Resist in Different Languages
Discover 'Resist' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Resist
Afrikaans weerstaan | ||
Albanian rezistoj | ||
Amharic መቃወም | ||
Arabic يقاوم | ||
Armenian դիմադրել | ||
Assamese বিৰোধ কৰা | ||
Aymara thurt'asiña | ||
Azerbaijani müqavimət göstərmək | ||
Bambara ka firifiri | ||
Basque eutsi | ||
Belarusian супраціўляцца | ||
Bengali প্রতিহত করা | ||
Bhojpuri विरोध | ||
Bosnian oduprijeti se | ||
Bulgarian противопоставям се | ||
Catalan resistir | ||
Cebuano sukli | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 抗 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 抗 | ||
Corsican resiste | ||
Croatian odoljeti | ||
Czech odolat | ||
Danish modstå | ||
Dhivehi ރުންކުރުވުން | ||
Dogri बरोध करना | ||
Dutch zich verzetten | ||
English resist | ||
Esperanto rezisti | ||
Estonian vastu | ||
Ewe gbe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lumaban | ||
Finnish vastustaa | ||
French résister | ||
Frisian fersette | ||
Galician resistir | ||
Georgian წინააღმდეგობა გაუწიოს | ||
German widerstehen | ||
Greek αντιστέκομαι | ||
Guarani ñemyatã | ||
Gujarati પ્રતિકાર | ||
Haitian Creole reziste | ||
Hausa tsayayya | ||
Hawaiian kūʻē | ||
Hebrew לְהִתְנַגֵד | ||
Hindi विरोध | ||
Hmong tiv | ||
Hungarian ellenáll | ||
Icelandic standast | ||
Igbo iguzogide | ||
Ilocano labanan | ||
Indonesian menolak | ||
Irish cur i gcoinne | ||
Italian resistere | ||
Japanese 抵抗する | ||
Javanese nolak | ||
Kannada ವಿರೋಧಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh қарсыласу | ||
Khmer ទប់ទល់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kurwanya | ||
Konkani विरोध | ||
Korean 견디다 | ||
Krio avɔyd | ||
Kurdish berxwedan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرگری کردن | ||
Kyrgyz каршылык көрсөтүү | ||
Lao ຕ້ານທານ | ||
Latin resistere | ||
Latvian pretoties | ||
Lingala kotelemela | ||
Lithuanian priešintis | ||
Luganda okulwana | ||
Luxembourgish widderstoen | ||
Macedonian се спротивстави | ||
Maithili प्रतिरोध | ||
Malagasy tohero | ||
Malay menentang | ||
Malayalam ചെറുത്തുനിൽക്കുക | ||
Maltese jirreżistu | ||
Maori ātete | ||
Marathi प्रतिकार करणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯪꯍꯟꯗꯕ | ||
Mizo dodal | ||
Mongolian эсэргүүцэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခုခံတွန်းလှန် | ||
Nepali प्रतिरोध | ||
Norwegian motstå | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାଧା ଦେବା | ||
Oromo ittisuu | ||
Pashto مقاومت | ||
Persian مقاومت کردن | ||
Polish opierać się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) resistir | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਰੋਧ ਕਰੋ | ||
Quechua atipakuy | ||
Romanian a rezista | ||
Russian сопротивляться | ||
Samoan teteʻe | ||
Sanskrit प्रतिरोध | ||
Scots Gaelic cuir an aghaidh | ||
Sepedi iphemela | ||
Serbian одолети | ||
Sesotho hanela | ||
Shona kuramba | ||
Sindhi مزاحمت ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විරුද්ධ වන්න | ||
Slovak odolať | ||
Slovenian upreti se | ||
Somali iska caabin | ||
Spanish resistir | ||
Sundanese nolak | ||
Swahili kupinga | ||
Swedish stå emot | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) labanan | ||
Tajik муқобилат кунед | ||
Tamil எதிர்க்க | ||
Tatar каршы тор | ||
Telugu అడ్డుకోండి | ||
Thai ต่อต้าน | ||
Tigrinya ተቓውሞ | ||
Tsonga sihalala | ||
Turkish direnmek | ||
Turkmen garşy dur | ||
Twi (Akan) mpene | ||
Ukrainian чинити опір | ||
Urdu مزاحمت کرنا | ||
Uyghur قارشىلىق كۆرسەت | ||
Uzbek qarshilik ko'rsatish | ||
Vietnamese kháng cự | ||
Welsh gwrthsefyll | ||
Xhosa xhathisa | ||
Yiddish אַנטקעגנשטעלנ זיך | ||
Yoruba koju | ||
Zulu melana |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "weerstaan" is derived from the Dutch word "weerstand", which means resistance, opposition, or defiance. |
| Albanian | Rezistoj, a derivative of the Latin word "resisto," also means "to oppose" or "to withstand" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "መቃወም" ("resist") in Amharic is etymologically related to the word "ቃም" ("mouth"), and can also mean "to argue" or "to object." |
