Perform in Different Languages
Discover 'Perform' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Perform
Afrikaans presteer | ||
Albanian kryej | ||
Amharic ማከናወን | ||
Arabic نفذ | ||
Armenian կատարել | ||
Assamese সম্পাদন কৰা | ||
Aymara luraña | ||
Azerbaijani yerinə yetirmək | ||
Bambara ka baara | ||
Basque burutu | ||
Belarusian выконваць | ||
Bengali সম্পাদন | ||
Bhojpuri तमाशा कईल | ||
Bosnian izvesti | ||
Bulgarian изпълнява | ||
Catalan realitzar | ||
Cebuano pagbuhat | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 执行 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 執行 | ||
Corsican eseguisce | ||
Croatian izvoditi | ||
Czech provést | ||
Danish udføre | ||
Dhivehi ހުށަހެޅުން | ||
Dogri कारकर्दगी करना | ||
Dutch uitvoeren | ||
English perform | ||
Esperanto plenumi | ||
Estonian esinema | ||
Ewe wᴐ nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gumanap | ||
Finnish suorittaa | ||
French effectuer | ||
Frisian útfiere | ||
Galician realizar | ||
Georgian შესრულება | ||
German ausführen | ||
Greek εκτελώ | ||
Guarani apo | ||
Gujarati કરો | ||
Haitian Creole fè | ||
Hausa yi | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew לְבַצֵעַ | ||
Hindi प्रदर्शन | ||
Hmong ua | ||
Hungarian végre | ||
Icelandic framkvæma | ||
Igbo rụọ | ||
Ilocano aramiden | ||
Indonesian melakukan | ||
Irish taibhiú | ||
Italian eseguire | ||
Japanese 実行する | ||
Javanese nindakake | ||
Kannada ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh орындау | ||
Khmer អនុវត្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda gukora | ||
Konkani सादर करप | ||
Korean 행하다 | ||
Krio pafɔm | ||
Kurdish birêvebirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەنجامدان | ||
Kyrgyz аткаруу | ||
Lao ປະຕິບັດ | ||
Latin praestare | ||
Latvian uzstāties | ||
Lingala kosala | ||
Lithuanian atlikti | ||
Luganda okwolesa | ||
Luxembourgish ausféieren | ||
Macedonian изведува | ||
Maithili प्रदर्शन | ||
Malagasy manao | ||
Malay membuat persembahan | ||
Malayalam പ്രകടനം | ||
Maltese iwettaq | ||
Maori whakamana | ||
Marathi सादर करणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo thil ti | ||
Mongolian гүйцэтгэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စွမ်းဆောင်ရည် | ||
Nepali प्रदर्शन | ||
Norwegian utføre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chitani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଦର୍ଶନ | ||
Oromo hojjechuu | ||
Pashto ترسره کول | ||
Persian انجام دادن | ||
Polish wykonać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) executar | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ | ||
Quechua ruway | ||
Romanian a executa | ||
Russian выполнять | ||
Samoan faatino | ||
Sanskrit प्रदर्शन | ||
Scots Gaelic dèan | ||
Sepedi phethagatša | ||
Serbian изводити | ||
Sesotho phetha | ||
Shona ita | ||
Sindhi انجام ڏيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉටු කරන්න | ||
Slovak hrať | ||
Slovenian izvesti | ||
Somali fuliyaan | ||
Spanish realizar | ||
Sundanese nedunan | ||
Swahili fanya | ||
Swedish prestera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gumanap | ||
Tajik иҷро мекунанд | ||
Tamil செய்ய | ||
Tatar башкару | ||
Telugu ప్రదర్శించండి | ||
Thai ดำเนินการ | ||
Tigrinya ግበር | ||
Tsonga ku endla | ||
Turkish icra etmek | ||
Turkmen ýerine ýetirmek | ||
Twi (Akan) yɛ ma yɛnhwɛ | ||
Ukrainian виконувати | ||
Urdu انجام دیں | ||
Uyghur ئىجرا قىلىڭ | ||
Uzbek ijro etish | ||
Vietnamese biểu diễn | ||
Welsh perfformio | ||
Xhosa yenza | ||
Yiddish דורכפירן | ||
Yoruba ṣe | ||
Zulu yenza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "presteer" originates from the Dutch "presteren", which means "to accomplish" or "to achieve". |
| Albanian | "Kryej" in Albanian also means "to give birth," possibly drawing inspiration from the idea of "performing" a task. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "ማከናወን" can also mean "to fulfill" or "to carry out". |
| Arabic | The verb نفذ (nafidha) in Arabic is derived from the root "n-f-d", which means both "to penetrate" and "to pass through". |
| Armenian | The word "կատարել" in Armenian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker- ("to make, to do"), which is also the origin of the English word "create". |
| Azerbaijani | The verb "yerinə yetirmək" can also mean "to accomplish", "to complete", or "to fulfill" in English. |
| Basque | "Burutu" can also refer to the act of doing a task "willingly" in the sense of not being "obligated". This usage dates from the 18th century, and is distinct from "performing". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "выконваць" can also mean "to execute" or "to fulfill" a task or duty. |
| Bengali | "সম্পাদন" can mean both "to edit" and "to perform" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, 'izvesti' means not only 'to perform', but also 'to get rid of', 'to finish' or 'to use up'. |
| Bulgarian | The verb "изпълнява" also means "to fulfill" in Bulgarian, and is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "исплъньнъ" meaning "full". |
