Rely in Different Languages
Discover 'Rely' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Rely
Afrikaans vertrou | ||
Albanian mbështetem | ||
Amharic መታመን | ||
Arabic الاعتماد | ||
Armenian ապավինել | ||
Assamese ভৰসা | ||
Aymara kunphiyaña | ||
Azerbaijani güvənmək | ||
Bambara ka jigi da | ||
Basque fidatu | ||
Belarusian спадзявацца | ||
Bengali নির্ভর করা | ||
Bhojpuri भरोसा कईल | ||
Bosnian osloniti se | ||
Bulgarian разчитайте | ||
Catalan confiar | ||
Cebuano pagsalig | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 依靠 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 依靠 | ||
Corsican s'appoghja | ||
Croatian osloniti | ||
Czech spolehnout se | ||
Danish stole på | ||
Dhivehi ބަރޯސާވުން | ||
Dogri जकीन करना | ||
Dutch vertrouwen | ||
English rely | ||
Esperanto fidi | ||
Estonian tugineda | ||
Ewe ɖo ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) umasa | ||
Finnish luottaa | ||
French compter | ||
Frisian fertrouwe | ||
Galician confiar | ||
Georgian მიენდე | ||
German vertrauen | ||
Greek βασίζομαι | ||
Guarani jerovia | ||
Gujarati આધાર રાખે છે | ||
Haitian Creole konte | ||
Hausa dogara | ||
Hawaiian hilinaʻi | ||
Hebrew לִסְמוֹך | ||
Hindi भरोसा करना | ||
Hmong vam khom | ||
Hungarian támaszkodni | ||
Icelandic treysta | ||
Igbo dabere | ||
Ilocano agdepende | ||
Indonesian mengandalkan | ||
Irish ag brath | ||
Italian fare affidamento | ||
Japanese 頼る | ||
Javanese ngandelake | ||
Kannada ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh сену | ||
Khmer ពឹងផ្អែក | ||
Kinyarwanda kwishingikiriza | ||
Konkani पातयेवप | ||
Korean 의지하다 | ||
Krio abop | ||
Kurdish pişta xwe girêdan bi | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پشت پێبەستن | ||
Kyrgyz таянуу | ||
Lao ອີງໃສ່ | ||
Latin rely | ||
Latvian paļauties | ||
Lingala kotya motema | ||
Lithuanian pasikliauti | ||
Luganda okwesigama | ||
Luxembourgish vertrauen | ||
Macedonian потпирај се | ||
Maithili आश्रित | ||
Malagasy miantehera | ||
Malay bergantung | ||
Malayalam ആശ്രയിക്കുക | ||
Maltese tistrieħ | ||
Maori whakawhirinaki | ||
Marathi अवलंबून | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯥ ꯄꯣꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo innghat | ||
Mongolian найдах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အားကိုး | ||
Nepali भर पर्नु | ||
Norwegian stole på | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) dalira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନିର୍ଭର କର | | ||
Oromo irratti of gatuu | ||
Pashto تکیه کول | ||
Persian تکیه | ||
Polish polegać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) contar com | ||
Punjabi ਭਰੋਸਾ | ||
Quechua iñiy | ||
Romanian mizeaza | ||
Russian полагаться | ||
Samoan faʻamoemoe | ||
Sanskrit विश्वसिति | ||
Scots Gaelic earbsa | ||
Sepedi tshepha | ||
Serbian ослонити | ||
Sesotho itšetleha | ||
Shona vimba | ||
Sindhi ڀروسو ڪرڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රඳා සිටින්න | ||
Slovak spoliehať sa | ||
Slovenian zanašati se | ||
Somali ku tiirsan | ||
Spanish confiar | ||
Sundanese ngandelkeun | ||
Swahili tegemea | ||
Swedish bero | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) umasa | ||
Tajik такя кунед | ||
Tamil தங்கியிருங்கள் | ||
Tatar таян | ||
Telugu ఆధారపడండి | ||
Thai พึ่งพา | ||
Tigrinya ክትተኣማመነሉ | ||
Tsonga tshembela | ||
Turkish güvenmek | ||
Turkmen bil bagla | ||
Twi (Akan) fa wo ho to so | ||
Ukrainian покладатися | ||
Urdu انحصار کرنا | ||
Uyghur تايىنىش | ||
Uzbek ishonmoq | ||
Vietnamese dựa vào | ||
Welsh dibynnu | ||
Xhosa thembela | ||
Yiddish פאַרלאָזנ זיך | ||
Yoruba gbekele | ||
Zulu thembela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "vertrou" is derived from the Dutch word "vertouwen" which also means "confidence". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "mbështetem" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*bʰes-," meaning "to lean" or "to support." |
| Amharic | The word መታመን can also mean 'to trust' or 'to have faith in'. |
| Arabic | In addition to "rely," the Arabic word "الاعتماد" also means "authority, dependence, or trust." |
| Armenian | The word "ապավինել" in Armenian is derived from the root "ապավիճ" meaning "shelter" or "refuge" and the suffix "-ել" which indicates an action or process. This word can also imply seeking support, trust, or confidence in something or someone. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "güvənmək" originates from the Proto-Turkic verb *güwen "to believe" and is cognate with the Mongolian word "гүйцэх" (güitsekh) "to lean on, to confide in". |
| Basque | The Basque word “fidatu” also means "trust" or "have confidence" in Spanish. |
| Belarusian | The verb "спадзявацца" also means "to hope" and derives from the Proto-Slavic *sъpati, meaning "to sleep". People would often express wishes as if they were going to sleep, hence its double meaning. |
| Bengali | নির্ভর করা can also mean ‘depend on’ or ‘trust in’ |
| Bosnian | Oslanjanje na nekoga or nešto znači uzdanje u nekoga ili nešto. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "разчитайте" can also mean "to depend on" or "to trust in" |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "confiar" has roots in the Latin "confidere" "to trust". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 依靠 was borrowed from Japanese and was originally translated as 'lean on/against' |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 依靠 originally included the meaning 'to lean back in a carriage'. |
