Solve in Different Languages
Discover 'Solve' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Solve
Afrikaans oplos | ||
Albanian zgjidh | ||
Amharic መፍታት | ||
Arabic حل | ||
Armenian լուծել | ||
Assamese সমাধান | ||
Aymara askichaña | ||
Azerbaijani həll etmək | ||
Bambara ka ɲɛnabɔ | ||
Basque konpondu | ||
Belarusian вырашыць | ||
Bengali সমাধান | ||
Bhojpuri समाधान | ||
Bosnian riješiti | ||
Bulgarian решаване | ||
Catalan resoldre | ||
Cebuano pagsulbad | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 解决 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 解決 | ||
Corsican risolve | ||
Croatian riješiti | ||
Czech řešit | ||
Danish løse | ||
Dhivehi ހައްލުކުރުން | ||
Dogri नबेड़ा करना | ||
Dutch oplossen | ||
English solve | ||
Esperanto solvi | ||
Estonian lahendada | ||
Ewe ɖo eŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lutasin | ||
Finnish ratkaista | ||
French résoudre | ||
Frisian oplosse | ||
Galician resolver | ||
Georgian ამოხსნა | ||
German lösen | ||
Greek λύσει | ||
Guarani mbo'aipo'i | ||
Gujarati હલ કરો | ||
Haitian Creole rezoud | ||
Hausa warware | ||
Hawaiian hoʻonā | ||
Hebrew לִפְתוֹר | ||
Hindi का समाधान | ||
Hmong daws | ||
Hungarian megoldani | ||
Icelandic leysa | ||
Igbo dozie | ||
Ilocano ipamuspusan | ||
Indonesian memecahkan | ||
Irish réiteach | ||
Italian risolvere | ||
Japanese 解決する | ||
Javanese ngrampungake | ||
Kannada ಪರಿಹರಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh шешу | ||
Khmer ដោះស្រាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda gukemura | ||
Konkani सोडोवप | ||
Korean 풀다 | ||
Krio sɔlv | ||
Kurdish çareserkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چارەسەر | ||
Kyrgyz чечүү | ||
Lao ແກ້ໄຂ | ||
Latin solve | ||
Latvian atrisināt | ||
Lingala kobongisa | ||
Lithuanian išspręsti | ||
Luganda okuggusa | ||
Luxembourgish léisen | ||
Macedonian реши | ||
Maithili समाधान | ||
Malagasy voavaha | ||
Malay menyelesaikan | ||
Malayalam പരിഹരിക്കുക | ||
Maltese issolvi | ||
Maori whakatau | ||
Marathi निराकरण करा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯔꯣꯏꯁꯤꯟ ꯄꯨꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo tifel | ||
Mongolian шийдвэрлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖြေရှင်းပါ | ||
Nepali समाधान गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian løse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuthetsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମାଧାନ | ||
Oromo furuu | ||
Pashto حل | ||
Persian حل | ||
Polish rozwiązać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) resolver | ||
Punjabi ਹੱਲ | ||
Quechua chuyanchay | ||
Romanian rezolva | ||
Russian решить | ||
Samoan fofo | ||
Sanskrit उत्तरयति | ||
Scots Gaelic fuasgladh | ||
Sepedi rarolla | ||
Serbian решити | ||
Sesotho rarolla | ||
Shona kugadzirisa | ||
Sindhi حل ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විසඳන්න | ||
Slovak vyriešiť | ||
Slovenian rešiti | ||
Somali xallin | ||
Spanish resolver | ||
Sundanese ngarengsekeun | ||
Swahili tatua | ||
Swedish lösa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lutasin | ||
Tajik ҳал кардан | ||
Tamil தீர்க்க | ||
Tatar чишү | ||
Telugu పరిష్కరించండి | ||
Thai แก้ | ||
Tigrinya ፍታሕ | ||
Tsonga ololoxa | ||
Turkish çözmek | ||
Turkmen çözmek | ||
Twi (Akan) pɛ ano aduro | ||
Ukrainian вирішити | ||
Urdu حل | ||
Uyghur ھەل قىلىش | ||
Uzbek hal qilish | ||
Vietnamese gỡ rối | ||
Welsh datrys | ||
Xhosa sombulula | ||
Yiddish סאָלווע | ||
Yoruba yanju | ||
Zulu xazulula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Oplos" also means "solution" and "problem" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "zgjidh" (solve) is derived from the Proto-Albanian word "*zeg-j", which also means "to decide", "to choose", and "to select". |
| Amharic | The word "መፍታት" is derived from the Semitic root "p-t-h," which also means "to open" or "to release." |
| Arabic | The word "حل" in Arabic can also mean "to loosen" or "to untie" |
| Armenian | The Armenian word |
| Azerbaijani | "Həll etmək" is used not only in the meaning of finding a solution, but also in the meaning of eliminating the problem, getting rid of the trouble. |
| Basque | The word "konpondu" can also mean "to fix" or "to repair" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | "The word "вырашыць" comes from the Slavic root "rešiti", which means "to loose, untangle, or decide". |
| Bengali | সমাধানের আরেক রূপ সমাধী, যার বিকল অর্থ হলো মৃতদেহ |
| Bosnian | The word "riješiti" in Bosnian also means "to decide" or "to settle a dispute." |
| Bulgarian | "Решаване" derives from the Proto-Slavic *rěšiti, meaning "to separate, to divide". |
| Catalan | The verb “resoldre” (“to solve”) derives from the Latin word “resolvere” (“to loosen”, “to untie”), and it also contains the meaning of “dissolve” (“Dissoldre” in Medieval Catalan). |
| Cebuano | "Pagsulbad" also means to investigate, to explore, to examine, to scrutinize, to clarify, and to explicate. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | It comes from the word 解結 (untie a knot), implying that the problem is like a knot that needs to be untied. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "解決" also means to eliminate, deal with or clear up something. |