| Catalan | "Realitzar" in Catalan comes from the Latin "realizare" which also means "to achieve" or "to accomplish". |
| Cebuano | "Pagbuhat" in Cebuano can also mean "to earn" or "to make a living". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word '执行' in Simplified Chinese is also used in a legal context, meaning 'execute' or 'implement'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "執行" is derived from "執" (holding) and "行" (action). It also means to carry out, perform, or execute. |
| Corsican | 'Esegue' comes from the Italian word 'eseguire', which shares the same meaning. However, in Corsican, it can also refer to 'accomplishing' or 'carrying out'. |
| Croatian | The verb "izvoditi" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *iz-vesti and also means "to draw out" or "to deduce" |
| Czech | The verb "provést" in Czech comes from the Old Czech word "provoditi", meaning "to accompany", and also contains the meaning of "to do something through an action". |
| Danish | It is cognate with the Swedish word |
| Dutch | In 16th-century Dutch, **uitvoeren** meant both 'to perform' and 'to execute' (someone). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "plenumi" also means "to carry out, to accomplish". |
| Estonian | The word "esinema" in Estonian also means "to act" or "to appear" in a play or film. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "suorittaa" also means "to pay off" or "to fulfill (a task or obligation)". |
| French | "Effectuer" ultimately originates from the Latin verb "efficere", meaning "to cause to happen". |
| Frisian | The word 'útfiere' can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic root *uz-werkaną, which has the meaning of 'to work out' or 'to complete'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "realizar" also means "to become aware of" or "to understand." |
| Georgian | "შესრულება" can also means "execution, implementation", "accomplishment, achievement", "fulfillment, satisfaction", "performance, show"} |
| German | The German word "ausführen" can also mean "to execute" or "to carry out". |
| Greek | In Byzantine Greek, "εκτελώ" originally meant "to fulfill" or "to complete", and later acquired the additional meaning of "to kill". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કરો" also has an alternative meaning of "take". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fè" in Haitian Creole not only means "perform," but also carries the connotation of "accomplish" or "achieve" |
| Hausa | The Hausa verb 'yi' is cognate to other Chadic verbs, including Kanuri 'ye' and Mubi 'je'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hana" can also mean "work" or "occupation." |
| Hebrew | The modern verb לבצע, 'to perform' or 'to execute', stems from the Mishnaic Hebrew word ביצוע, referring to the cutting of bread. |
| Hindi | प्रदर्शन' शब्द का मूल संस्कृत शब्द 'दृश्' है जिसका अर्थ है देखना या प्रकट करना। |
| Hmong | The word "ua" in Hmong also means "to dance" or "to play music". |
| Hungarian | "Végre" is also a homonym of "at last" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | In the 12th century, "framkvæma" referred to the public announcement of laws or legal judgments. |
| Igbo | The word "rụọ" is derived from the Igbo word "ụrụ", meaning "work". This suggests that the act of performing is seen as a form of work in Igbo culture. |
| Indonesian | The word "melakukan" can also mean "to carry out" or "to do". |
| Irish | The Irish word "taibhiú" also means "to show" or "to exhibit". |
| Italian | The term "eseguire" in Italian can also refer to carrying out an order or completing a task. |
| Japanese | 実行する originally meant “to run,” but now also means “to implement.” |
| Javanese | The word "nindakake" in Javanese can also mean "to practice" or "to fulfill". |
| Kannada | The term 'perform' is also used in other contexts, including 'to play a role', 'to fulfil an action or duty', and 'to complete a task successfully' |
| Kazakh | Орындау can also mean "position" or "post" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word អនុវត្ត (perform) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'anuvartate', which means 'to follow' or 'to carry out'. |
| Korean | The word 행하다 "perform" is derived from the Middle Korean word 향하다 "to go toward". |
| Kurdish | The verb "birêvebirin" has also been used to mean "to repeat". |
| Kyrgyz | In some contexts, "аткаруу" can refer to "carrying out" or "completing" a task. |
| Lao | The word 'ປະຕິບັດ' is translated into English as 'perform', but it can also refer to the act of 'obeying' or 'complying with' something. |
| Latin | "Praestare" in Latin also means "to excel, be superior, or guarantee." |
| Latvian | The verb "uzstāties" also means "to speak publicly" or "to address an audience." |
| Lithuanian | Atlikti, meaning "to perform" in Lithuanian, derives from the Old Lithuanian word "atlic", denoting "remainder" or "rest". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "ausféieren" can also mean "to carry out", "to execute", or "to complete". |