| Corsican | s'appoghja is derived from the word “poghju” meaning support, and can also mean “to trust” or “to confide in”. |
| Croatian | "osloniti" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*leh₃-, *li-" meaning "to leave, to let". It also means "to lean" and "to support". |
| Czech | The word "spolehnout se" comes from the Old Czech word "spolězati", which means "to climb together". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "stole på" can also mean "trusted", "relied on", or "had confidence in". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "vertrouwen" also means "confidence" or "trust". |
| Esperanto | "Fidi" comes from the Latin word "fidere", meaning "to trust". It is also used in the phrase "bona fide", meaning "in good faith". |
| Estonian | The word |
| Finnish | The word 'luottaa' can also mean 'trustworthy' or 'reputable' in Finnish. |
| French | The word 'compter' can also mean 'account' or 'count' and comes from the Latin 'computare' meaning 'to calculate' or 'to count'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "fertrouwe" is thought to be a compound of "fer" (far, distance) and "trouwe" (faith), meaning "having faith from afar." |
| Galician | Confia, do latim "confido, confidere," também pode ser usado para expressar fé em alguém e suas habilidades para realizar uma tarefa. |
| Georgian | The word მიენდე also means to fall into, lean on, depend or rely. |
| German | The German word "vertrauen" (to rely) comes from the Middle High German "vertrûwen" meaning "to believe firmly," itself deriving from "treu" meaning "true," while also being related to "trauen" (to marry) and "treue" (fidelity). |
| Greek | "Βασίζομαι" comes from the noun "βάση" (base), implying a firm foundation upon which one depends. |
| Haitian Creole | "Konte" also means "to tell" and comes from a West African language, like Wolof, through the slave trade. |
| Hausa | In addition to 'rely', 'dogara' can also mean 'trust' or 'depend on'. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hilinaʻi" can also mean "to lean" or "to rest against" and is related to the word "hili" meaning "to slide" or "to slip". |
| Hebrew | The word לִסְמוֹך (lismoch) comes from a root meaning "lean, trust, or prop up". |
| Hindi | The Hindi verb 'bharosa karna', meaning 'to rely', originates from the Sanskrit word 'bhar', which means 'to bear' or 'to support'. |
| Hmong | The word "vam khom" comes from the Hmong phrase "va tshom", meaning "to hope for" or "to trust in". |
| Hungarian | A "támaszkodni" szó a "tám" szóból származik, amely egy tárgyat jelent, amelyre támaszkodhatunk. |
| Icelandic | The word "treysta" is related to the word "trust" and originally meant "to believe in someone or something." |
| Igbo | Dabere also means 'wait and see'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "mengandalkan" is derived from the root word "andal," which means "trust" or "confidence." |
| Irish | "Ag brath" can also mean "forever" or "eternally". |
| Italian | "Fare affidamento" comes from the Latin "fidere", meaning "to trust". It can also mean "to be confident in" or "to rely on". |
| Japanese | The kanji '頼' in '頼る' is also used in '頼み' ('request') and '頼もしい' ('reliable'), indicating a shared root meaning of 'support' or 'dependence'. |
| Javanese | Ngandelake also means 'to look at' or 'to observe'. |
| Kannada | The word "ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "आवलम्बित", which means "to hang on". It can also mean "to depend on" or "to trust in". |
| Kazakh | The word "сену" in Kazakh is derived from the Old Turkic word "sänü", which means "to trust". |
| Korean | 의지하다 also means 'to trust' in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The etymology of the Kurdish phrase "pişta xwe girêdan bi" is unclear, but it may be related to the Arabic phrase "bi istiʾâna," which also means "to rely on." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "таянуу" derives from the root "таян-" meaning "to lean" or "to trust". |
| Lao | Lao ອີງໃສ່ (ìing sài) comes from Thai อิงแซ่ (ìng sàe), “to sit leaning on the back of a chair or the shoulder of someone”. |
| Latin | Late Middle English rel(i)en, from Anglo-Norman relie(r), relier, from Old French relier, from Latin religare “to bind again, to fasten,” from re- “again” + ligare “to bind”. |
| Latvian | The word "paļauties" originates from the Proto-Baltic term *plew-, meaning "to stick", "to lean on". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pasikliauti" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*klew-/, meaning "to trust". |
| Luxembourgish | "Vertrauen" is derived from the Middle High German "vertruwen", meaning "to trust" or "to have confidence in". |
| Macedonian | The verb "потпирај се" ("rely") can also mean "to trust", "to depend on", or "to lean on". |
| Malagasy | The word "Miantehera" in Malagasy is derived from the verb "iantehitra", meaning "to trust" or "to believe in." |
| Malay | The Malay word "bergantung" also means "hanging" or "dependent" |
