Run in Different Languages
Discover 'Run' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Run
Afrikaans hardloop | ||
Albanian vrapoj | ||
Amharic አሂድ | ||
Arabic يركض | ||
Armenian վազել | ||
Assamese দৌৰা | ||
Aymara jalaña | ||
Azerbaijani qaç | ||
Bambara ka boli | ||
Basque korrika egin | ||
Belarusian бегчы | ||
Bengali চালান | ||
Bhojpuri दउरीं | ||
Bosnian trči | ||
Bulgarian бягай | ||
Catalan correr | ||
Cebuano dagan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 跑 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 跑 | ||
Corsican corri | ||
Croatian trčanje | ||
Czech běh | ||
Danish løb | ||
Dhivehi ދުވުން | ||
Dogri दौड़ | ||
Dutch rennen | ||
English run | ||
Esperanto kuri | ||
Estonian jooksma | ||
Ewe ƒu du | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tumakbo | ||
Finnish juosta | ||
French courir | ||
Frisian rinne | ||
Galician correr | ||
Georgian გაიქეცი | ||
German lauf | ||
Greek τρέξιμο | ||
Guarani ñañi | ||
Gujarati ચલાવો | ||
Haitian Creole kouri | ||
Hausa gudu | ||
Hawaiian holo | ||
Hebrew לָרוּץ | ||
Hindi daud | ||
Hmong khiav | ||
Hungarian fuss | ||
Icelandic hlaupa | ||
Igbo gbaa ọsọ | ||
Ilocano agtaray | ||
Indonesian lari | ||
Irish rith | ||
Italian correre | ||
Japanese 実行 | ||
Javanese mlayu | ||
Kannada ಓಡು | ||
Kazakh жүгіру | ||
Khmer រត់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwiruka | ||
Konkani धांवप | ||
Korean 운영 | ||
Krio rɔn | ||
Kurdish rev | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕاکردن | ||
Kyrgyz чуркоо | ||
Lao ແລ່ນ | ||
Latin curre | ||
Latvian palaist | ||
Lingala kopota mbango | ||
Lithuanian paleisti | ||
Luganda okudduka | ||
Luxembourgish lafen | ||
Macedonian трча | ||
Maithili दौरू | ||
Malagasy run | ||
Malay lari | ||
Malayalam പ്രവർത്തിപ്പിക്കുക | ||
Maltese ġirja | ||
Maori oma | ||
Marathi चालवा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo tlan | ||
Mongolian гүйх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြေး | ||
Nepali चलाउनुहोस् | ||
Norwegian løpe | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) thamanga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚଲାନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo fiiguu | ||
Pashto منډه وړه | ||
Persian اجرا کن | ||
Polish biegać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) corre | ||
Punjabi ਰਨ | ||
Quechua paway | ||
Romanian alerga | ||
Russian бегать | ||
Samoan tamoʻe | ||
Sanskrit धावनं करोतु | ||
Scots Gaelic ruith | ||
Sepedi kitima | ||
Serbian трцати | ||
Sesotho matha | ||
Shona mhanya | ||
Sindhi ڀ run | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දුවන්න | ||
Slovak bežať | ||
Slovenian teči | ||
Somali orod | ||
Spanish correr | ||
Sundanese lumpat | ||
Swahili kukimbia | ||
Swedish springa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tumakbo | ||
Tajik давидан | ||
Tamil ஓடு | ||
Tatar йөгер | ||
Telugu రన్ | ||
Thai วิ่ง | ||
Tigrinya ጉየ | ||
Tsonga tsutsuma | ||
Turkish çalıştırmak | ||
Turkmen ylga | ||
Twi (Akan) dwane | ||
Ukrainian бігти | ||
Urdu رن | ||
Uyghur run | ||
Uzbek yugurish | ||
Vietnamese chạy | ||
Welsh rhedeg | ||
Xhosa ukubaleka | ||
Yiddish לויפן | ||
Yoruba ṣiṣe | ||
Zulu gijima |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Hardloop" is derived from the Dutch word "hardlopen," meaning "running". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word 'vrapoj' can also refer to a quick movement or a sudden change in direction. |
| Amharic | The verb አሂድ (run) also denotes the idea of "going" or "being in motion" |
| Arabic | The word "يركض" can also mean "hasten" or "rush" in some contexts. |
| Armenian | In Armenian, վազել (vazel) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *weg- meaning “to move quickly,” also found in English “way” and Latin “veho.” |
| Azerbaijani | "Qaç" means not only "run" but also "to flee" or "to escape" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque term "Korrika egin" not only signifies running but also has connotations of unity, collaboration, and collective action. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word 'бегчы' is derived from the Old Church Slavonic 'бѣгати', meaning 'to run'. |
| Bengali | চালান/chalan comes from the Sanskrit word 'chal' (to move) and can also mean a 'receipt' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The verb 'trči' can also refer to the act of pushing or shoving something or someone. |
| Bulgarian | The word "бягай" ("run") in Bulgarian can also mean "to avoid" or "to escape". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "correr" derives from the Vulgar Latin word "currere," meaning to run or flow. |