| Corsican | "Risolve" in Corsican has an alternate meaning of "answer". |
| Croatian | The verb "riješiti" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *rěšiti and is related to the words "riječ" (word), "rijeka" (river) and "raščistiti" (to clear). |
| Czech | The word "řešit" can also mean "to manage" or "to deal with" in Czech. |
| Danish | The word "løse" in Danish can also mean "to let go" or "to release". |
| Dutch | "Oplossen" is derived from "los" (loose) and "op" (up), which can also refer to "to release or free." |
| Esperanto | solvi means "to loosen" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "lahendada" can also mean to "decipher" or "unriddle". |
| Finnish | The word "ratkaista" is derived from the word "ratko", which means "to analyze" or "to dissect". |
| French | The verb "résoudre" also means to settle, clear or dissipate something. |
| Frisian | "Oplosse" is a Frisian word with Germanic roots, also related to the English word "loose" and Swedish "lossa" |
| Galician | The Galician verb "resolver" also means "to intend" or "to decide". |
| Georgian | "ამოხსნა" is derived from the Old Georgian word "ხსნა" (to save, to deliver), meaning that something is "delivered" from a difficult situation or problem. |
| German | "Lösen" is derived from Middle High German "lösen," meaning "to set free" or "to release." |
| Greek | "λύσει" can also be translated to "ransom". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "હલ કરો" is also used to mean "to fix" or "to resolve". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "rezoud" originates from the French word "résoudre," meaning "solve" or "resolve." |
| Hausa | “Warware,” meaning to solve, may come from the term “wara,” meaning to “make known.” |
| Hawaiian | Hoʻonā, meaning "to solve," comes from the root word "nā," meaning "to understand". |
| Hebrew | The root of the word לִפְתוֹר implies 'opening', hence its meaning of 'solving' that which is closed. |
| Hindi | The word "solve" comes from the Latin word "solvere", which means "to loosen" or "to free." |
| Hmong | The word "daws" in Hmong also means "open".} |
| Hungarian | The word "megoldani" comes from the verb "oldani" which means "to loose" or "to untie". Solving a problem is therefore seen as "loosing" or "untying" the problem. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic verb for "solve" is also used to mean "solve something wrong," as if one were untangling a knot. |
| Igbo | Dozie is also a common Igbo name for men, meaning "born on a Sunday". |
| Indonesian | The word "memecahkan" originally meant "to break something apart," and is still used in that sense in some contexts. |
| Irish | The word |
| Italian | In Latin "resolvere" originally means "to loosen, untie". |
| Japanese | 解決する (kaiketsu suru) is also used in Japanese to mean "to resolve" or "to settle" a dispute or problem. |
| Javanese | "Ngrampungake" is also used to mean "finished" or "completed" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪರಿಹರಿಸಿ" in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "parihrta," which means "removed" or "destroyed." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "шешу" ("solve") derives from the Turkic word "eşür", meaning "to clarify" or "to understand". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ដោះស្រាយ" (solve) can also mean "to resolve a dispute" or "to settle a matter." |
| Korean | 풀다 (pulda) is related to the word 풀 (pul), which means 'grass,' and conveys the idea of untangling or unraveling something complex. |
| Kurdish | The word "çareserkirin" can also mean "to find a solution" or "to make up one's mind" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | "Чечүү" also means "release", "untie", "undo", "unblock", "decipher", "solve a riddle" |
| Lao | The Lao word "ແກ້ໄຂ" has alternate meanings including "undo" or "cancel", depending on the context. |
| Latin | In addition to "solve," the Latin word "solvere" can mean "to loosen," "to pay," or "to release." |
| Latvian | *atrisināt* ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European verb *treḱ-, meaning "to run" or "to cross." This verb also gave rise to Latin *trans-, meaning "across," as well as to the English word "trek." |
| Lithuanian | The word "išspręsti" comes from the verb "spręsti", meaning "to make a decision" or "to resolve a problem". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word |
| Macedonian | The word "реши" in Macedonian also means "to reach a decision". |
| Malagasy | "Voavaha" also means "conversation," reflecting the idea of solving a problem through dialogue. |
| Malay | The verb menyelesaikan may also refer to "fulfill" or "complete". |
| Maltese | The verb "issolvi" comes from the Latin word "solvo" meaning "to loosen". Additionally it can also mean "to pay", "to discharge" and "to let go". |
| Maori | The Maori term 'whakatau' is commonly translated as 'solve', but can also refer to finding solutions or making determinations. |
| Marathi | The word "निराकरण करा" can also mean "to resolve" or "to settle". |
