Spin in Different Languages
Discover 'Spin' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Spin
Afrikaans draai | ||
Albanian tjerr | ||
Amharic ሽክርክሪት | ||
Arabic غزل | ||
Armenian պտտվել | ||
Assamese ঘূৰ্ণন | ||
Aymara muytaña | ||
Azerbaijani fırlatmaq | ||
Bambara ka munu | ||
Basque biratu | ||
Belarusian круціцца | ||
Bengali স্পিন | ||
Bhojpuri घुमावऽ | ||
Bosnian spin | ||
Bulgarian въртене | ||
Catalan girar | ||
Cebuano pagtuyok | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 旋转 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 旋轉 | ||
Corsican filà | ||
Croatian vrtjeti se | ||
Czech roztočit | ||
Danish spin | ||
Dhivehi އެނބުރުން | ||
Dogri घुमना | ||
Dutch spin | ||
English spin | ||
Esperanto ŝpini | ||
Estonian keerutama | ||
Ewe tro | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paikutin | ||
Finnish pyöritä | ||
French tourner | ||
Frisian spinne | ||
Galician xirar | ||
Georgian დატრიალება | ||
German rotieren | ||
Greek γνέθω | ||
Guarani mbojere | ||
Gujarati સ્પિન | ||
Haitian Creole vire | ||
Hausa juya | ||
Hawaiian wili | ||
Hebrew סיבוב | ||
Hindi स्पिन | ||
Hmong kiv | ||
Hungarian forogni | ||
Icelandic snúast | ||
Igbo atụ ogho | ||
Ilocano ipusipos | ||
Indonesian berputar | ||
Irish casadh | ||
Italian rotazione | ||
Japanese スピン | ||
Javanese muter | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಪಿನ್ | ||
Kazakh айналдыру | ||
Khmer វិល | ||
Kinyarwanda kuzunguruka | ||
Konkani घुंवप | ||
Korean 회전 | ||
Krio tɔn rawnd | ||
Kurdish hûnîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێچانەوە | ||
Kyrgyz айлануу | ||
Lao ປັ່ນ | ||
Latin nent | ||
Latvian griezties | ||
Lingala kobalusa | ||
Lithuanian suktis | ||
Luganda okwetooloola | ||
Luxembourgish spin | ||
Macedonian спин | ||
Maithili घुमानाइ | ||
Malagasy kofehy ireny | ||
Malay berpusing | ||
Malayalam സ്പിൻ | ||
Maltese dawwar | ||
Maori miro | ||
Marathi फिरकी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯣꯏꯅ ꯎꯪꯕ | ||
Mizo vir | ||
Mongolian ээрэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လှည့်ဖျား | ||
Nepali स्पिन | ||
Norwegian snurre rundt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sapota | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ପିନ୍ | ||
Oromo naanna'uu | ||
Pashto سپين | ||
Persian چرخش | ||
Polish obracać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) girar | ||
Punjabi ਸਪਿਨ | ||
Quechua muyuy | ||
Romanian a învârti | ||
Russian вращение | ||
Samoan vili | ||
Sanskrit घूर्णन | ||
Scots Gaelic snìomh | ||
Sepedi dikološa | ||
Serbian завртети | ||
Sesotho ohla | ||
Shona spin | ||
Sindhi گهمائڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) භ්රමණය | ||
Slovak točiť sa | ||
Slovenian vrtenje | ||
Somali wareejin | ||
Spanish girar | ||
Sundanese muter | ||
Swahili spin | ||
Swedish snurra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paikutin | ||
Tajik чарх занед | ||
Tamil சுழல் | ||
Tatar әйләнү | ||
Telugu స్పిన్ | ||
Thai หมุน | ||
Tigrinya ሸመነ | ||
Tsonga rhendzeleta | ||
Turkish çevirmek | ||
Turkmen aýlanmak | ||
Twi (Akan) twa ho | ||
Ukrainian обертатися | ||
Urdu گھماؤ | ||
Uyghur spin | ||
Uzbek aylantirish | ||
Vietnamese quay | ||
Welsh troelli | ||
Xhosa jikelezisa | ||
Yiddish ומדריי | ||
Yoruba alayipo | ||
Zulu jikeleza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Draai" is also used colloquially to mean "turn" or "circuit", as in "Ek ry 'n draai tot by die winkel" (I'm driving a turn to the shop). |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the verb "tjerr" not only means "spin" but also refers to the act of reeling, entwining, or winding something around an object. |
| Amharic | The word ሽክርክሪት, meaning "spin", is also used in Amharic to describe a "whirlwind" or "vortex". |
| Arabic | The term "غزل " refers not only to spinning motion but also to courtship poetry. |
| Armenian | The word "պտտվել" (pttvvel) in Armenian derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *pet- (to fly), which is also found in the Latin "peto" (to seek), the Greek "pétomai" (to fly), and the Sanskrit "patati" (to fly). |
| Azerbaijani | "Fırlatmaq" also means "to throw" in Azerbaijani, suggesting a connection between spinning and forceful motion. |
