Represent in Different Languages
Discover 'Represent' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Represent
Afrikaans verteenwoordig | ||
Albanian përfaqësoj | ||
Amharic ውክልና | ||
Arabic تركيز | ||
Armenian ներկայացնել | ||
Assamese প্ৰতিনিধিত্ব | ||
Aymara uñt'ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani təqdim etmək | ||
Bambara ka nɔnabila kɛ | ||
Basque irudikatu | ||
Belarusian прадстаўляць | ||
Bengali চিত্রিত করা | ||
Bhojpuri प्रतिनिधित्व कईल | ||
Bosnian predstavljaju | ||
Bulgarian представляват | ||
Catalan representar | ||
Cebuano nagrepresenta | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 代表 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 代表 | ||
Corsican rapprisentà | ||
Croatian predstavljaju | ||
Czech zastupovat | ||
Danish repræsentere | ||
Dhivehi ތަމްސީލު | ||
Dogri नुमयंदगी करना | ||
Dutch staan voor | ||
English represent | ||
Esperanto reprezenti | ||
Estonian esindama | ||
Ewe si le eteƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kumatawan | ||
Finnish edustaa | ||
French représenter | ||
Frisian fertsjintwurdigje | ||
Galician representar | ||
Georgian წარმოდგენა | ||
German vertreten | ||
Greek εκπροσωπώ | ||
Guarani myakã | ||
Gujarati રજૂ કરે છે | ||
Haitian Creole reprezante | ||
Hausa wakilta | ||
Hawaiian pani | ||
Hebrew לְיַצֵג | ||
Hindi का प्रतिनिधित्व | ||
Hmong sawv cev | ||
Hungarian képviselni | ||
Icelandic tákna | ||
Igbo na-anọchi anya | ||
Ilocano irepresenta | ||
Indonesian mewakili | ||
Irish ionadaíocht a dhéanamh | ||
Italian rappresentare | ||
Japanese を表す | ||
Javanese makili | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh ұсыну | ||
Khmer តំណាង | ||
Kinyarwanda guhagararira | ||
Konkani प्रतिनिधित्व करता | ||
Korean 말하다 | ||
Krio tinap fɔ | ||
Kurdish cîgirtin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نوێنەرایەتی | ||
Kyrgyz өкүлү | ||
Lao ເປັນຕົວແທນ | ||
Latin represent | ||
Latvian pārstāvēt | ||
Lingala kozala momonisi | ||
Lithuanian atstovauti | ||
Luganda okukiikirira | ||
Luxembourgish vertrieden | ||
Macedonian претставуваат | ||
Maithili प्रतिनिधित्व | ||
Malagasy maneho | ||
Malay mewakili | ||
Malayalam പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കുക | ||
Maltese jirrappreżentaw | ||
Maori tohu | ||
Marathi प्रतिनिधित्व | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯤꯍꯠ ꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo aiawh | ||
Mongolian төлөөлөх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကိုယ်စားပြု | ||
Nepali प्रतिनिधित्व गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian representere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yimira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରତିନିଧିତ୍ୱ କରନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo bakka bu'uu | ||
Pashto نمایندګي | ||
Persian نشان دادن | ||
Polish przedstawiać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) representar | ||
Punjabi ਦੀ ਨੁਮਾਇੰਦਗੀ | ||
Quechua sutinpi | ||
Romanian reprezinta | ||
Russian представлять | ||
Samoan sui | ||
Sanskrit रूपयति | ||
Scots Gaelic riochdachadh | ||
Sepedi emela | ||
Serbian заступати | ||
Sesotho emela | ||
Shona kumiririra | ||
Sindhi نمائندگي ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නියෝජනය කරන්න | ||
Slovak zastupovať | ||
Slovenian predstavljajo | ||
Somali matalo | ||
Spanish representar | ||
Sundanese ngagambarkeun | ||
Swahili kuwakilisha | ||
Swedish representera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kumatawan | ||
Tajik намояндагӣ мекунанд | ||
Tamil பிரதிநிதித்துவம் | ||
Tatar вәкиллеге | ||
Telugu ప్రాతినిధ్యం వహించండి | ||
Thai แทน | ||
Tigrinya ውክልና | ||
Tsonga vuyimeri | ||
Turkish temsil etmek | ||
Turkmen wekilçilik edýär | ||
Twi (Akan) gyina hɔ ma | ||
Ukrainian представляють | ||
Urdu نمائندگی کریں | ||
Uyghur ۋەكىللىك قىلىدۇ | ||
Uzbek vakillik qilish | ||
Vietnamese đại diện | ||
Welsh cynrychioli | ||
Xhosa zimele | ||
Yiddish פאָרשטעלן | ||
Yoruba soju | ||
Zulu umele |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "verteenwoordig" is derived from the Dutch word "vertegenwoordigen", which also means "represent". It can also mean "to be present" or "to appear". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "përfaqësoj" (represent) is derived from the Latin word "repræsento" (show again or formally). |
| Amharic | The term "ውክልና" is related to "ልና" meaning "body", and can also refer to the physical presence or manifestation of a concept, such as the "representation" of an idea in a painting. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "تركيز" (tarkeez) also has the meaning "to focus" and "to concentrate". |
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| Basque | The word "irudikatu" in Basque derives from the Latin "imago" (image) and literally means "to make an image". |
| Belarusian | The Russian verb that appears to be most semantically similar, “пpeдстaвлять”, is used exclusively in Belarussian and other East Slavic languages, but only one of its meanings — “to signify” — carries over to Belarussian, where it only appears in set phrases (“предстaвлять угрозу”, “предстaвлять интерес”) |
