "to display." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese verb "expor" originates from the Latin "exponere," meaning "to set forth" or "to display." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਬੇਨਕਾਬ" (benakaab) in Punjabi is derived from the Persian word "benakaab", meaning "to reveal" or "to uncover". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "expune" can also mean "to display" or "to exhibit". |
| Russian | "Разоблачать" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *obličiti, meaning "to convict" or "to find guilty". |
| Samoan | The word "faʻaali" also has a similar meaning in the Tokelauan language where it also means to present or display. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "nochdadh" can also mean "to show" or "to manifest". |
| Serbian | Изложити literally means "to outlay" or "to spread out", and is related to the noun излог ("display"). |
| Sesotho | The word "pepesa" in Sesotho has an alternate meaning of "to reveal" or "to make known". |
| Shona | "Kufumura" in Shona is derived from the root "fumura" meaning "to untie, unbind, or release" and can also refer to actions like "opening up" or "making visible." |
| Sindhi | 'پڌرو ٿيو' also refers to revealing one's true nature, thoughts, or intentions. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "expose" in Sinhala (Sinhalese) can also mean "to lay bare" or "to reveal". |
| Slovak | "Vystaviť" originally meant "to put in a place". Therefore, it can also mean, e.g., "to display" (a painting) or "to construct" (a building). |
| Slovenian | The word "izpostavi" in Slovenian has the same root as the word "postaviti" ("to put") and is related to the Latin word "ponere" ("to place"). |
| Somali | The word "soo bandhigid" can also mean "display" or "unveil" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "exponer" also means "to stand" or "to protrude; hence its use in architecture to refer to balconies or other protruding elements. |
| Sundanese | The word "ngalaan" can also mean "to unveil" or "to reveal" in Sundanese, highlighting its connection to the act of uncovering or bringing something into view. |
| Swahili | From Bantu root *-fuka, which also yielded fumbua, which has several forms also. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "översikt" can also mean "overview" or "summary". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Ilantad" also means "reveal" or "uncover" in philosophical contexts. |
| Tajik | The word "фош кардан" is closely related to the Persian word "فاش کردن" which means "revelation". |
| Telugu | The word "బహిర్గతం" can also mean "to expel", "to dismiss", or "to remove". |
| Thai | In Thai, "เปิดเผย" can also mean "to make public" or "to unveil." |
| Turkish | "Maruz bırakmak" means not only "expose" but "make vulnerable" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "викривати" can also mean "to distort" or "to misrepresent" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "بے نقاب" means "expose," but it can also mean "unveil" or "reveal." |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "fosh qilmoq" also means "to reveal" in English. |
| Vietnamese | The word "lộ ra" can also mean "to become apparent" or "to be revealed".} |
| Welsh | The alternate meanings of the Welsh word "datgelu" include revealing oneself or opening up. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, bhenca can also refer to the opening of the eyes in the morning or the first day of the month. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word אויסשטעלן also refers to "showing off" something good, e.g. knowledge or possessions. |
| Yoruba | "Fi han" is also used to mean "to use" or "to apply" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The verb 'ukudalula' can also mean 'to reveal' or 'to expose something' |
| English | "Expose" comes from Latin "exponere" (= "put out" or "set forth"), and it can also mean "to make known" or "to criticize." |