| Mongolian | "ШИЙДВЭРЛЭХ" means "to decide" in Mongolian, as well as "to determine" or "to rule." |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဖြေရှင်းပါ is also a respectful way to ask "Can you please explain?" or "Can you please repeat?" to seniors and those who you respect or whom you are unfamiliar with. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "समाधान गर्नुहोस्" (solve) is derived from the Sanskrit word "सम्यक्" (proper) and "धावन" (to run). It can also mean "to fix", "to settle", or "to resolve". |
| Norwegian | The word "løse" can also mean "to loosen" or "to untie" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kuthetsa may also mean "to find a solution" or "to come up with an answer". |
| Pashto | The related term “hall” is used to describe an important event in a person's lifetime such as a wedding, a funeral, or an initiation, which are seen as the resolution to life's challenges. |
| Persian | In Persian, "حل" can also refer to an "opening" or a "way out". |
| Polish | "Rozwiazać" in Polish, besides "solve", also means "unbind", "untie" or "disentangle"} |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'resolver' can also mean 'to decide' or 'to settle'. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word ਹੱਲ means not only "solve" but also "to plow". |
| Romanian | Rezolva also means "to decide" and is derived from Slavic "рѣшити". |
| Russian | In Russian, the verb "решить" can also mean to decide or to make up one's mind. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fofo" also means "to make right," "to forgive," or "to pardon" |
| Scots Gaelic | Fuasgladh shares its root with the Old Irish word "fuaslaice", meaning release, and can also mean "redeem" in a religious sense. |
| Serbian | The word 'решити' also means 'to cut', 'to decide', or 'to break'. |
| Sesotho | The word "rarolla" is related to "rolletse" meaning "to roll up" and "rarollela" meaning "a small round object". It can also mean "to coil" or "to wind". |
| Shona | Kugadzirisa, like many Shona words with 'gadz' in them, also means 'to adjust' or 'to correct'. |
| Sindhi | حل ڪريو in Sindhi is an equivalent of English word 'solve'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In addition to its primary meaning of "solve," "විසඳන්න" also means "to separate" or "to spread out." |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "vyriešiť" originally meant "to free from bonds" and later acquired the meaning of "to solve a problem". |
| Slovenian | "Rešiti" is a verb in Slovenian which can also mean to "rescue" someone from danger. |
| Somali | The word 'xallin' likely originated from the Arabic word 'hall', which can mean 'to loosen' or 'to undo'. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "resolver" can also refer to a legal decision or a mathematical equation. |
| Sundanese | The term "ngarengsekeun" is also used figuratively to refer to the process of unraveling or clarifying a complex matter or situation |
| Swahili | The word "tatua" in Swahili has roots in the Bantu language family, where it means "to resolve" or "to settle a problem." |
| Swedish | "Löse' comes from 'lösa', meaning to free something or someone. 'Lösa' in Swedish means 'solve', but also 'to loosen', and can be used to describe freeing someone of their bonds or restrictions, like in 'att lösa en person ur fängelset', or 'lösa en situation', which both translate to free. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term 'lutasin' also refers to grappling, particularly during a fight or athletic contest. |
| Tajik | The word "хал кардан" derives from the Persian "حل کردن" (hal kardan), meaning both "solve" and "dilute". |
| Tamil | The root of the word 'தீர்க்க' means 'to be long' or 'to last', which can refer to both the process and the outcome of solving a problem. |
| Telugu | The word "solve" derives from Latin "solvere", meaning "to loosen" or "to untie". |
| Thai | แก้ (solve) comes from Khmer แก้ (kae) meaning 'untie', later used figuratively for solving problems. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word 'çözmek' also means to untie, unravel, or dissolve. |
| Ukrainian | The word "вирішити" in Ukrainian can also mean "to decide" or "to make up one's mind". |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "حل" also means "to separate" or "to loosen." |
| Uzbek | The word "hal qilish" can also mean "to understand" or "to get" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "gỡ rối" literally means to "remove tangled" and is often used figuratively to mean "solve". |
| Welsh | The word "datrys" in Welsh is derived from the Old English word "derian", meaning "to injure" or "to harm". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "sombulula" comes from the root "-bulula" meaning "to unravel" or "to reveal" |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סאָלווע" also means "to fix" or "to repair". |
| Yoruba | The word "yanju" in Yoruba can also be translated to "settle" in the context of resolving dispute, or "separate" in the context of separating two objects. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word 'xazulula' can also refer to the act of breaking down or dismantling something. |
| English | "Solve" derives from Latin "solvere," meaning "to loosen" or "untie," hence its usage for "solving" puzzles or problems. |