| Bengali | চিত্রিত করা can also mean to portray, describe, or delineate. |
| Bosnian | The word 'predstavljaju' in Bosnian comes from the Proto-Slavic word *predstaviti, which also means 'to introduce' or 'to present'. |
| Bulgarian | The verb "представляват" also means "to introduce" or "to introduce oneself", coming from the French "présenter". |
| Catalan | In Spanish, "representar" can also mean "to participate in a play" or "to appear on behalf of someone else". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "nagrepresenta" can also mean to "stand for" or "to be a symbol of" something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | As a verb, 代表 (dàibiǎo) can also mean "to act on behalf of someone." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 代表 (represent) also carries the alternate meaning of "on behalf of" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word “rapprisintà” also means “to reproduce” or “to imitate” something or someone. |
| Croatian | Predstavljaju can also mean 'to present' or 'to introduce'. |
| Czech | In addition to its meaning as "represent," "zastupovat" also refers to "substituting" or "deputizing." |
| Danish | Repræsentere also means 'symbolize' or 'typify' in Danish |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "staan voor" (represent) can also mean "to be responsible for" or "to stand in place of". |
| Esperanto | The word "reprezenti" in Esperanto originates from the Latin word "repraesentare", meaning "to present again" or "to make present." |
| Estonian | From a Germanic base meaning "to follow closely". |
| Finnish | The word "edustaa" is etymologically related to the word "esittää", meaning "to perform" or "to present". |
| French | In French, the verb "représenter" can also mean "to perform" or "to portray". |
| Galician | The verb "representar" comes from the Latin word "repraesentare", meaning "to bring forth or to put forward". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word წარმოდგენა means representation in English but also means "presentation, performance, introduction, idea, concept, proposal, offer." |
| German | Originally meant "step before," "move towards," or "advocate for." Related to "treten" ("step") and "vor" ("before"). Used to refer to someone acting on behalf of another entity, in legal, political, or diplomatic contexts. |
| Greek | The word "εκπροσωπώ" in Greek has a dual etymology referring to "prosopon" (face) and "pro" (forward). Its alternate meanings include "to act on behalf of", "to be a delegate", and "to embody something." |
| Gujarati | The word "રજૂ કરે છે" (represent) in Gujarati is etymologically derived from Sanskrit and has alternate meanings including "submit" or "propose". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "reprezante" in Haitian Creole can also mean "to embody" or "to stand for". |
| Hausa | The word `wakilta` may also refer to a messenger or ambassador. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pani" can also refer to a "platform" or a "page". |
| Hebrew | The word "לְיַצֵג" can also mean "to act as an agent for," or "be representative of." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "का प्रतिनिधित्व" can also mean "to stand for" or "to act on behalf of someone or something". |
| Hmong | "Sawv cev" is also used to describe a physical appearance, meaning "to look like" or "to resemble" |
| Hungarian | In older Hungarian, "képviselni" meant "to appear before someone," which is its original meaning in Hungarian's Ugric ancestor. |
| Icelandic | 'Tákna' originates from the Old Norse word 'taka', meaning 'to take', and is etymologically related to the German word 'zeichnen', meaning 'to draw' |
| Igbo | In Igbo, 'na-anọchi anya' can also mean 'to look out for someone's interests' or 'to be an advocate for someone'. |
| Indonesian | The word "mewakili" can also mean "to act on behalf of" or "to stand in for". |
| Irish | The word can have the alternate meaning of "intercession." |
| Italian | "Rappresentare", from Latin "repraesentare", also means "to act" or "to play". |
| Japanese | "を表す" can also be used to refer to an actor or performer who embodies a character or idea. |
| Javanese | The word "makili" in Javanese can also mean "to be responsible for" or "to take care of something or someone." |
| Kannada | The word "ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸಿ" can also mean "to act on behalf of" or "to stand in for" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | "Усыну" is also used in the sense of adoption or affiliation in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "តំណាង" in Khmer comes from the Sanskrit word "tattva" and can also be used to refer to a principle or a law. |
| Korean | '말하다' is also written '말+ㅋ'ㅎ, which originally means 'to say' and is related to the word for 'language' ('말,ㅎ') |
| Kurdish | The word 'cîgirtin' originally meant 'to call' or 'to invite' and later evolved to mean 'to represent'. |
| Kyrgyz | In addition to "represent", "өкүлү" also means "ambassador" or "envoy". |
| Latin | The ultimate origin of the word 'represent' is related to the Sanskrit root 'pra-sthā-', meaning 'to stand forth'. |