| Arabic | The word "يقاوم" also means "to be hard or firm" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "müqavimət göstərmək" is derived from the Arabic word "muqawama", which means "resistance" or "opposition". |
| Basque | Eutsi is etymologically related to the Basque word "euts": "force", as well as the verb "eutsit": "to be stubborn". |
| Belarusian | The verb 'супраціўляцца' comes from the noun 'супраціў' ('resistance'), which has the same etymology as in English (from Latin 'super' = 'upper' or 'over' and 'stare' = 'to stand'). |
| Bengali | The word 'প্রতিহত করা' has an alternate meaning as 'to prevent' or 'to hinder' something from happening. |
| Bosnian | "Oduprijeti se" comes from the verb "odupreti", which means "to lean against" or "to rest against". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "противопоставям се" also means "to oppose" or "to contrast". |
| Catalan | "Resistir" in Catalan also means to withstand, to endure, to oppose, and to hold back. |
| Cebuano | Sukli is often mistranslated to mean "change" in English, however it literally means "repayment." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "抗" was originally used to describe a person carrying something heavy on their shoulders. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "抗" originates from the ideogram "柁", a hand gripping the bow handle, denoting "to bear the weight of (the bow), to withstand, resist", with the addition of "戈" and "氵" meaning "spear" and "water" respectively representing "force to repel," and "to overcome, endure." |
| Corsican | Resistu in Corsica also means |
| Croatian | "Odoljeti" derives from Proto-Slavic "odolěti" and originally meant both "resist" and "win". |
| Czech | In Polish, odolat means "to defeat". |
| Danish | The word "modstå" is derived from the Old Norse word "móðstand", meaning "opposition" or "resistance." |
| Dutch | The Dutch verb "zich verzetten" originally meant "to move aside to make way". |
| Esperanto | "Rezisti" in Esperanto can also refer to "resistance wire," a term used in electrical engineering. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "vastu" derives from Proto-Finnic *vasta and the Proto-Uralic root *vasta "against, towards". |
| Finnish | In Kalevala Karelian, "vastustaa" also means the opposite (agree, support). Contrast the Finnish form."vastata".} |
| French | In its etymology, the word "résister" refers to "standing firm". |
| Frisian | The word "fersette" in Frisian is derived from the Proto-Germanic word *firsijaną, meaning "to delay, hinder, or prevent." |
| Galician | The Galician word "resistir" derives from the Latin "resistere", with the alternate meanings of "withstanding" and "enduring."} |
| German | The verb "widerstehen" derives from the Middle High German word "widerstân," meaning "to stand against." |
| Greek | "αντιστέκομαι" is the present active indicative first-person singular form of the verb "ανθίσταμαι" which comes from the Greek word "ἵστημι" (hístemi) which means "to stand". |
| Gujarati | The Sanskrit verb "Prati-Kr" (प्रति-कृ) from which "Pratik" is derived also translates to "to make". This suggests a deeper meaning; that "resistance" can also involve "making". This is similar in English as "resisting authority" can involve making a speech, a stand, etc. |
| Haitian Creole | "Reziste" in Haitian Creole can also mean to |
| Hausa | **Tsaya refers to the action of stopping or waiting in Hausa. It can also mean to resist, oppose, or protest. |
| Hawaiian | The word "kūʻē" in Hawaiian can also refer to "defend", "oppose", or "withstand". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לְהִתְנַגֵד" (lit. "to be over against") also means "to oppose" or "to contradict". |