| Macedonian | The word "изведува" can also mean "to destroy" or "to exhaust". |
| Malagasy | "Manao" also means "to prepare," "to make," or "to get"} |
| Malay | The word 'membuat persembahan' can also mean 'to make an offering' or 'to pay homage'. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "പ്രകടനം" (prakaṭanam) also means manifestation, revelation, or public performance. |
| Maltese | The word "iwettaq" also means "to fulfill" or "to complete" in Maltese. |
| Maori | Whakamana can also mean 'to prepare food'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "सादर करणे" also means "to present" or "to offer". |
| Mongolian | "Гүйцэтгэх" derives from "гүй", which also means "run" and is also related to the noun "галь" (horse or cow run). |
| Nepali | The word "प्रदर्शन" ("perform") in Nepali can also mean "demonstrate" or "parade". |
| Norwegian | The word "utføre" can also mean "to carry out" or "to execute". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chitani" can also mean "to play" or "to dance". |
| Pashto | The word "ترسره کول" can also refer to the act of "acting in a drama" or "playing a game". |
| Persian | The word "انجام دادن" in Persian originally meant "to carry out" and is derived from the word "ان" meaning "carry" and "جام" meaning "cup" or "vessel" |
| Polish | Wykonać, meaning 'to perform,' derives from the Proto-Slavic word věn-, meaning 'to get,' 'to acquire' |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The term 'executar' can also mean 'execute' or 'kill', originating from the Latin term 'exsequi', meaning 'to pursue' or 'to carry out'. |
| Romanian | In the past, the word "a executa" was also used in Romanian to refer to the act of carrying out a death sentence. |
| Russian | The word "выполнять" comes from the Old Slavic word "вълнити", meaning "to pull" or "to drag". |
| Samoan | "Faatino" also means "to act out, to present, to exhibit, to display". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic verb "dèan" could also mean "make", "effect", or "cause to happen" depending on context. |
| Serbian | The word "изводити" derives from the noun "извод," meaning "extract" or "excerpt", hinting at the act of performing as a form of distilling essence or knowledge. |
| Sesotho | The word "phetha" in Sesotho shares a root word origin and thus shares a meaning with the word in other Nguni languages such as isiXhosa, where it also means to "reach" or "attain" |
| Shona | The word 'ita' in Shona can also refer to "playing music" and is related to the word "ngoma" which means "dance" in other Bantu languages. |
| Sindhi | The term "انجام ڏيو" is derived from the Persian "anjam dadan," which means "to bring to a conclusion" or "to accomplish." |
| Slovak | Other meanings of "hrať" include "to play a game"} |
| Slovenian | "Izvesti" (to pull out and bring, take or move away - pull off) is also to take something somewhere. |
| Somali | "Fuliyaan" is a homonym with multiple meanings, including "to act" and "a dance performed in rows". |
| Spanish | Spanish "realizar" shares a history with Portuguese "realizar" and Catalan "realitzar" (all meaning "to perform") and the Latin "realis" (meaning "real") |
| Sundanese | The word "nedunan" can also mean "to be performed" or "to be staged (of a play)." |
| Swahili | "Fanya" also means "to make" and is related to the word "faida" which means "benefit" or "use". |
| Swedish | Prestera is also a noun that refers to performance, achievement, or output. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "gumanap" in Tagalog also means "to enact" or "to act out" a role or character. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "செய்ய" is cognate to several terms across Dravidian languages and can also mean "to make" or "to do". |
| Thai | "ดำเนินการ" comes from Sanskrit word "ดำเนิน" (dāminē) which means "to go" or "to proceed". It can also mean "to undertake" or "to execute". |
| Turkish | "Icra etmek" was originally an accounting term used to record the completion of a transaction. |
| Ukrainian | "Виконувати" can also mean "to complete" or "to fulfill". |
| Uzbek | The word "ijro etish" also means "to execute" or "to carry out" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Biểu diễn" also means "to express (one's emotions, opinions, etc.) through verbal or nonverbal means." |
| Welsh | The word "perfformio" (perform) is derived from the Latin word "perfectum" (perfect, accomplished), suggesting the idea of carrying out an action with skill and precision |
| Xhosa | The verb 'yenza' has cognates in several other Nguni languages, such as 'enza' in Zulu and Swati. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דורכפירן" derives from the German word "durchführen" and also means "to carry out" or "to execute." |
| Yoruba | Ṣe can also mean "do" "make" "act" "behave" "conduct" "fabricate" "construct" "compose" "create" or "render". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "yenza" is also used to refer to creation or making something. |
| English | Perform has Latin origins, meaning 'to carry out' or 'to accomplish'. |