| Latvian | The word "pārstāvēt" in Latvian originally meant "to stand before". |
| Lithuanian | The word "atstovauti" in Lithuanian also means "to portray", as in acting or drawing. |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "vertrieden" comes from the Latin word "representare" and also means "to appear" or "to depict." |
| Macedonian | The Slavic root of the word претставуваат also appears in the Russian word 'представить' (to present) and the English word 'representation'. |
| Malagasy | "Maneho" also means "show" or "demonstration" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The term 'mewakili' also refers to 'acting out' or 'performing', particularly in a performance or theater context. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "jirrappreżentaw" is derived from the Italian word "rappresentare," which means "to portray" or "to stand in for someone." |
| Maori | The Maori word "tohu" can also mean "sign", "omen", or "proof" |
| Marathi | The word "प्रतिनिधित्व" can also refer to a "copy" or "example" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "төлөөлөх" also means "to appear as a substitute, to act in the place of". |
| Norwegian | The verb "representere" can also mean "to account for" or "to constitute" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'yimira' shares a root with the Swahili word 'mfano', meaning 'likeness' or 'model'. |
| Pashto | The word "نمایندګي" has roots in the Arabic word "نایب" (naib), meaning "deputy" or "representative." |
| Persian | The Persian word "نشان دادن" can also mean "to display", "to exhibit", "to indicate", or "to reveal". |
| Polish | Przedstawiać can also mean 'to present' or 'to introduce', not only 'to represent'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "representar" in Portuguese can also mean "to act on behalf of someone" or "to portray someone" on stage or in film. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "reprezinta" comes from the French word "représenter", which in turn comes from the Latin word "representare", meaning "to present again." |
| Russian | The word "представлять" can also mean "to introduce" or "to imagine" |
| Samoan | The word "sui" in Samoan can also mean "to show" or "to demonstrate." |
| Scots Gaelic | The term riothchadadh derives from the Irish for 'knowledge' |
| Serbian | The verb "заступати" also means "to protect", "to defend", or "to champion". |
| Sesotho | The word "emela" in Sesotho also means "take part in" or "become part of". |
| Shona | Etymology: From Proto-Bantu word "-imila". Alternate English meanings: "paint", "draw", or "decorate". |
| Sindhi | "نمائندگي ڪريو" is derived from Arabic and can mean 'delegate,' 'signify,' 'show,' or 'appear on behalf of.' |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "zastupovať" derives from the verb "stúpať" (to step) and originally meant "to be present in place of another". |
| Slovenian | The word "predstavljajo" can also be used to mean "imagine" or "conceive" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | "Matalo" originally derived from the phrase "ma tira laha" |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "representar" also refers to performing on stage. |
| Sundanese | “Ngagambarkeun” can also mean “to be in the position of” or “to be in charge of” in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word 'kuwakilisha' ('represent') in Swahili is derived from the verb 'waka' ('to deputize someone') and the prefix 'ku-' ('to'). |
| Swedish | The verb 'representera' can also mean 'to portray' or 'to depict' in Swedish but not in English. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kumatawan" is derived from the root word "katawan," meaning "body," and therefore originally meant "to embody." It can also mean "to personify," "to symbolize," or "to be a spokesperson for." |
| Thai | In addition to "represent", "แทน" can also mean "instead of", "on behalf of". |
| Turkish | The word "temsil etmek" in Turkish also means to "act on behalf of" or to "be a representative of". |
| Ukrainian | The word "представляють" can also mean "to imagine" or "to introduce". |
| Urdu | Derived from two Persian words, نمان ('naman'/image) and دگی ('digi'/do), and ultimately from the Latin word 're-presentare'. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word vakillik qilish can also mean 'to mediate', 'to intercede', or 'to advocate'. |
| Vietnamese | "Đại diện" also means "large body of water" or "ocean" in Sino-Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | "Cynrychioli" can also refer to an image of something, such as a picture or sculpture. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "zimele" also means "to stand in for" or "to take the place of". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאָרשטעלן" can also mean "to imagine" or "to suppose". |
| Yoruba | In the Yoruba language, "soju" can also refer to a type of traditional cloth worn by women. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "umele" has an alternate meaning of "to make an image of". |
| English | Represent, from Latin repraesentare, literally means "make present again". |