| Hindi | The word 'विरोध' also means 'contradiction' or 'opposition' in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tiv" also has alternate meanings such as "block" and "obstruct". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "ellenáll" originates from the Proto-Hungarian word *ellenáll "resist, withstand", which is cognate with the Finnish word *vastustaa "resist". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "standast" is derived from Old Norse and is cognate with the English words "stand" and "withstand". |
| Igbo | Iguzogide also translates to "the way a child refuses to do something" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | Menolak in Indonesian can also mean 'to refuse' or 'to reject'. |
| Irish | The Irish "cur i gcoinne" derives from the Proto-Celtic cognate *kontro- "against", also the root of "counter-" and "contra-". |
| Italian | Resistere derives from the Latin word “sisto,” which means “to stand or remain.” |
| Japanese | The kanji characters in 「抵抗する」 can also be read as 「ていこうする」, meaning "to oppose" or "to protest against." |
| Javanese | In the phrase “ora nolak” (unable to resist), nolak means “desire”. |
| Kannada | "ವಿರೋಧಿಸಿ" means to oppose, resist, or withstand something. It can also be used to mean 'to stand against' or 'to protest' against something. |
| Kazakh | The word "қарсыласу" can also mean "to oppose" or "to refute" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ទប់ទល់" also means "to oppose" or "to withstand". |
| Korean | "견디다" is derived from the Middle Korean word "견디(kŏndi)", which also means "to endure". |
| Kurdish | Berxwedan means "to stand upright" or "to hold up" in Kurdish. |
| Lao | "ຕ້ານທານ" means "to oppose", "to withstand", or in a military or political context, it refers to "resistance against the enemy" and "resistance against the government". |
| Latin | The Latin word "resistere" can also mean "to stand firm" or "to oppose," and is related to the word "status," meaning "standing." |
| Latvian | The word "pretoties" in Latvian is derived from the Latin word "praestolari", meaning "to expect" or "to wait for". |
| Lithuanian | The word "priešintis" in Lithuanian stems from the verb "priešinti", which means "to place against", "to oppose". |
| Luxembourgish | "Widderstoen" is derived from the Middle High German "widerstân", which also means "to stand against". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "се спротивстави" is derived from the Slavic root "proti", meaning "against", and the verb "staviti", meaning "to place". It can also mean "to oppose" or "to defy". |
| Malagasy | The word "tohero" in Malagasy can also mean "to defend" or "to protect". |
| Malay | The Malay word menentang can also mean 'hinder' or 'oppose' in English. |
| Malayalam | The word "cheruthunilkkുക" comes from the Proto-Dravidian root *cir- "to oppose, to resist" and the suffix -kk- "to do, to make". |
| Maltese | The word "jirreżistu" comes from the Latin "resistere", meaning "to stand against". |
| Maori | 'ātete' is a variant form of 'tete' meaning 'resist' or 'disobey' |
| Marathi | The word 'प्रतिकार करणे' in Marathi has the literal meaning of 'to counter' or 'to act against'. This word can be used in various contexts such as resisting an opponent in a fight or resisting an oppressive force. |
| Mongolian | The word “эсэргүүцэх” in Mongolian also means “confront”, “contradict”, or “oppose”. |
| Nepali | "प्रतिरोध" (resist) comes from the Sanskrit word "prati-rodh," which literally means "to stop back" or "to obstruct." |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "motstå" is derived from the Old Norse "mótstá", meaning "to withstand" or "to oppose". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kukana' in Nyanja is a homophone, meaning it is pronounced the same as another word, but has a different spelling and a different meaning; in the case of 'kukana', it means either 'to refuse' or 'to prevent'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "مقاومت" comes from the Arabic word "مقاومة" and can also mean "endurance" or "patience." |