| Cebuano | The word "dagan" can also refer to a type of grass or plant, specifically the wild rice or Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to its primary meaning, "跑" can also refer to "escape" or "elope". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 跑 (pǎo) can also mean 'run for election' |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "corri" comes from the Sardinian word "currere" which means "to run". |
| Croatian | The word "trčanje" in Croatian derives from Proto-Slavic "trъčati" meaning “to rub,” "to scrape,” or “to scrub.” |
| Czech | "Běh" also means "pregnancy" and "flow" in Czech. |
| Danish | The homophone "løb" can mean "onion" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "rennen" can refer to both the act of running as well as a particular horse race. |
| Esperanto | In Indonesian "kūri" means "to rub", while in Maori and Proto-Polynesian it means "to move". |
| Estonian | Etymology unknown; may be onomatopoeic or related to other Finnic verbs like Finnish juoksen 'run' and Vepsian jougzo 'hurry' |
| Finnish | The word 'juosta' also means 'to stream', as in water or other liquids, and has cognates in many Finno-Ugric languages. |
| French | In French, "courir" can also mean to pursue, chase, or flow. |
| Frisian | The word "rinne" can also refer to a stream or gutter. |
| Galician | In Galician, "correr" also means to flow (of liquids) or to pass quickly (of time). |
| Georgian | The verb "გაიქეცი," meaning "to run" in Georgian, has various alternate meanings, including "to escape," "to flee," or "to avoid." |
| German | The word 'Lauf' in German can also refer to the barrel of a gun or a course or route. |
| Greek | The word "τρέξιμο" (run) is derived from the verb "τρέχω" (I run), which is cognate with words in other Indo-European languages, including the Latin "curro" and the English "course". |
| Gujarati | The word "ચલાવો" (run) in Gujarati also means "to operate" or "to manage". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kouri" also means "hurry" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | In some rural dialects of Hausa, "gudu" is also used to refer to the act of walking quickly or jogging. |
| Hawaiian | The word "holo" in Hawaiian can also mean "to flow" or "to move smoothly". |
| Hebrew | The word "לָרוּץ" (laruts) also refers to the movement of water or animals, and is related to the root "רוּחַ" (ruach; spirit, air, wind). |
| Hindi | The word "Daud" can also refer to a raid or incursion, especially one made by a military force. |
| Hmong | The word "khiav" in Hmong has multiple meanings, including "to run," "to flow," and "to escape." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "fuss" also means "to scold" or "to complain". |
| Icelandic | While it's most commonly understood as a verb meaning 'to run,' 'hlaupa' can also mean 'to leap,' 'to bound,' or 'to jump.' |
| Igbo | "Gbaa ọsọ" literally means "to jump away", but can also be used to mean "to flee" or "to escape". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "lari" also signifies escape, flight, or evasion. |
| Irish | The word "rith" in Irish derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *wret- meaning "to turn, move, or roll." |
| Italian | "Correre" derives from the Latin "currere" and is also used figuratively meaning "to flow, pass quickly" or "to be current" |
| Japanese | The word 実行 (jikkō) can also mean "execute" or "implement" |
| Javanese | "Mlayu" also can means escaped away, vanished without a trace, or ran away |
| Kannada | "ಓಡು" also means "boat" in Kannada, likely deriving from the Proto-Dravidian root *waḍ-, meaning "to row a boat". |
| Kazakh | The word "жүгіру" also means "to move quickly" or "to flow" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word ''រត់'' could refer to ''running away'' and ''running toward'' |
| Korean | 운영 is also used in Korean for the operation of vehicles, computers, businesses, and other things that can be run or operated. |
| Kurdish | The word 'rev' can also mean 'flow' or 'pour' in Kurdish, referring to the movement of liquids. |
| Kyrgyz | The word “чуркоо” comes from the word “чурк” which means a piece of wood for burning. |
| Lao | The word "ແລ່ນ" can also mean "to go" or "to move quickly on foot". |
| Latin | The word "curre" is also used in Latin to refer to a young pig, especially one that has not yet been weaned. |
| Latvian | The word "palaist" can also mean "to flow" or "to escape". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "paleisti" also means "to release" or "to let go". |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "lafen" also means "to flow" or "to let flow" in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The verb "трча" can also refer to the act of running water or a race. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, |
| Malay | The word "lari" also means "to flee" or "to escape" in Malay, which adds to its sense of urgency and movement. |