| Malayalam | "ആശ്രയിക്കുക" comes from "ആശ്രയം" meaning shelter or refuge, and implies depending on someone or something for protection or support. |
| Maltese | "Tistrieħ" comes from the Italian word "tristare" meaning "to be sad". |
| Maori | The word "whakawhirinaki" also means "to entrust" or "to confide in". |
| Marathi | अवलंबून (avlamboon) comes from अव (ava) meaning 'down' and लम्ब (lamb) meaning 'to hang'. It originally meant 'to hang down' or 'to depend' on something. |
| Mongolian | The word “найдах” originally meant “to look” and, by extension, can mean “to look out for” or “to trust” in modern Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "भर पर्नु" also shares a root with "भराउन" (to fill) and "भार" (load), conveying the idea of being supported or weighted down. |
| Norwegian | The word “stole på” is a combination of the verb “stole” and the preposition “på”. “Stole” means to trust, while “på” means on or upon. Thus, “stole på” literally means to trust in or rely upon. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "dalira" can also mean "to trust" or "to have faith in". |
| Pashto | The word "تکیه کول" in Pashto also means "to lean on" or "to rest on". |
| Persian | The word "تکیه" (tekieh) ultimately derives from the Arabic word "تكأ" (taka'a), meaning "to lean on" or "to support". |
| Polish | The noun "polega" can also mean "a reliance". This can be seen in the verb "ufać", which means "to trust in". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Counting on something in Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) - "contar com" - can also mean to expect or include something. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਭਰੋਸਾ" is also used in Punjabi to describe a feeling of certainty, security, or hope. |
| Romanian | The origin of this word in Romanian is the Greek verb |
| Russian | "Полагаться" also means to "lay down, place, or put down", "put on weight", and "float" or "bob along" on the surface of a liquid |
| Samoan | The word "faʻamoemoe" in Samoan can also mean "to expect" or "to await". |
| Scots Gaelic | Earbsa originates from the Gaelic word 'earbs' meaning 'tail' and can also mean 'tail-end' or 'rear'. |
| Serbian | The verb "ослонити" comes from the noun "слон" (elephant), referring to the strength and stability of an elephant as a source of reliance. |
| Sesotho | "Itšetleha" is also used to describe a situation where one relies on someone or something for support. |
| Shona | In the Congo Basin, "vimba" refers to a type of fish that can weigh up to 100 pounds. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "ڀروسو ڪرڻ" can also mean to trust, depend on, or have confidence in. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "රඳා සිටින්න" has been derived from the Sanskrit root "ram" which implies 'stop', 'stand' and 'rest' while it also means "rely" and 'trust' in today's context |
| Slovak | It also means 'depend' in Slovak, which is related to its etymology, derived from the root 'spol-' meaning 'together' and '-ehať' meaning 'to rely' |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "zanašati se" also means "to have faith in someone or something" |
| Somali | The word "ku tiirsan" in Somali literally means "to lean on something", implying a sense of dependence. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "confiar" can also mean "to entrust" or "to have confidence in someone or something." |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, "ngandelakeun" not only means "rely", but also "support"} |
| Swahili | Tegemea can also refer to the act or state of looking forward to or expecting something. |
| Swedish | The word "bero" in Swedish can also mean "make sure" or "take care of something" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "umasa" also means "to expect" or "to anticipate" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "такя кунед" is also used to mean "to trust" or "to have faith in" in Tajik. |
| Thai | The Thai word "พึ่งพา" literally means "to lean on" or "to depend on something or someone for support"} |
| Turkish | "Güvenmek" also contains the meaning of "to trust". |
| Ukrainian | The word "покладатися" is derived from the Old Slavic word "класти" meaning "to put". |
| Urdu | انحصار کرنا can also mean to be engrossed, absorbed, or deeply involved in something. |
| Uzbek | "Ishonmoq" can also refer to "believe" or "trust" outside a religious context. |
| Vietnamese | "Dựa vào" can also mean "leaning against" and is derived from "dựa" (to lean) and "vào" (into). |
| Welsh | The word "dibynnu" in Welsh also means "to depend on" or "to put trust in." |
| Xhosa | The word "thembela" in Xhosa originates from the verb "themba," meaning "to have hope or trust in something or someone." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאַרלאָזנ זיך" (farlozn zikh) also means "to trust," and is derived from the Middle High German "verligen," meaning "to depend on." |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "gbekele" can also mean "to trust" or "to depend on". |
| Zulu | "Thembela" also means "trust" or "have faith in" in Zulu. |
| English | The word 'rely' is derived from the Old English word 'hliehhan,' which means 'to trust.' |