| Persian | In addition to meaning "resist," مقاومت کردن can also mean "defend" or "fight off." |
| Polish | Apart from resisting, the word "opierać się" also implies relying on something or taking a stance. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "resistir" can also mean "to endure" or "to withstand". |
| Romanian | Romanian's "a rezista" is also a noun referring to a person who resists oppression. |
| Russian | The word 'сопротивляться' (resist) comes from the same root as the word 'против' (against), and can also mean 'to oppose' or 'to withstand'. |
| Samoan | Teteʻe is derived from the Proto-Polynesian word *tete, which also means "to stand firm" or "to hold on to". |
| Scots Gaelic | Cuir an aghaidh is based on the words cuir (put) and aghaidh (face), meaning to put one's face against something to oppose it. |
| Serbian | In the 17th-century, the word “одолети” also meant “to get the better of” or “to overcome.” |
| Sesotho | The word "hanela" also means "to be stubborn" or "to be disobedient" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "kuramba" can also refer to "being strong", "not getting tired easily", or "enduring pain". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "odolať" is related to the verb "odolávať", which means "to withstand". |
| Slovenian | The word "upreti se" can also mean to oppose or defy something. |
| Somali | The word "iska caabin" ("resist") comes from the Arabic word "qa'ada" ("to sit down") and the Somali prefix "iska-," which denotes opposition. |
| Spanish | The Spanish verb "resistir" derives from the Latin "resistere," meaning "to stand firm" or "to oppose." |
| Sundanese | The word 'nolak' is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word '*tɔlak', meaning 'to push away' or 'to reject'. |
| Swahili | The word "kupinga" in Swahili also means "to cover the ears". |
| Swedish | The verb "stå emot" literally translates to "to stand against". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "labanan" can also be used to refer to a struggle between two or more parties, or the act of competing against someone or something. |
| Tajik | The word муқобилат кунед derives from Persian and means "face something with courage and resilience". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "எதிர்க்க" can also refer to "to be against" or "to oppose." |
| Thai | The Thai word "ต่อต้าน" derives from the Sanskrit "prati" + "tyand" and has the alternative meaning of "opposite" |
| Turkish | The word "direnmek" is a combination of "dir-" (meaning "stand" or "firm") and "en-" (a suffix denoting reflexivity), hence the sense of "standing up for oneself". |
| Ukrainian | The word "чинити опір" derives from two verbs, one meaning "to do" and the other meaning "to support". So the word literally means "to support action." |
| Urdu | The word "مزاحمت کرنا" can also mean "to obstruct" or "to inconvenience". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "qarshilik ko'rsatish" can also mean "to oppose", "to defy", or "to stand up to". |
| Vietnamese | Kháng cự means 'oppose' in Chinese, where it originated, and also means 'antibiotic' in modern scientific Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "gwrthsefyll" derives from the roots "gwrth" (against) and "sefyll" (stand), and also has the meaning "withstand". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "xhathisa" can also refer to the act of blocking or preventing something. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אַנטקעגנשטעלנ זיך" is derived from the German word "entgegenstellen" and can also mean "to oppose" or "to set against". |
| Yoruba | "Koju" in Yoruba also means to be firm, unbending, and immovable, emphasizing its strong and determined nature. |
| Zulu | The word "melana" in Zulu also refers to a shield, protection or defense. |
| English | The word "resist" can also mean to oppose or to endure. |