| Maltese | ġirja derives from Arabic جَرَى, meaning 'flow, stream' and has the archaic sense 'course' in Maltese, referring to a path or an action, and 'run' in the sense of 'flow' or 'escape'. |
| Maori | In Maori, "oma" also means "to follow" or "to pursue". |
| Marathi | "चालवा" also means "to operate" or "to manage" in Marathi, originating from the word "चाल" meaning "movement" or "operation." |
| Mongolian | The word "гүйх" also means "to run away" and is cognate with "гуйх" in Buryat, meaning "to hide". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ပြေး" can also mean "to escape," or "to flow" |
| Nepali | "चलाउनुहोस्" can also mean "to drive" or "to conduct" in the Nepali language. |
| Norwegian | The word "løpe" in Norwegian has an alternative meaning of "rennet", which is the liquid or coagulant used to make cheese. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Thamanga" can also mean "to flee" or "to escape" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "منډه وړه" can also mean "to cause to run" or "to make someone run". |
| Persian | اجرا کن (erja' kon) literally means "put to execution" in Persian, and also has the metaphorical sense of "to perform" or "to execute". |
| Polish | The word "biegać" in Polish is also used to describe the act of "fleeing" or "escaping". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "corre" in Portuguese can also mean "flows" or "drips". |
| Punjabi | In addition to meaning "run," "ਰਨ" can also mean "colour" or "dye." |
| Romanian | The word "alerga" in Romanian is derived from the Latin word "alludere," meaning "to jump" or "to dance." |
| Russian | The verb “бегать” also means to avoid something or someone. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tamoʻe" also has the archaic and poetic meaning of "a journey." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "ruith" is a cognate of the Irish "riuth" and the Welsh "rhedeg" and likely derives from the Proto-Celtic "*ret-." |
| Serbian | The word "трцати" (/trtsati/) also means a game played by children consisting of hopping, running, and tossing a small object. |
| Sesotho | In the context of a race, "matha" can also mean "compete". |
| Shona | The word 'mhanya' can also mean 'wander aimlessly' or 'ramble' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | ڀ run also means to escape, leave or leak. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhalese term “දුවන්න” originally referred to a horse and it can also translate as “to rush”. |
| Slovak | Bežať is related to words like 'to beat' and 'to flee' in other Slavic languages. |
| Slovenian | The verb "teči" has another meaning in Slovenian: "to leak" |
| Somali | The word "orod" also refers to an act of pouring or spilling something. |
| Spanish | Correr can also be used to refer to the movement of liquids or the passage of time, and derives from the Latin word "currere," meaning "to flow." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "lumpat" can also mean "to jump". |
| Swahili | The word 'kukimbia' can also indicate to pursue a purpose of any kind, not necessarily physical movement. |
| Swedish | Besides 'run', 'springa' also means 'leak', stemming from the old word 'springa' meaning 'to split'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "tumakbo" also means "to compete in an election". |
| Tajik | The word 'давидан' ('run') in Tajik is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheu- ('to run'). |
| Tamil | "ஓடு" also means "tile" in Tamil, derived from the Sanskrit word "ud" meaning "to wet". |
| Telugu | The word "రన్" ("run") in Telugu can also refer to "a stream of water" or "a period of time". |
| Thai | วิ่ง (wing) can also mean "to fly" or "to leap". |
| Turkish | "Çalıştırmak" is also used to mean "operate (a machine)", "drive (a car)", "start (a program)", or "work (an employee)" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "бігти" (run) in Ukrainian also has the alternate meaning of "to flee". |
| Urdu | The word "رن" also means "wound". This is thought to be because old wounds are painful to step on, similar to stepping on a thorn (which is often referred to as "رن" in Urdu). |
| Uzbek | The word yugurish also refers to a traditional Uzbek folk dance. |
| Vietnamese | ''Chạy'' in Vietnamese can also mean ''to work'' or ''to operate''. |
| Welsh | 'Rhedeg' also refers to a type of ancient Welsh poetry |
| Xhosa | Xhosa has a few verbs for 'run', which can vary in meaning and formality. Ukubaleka is used when someone runs away, or when running is used to escape or avoid being caught. |
| Yiddish | "לויפן" can also refer to "escape". |
| Yoruba | The root word "ṣiṣẹ" can also mean "work," or "business" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'gijima' also means 'work hard' or 'strive for excellence'. |
| English | The word "run" can also mean to operate or to flow, as in "the engine is running" or "the river is running." |