| Basque | The word 'biratu' is derived from the Proto-Basque root '*bir-' meaning 'to turn' or 'to rotate'. |
| Belarusian | Круціцца (Russian: крутить) also means: spin a yarn; revolve; circulate; hang around somewhere. |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "স্পিন" (spin) can also refer to a type of fast, whirling dance performed by Sufi mystics. |
| Bosnian | The word "spin" in Bosnian can also mean "to weave" or "to twist". |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "въртене" can also refer to the act of dancing or performing a circus act. |
| Catalan | The word "girar" in Catalan also means "to turn" or "to rotate". |
| Cebuano | The term 'pagtuyok' can be used to refer to the spin of a top or the act of revolving around an axis. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "旋转" is also a verb meaning "turn". For example, "旋转一下身体" means "turn your body." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旋轉 (xuán zhuǎn) is also used to describe the rotation of a heavenly body or the spinning of a top. |
| Corsican | The word "filà" also means "row" in Corsican, referring to a row of people or objects. |
| Croatian | Spinning refers to the rotation of something around an axis, a sense also found in the English verb verto, which means 'turn' or 'move'. |
| Czech | The word "roztočit" is also used figuratively to mean "to set in motion", "to start something". |
| Danish | Spin, meaning a type of fabric created by twisting fibers together, derives from the Danish word "spind". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "spin" can also refer to a spider's web or a thin, threadlike object. |
| Esperanto | Ŝpini can also mean 'to weave' or 'to yarn', originating from the Proto-Indo-European root *speh₂- 'to draw out, stretch'. |
| Estonian | The verbs “keerutama” and “keerlemine” derive from the Proto-Finnic root “*kera-”, meaning "to turn". |
| Finnish | Finnish word “pyöritä” (spin) can also mean “run around” or “operate (business).” |
| French | "Tourner" derives from Greek 'tornos', which is also the root for 'torment' |
| Frisian | Frisian "spinne" is likely related to Old Saxon "spinnala" (spindle) and has the alternate meaning of "dizzy." |
| Galician | Xirar is cognate with the Portuguese girar (to turn) and the French virer (to veer), and also means 'to revolve' in Galician. |
| German | The verb "rotieren" derives from the Latin "rotare" (to rotate), but colloquially also means "to be perplexed, to get mixed up". |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, the verb 'γνέθω' could also refer to kneading or beating, processes associated with leather or metal work. |
| Gujarati | The word "spin" can also refer to a story or interpretation that is designed to present a particular point of view. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "vire" in Haitian Creole also means "to turn". |
| Hausa | 'Juya' is said to be derived from the word 'juye', which refers to the motion of turning or rotating. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian mythology, the word "wili" refers to the spinning or whirling motion of the demigod Maui's magic lasso, which he used to lasso the sun and slow its descent. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word סיבוב (sib'uv) also means "round" or "cycle", and can refer to a round trip, a circulation, or a rotation. |
| Hindi | In English, "spin" can also mean to add a misleading or exaggerated quality to something, like "spinning a story". |
| Hmong | "Kiv" can also mean "turn" or "rotate". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "forogni" is cognate with the Finnish word "pyöriä" and also means "to rotate." |
| Icelandic | The word "snúast" can also be used to describe the act of spinning or rotating on an axis. |
| Igbo | The word "atụ ogho" is often translated into English as "spin", but in many dialects it is also used to mean "dance", with "agba atụ" being used as an idiom to refer to an event with music and dancing. |
| Indonesian | Berputar, in Indonesian, can also mean to revolve, rotate, or turn around an axis. |
| Irish | The Irish word "casadh" also means "twist" or "coil" in English. |
| Italian | In Italian, "rotazione" can also refer to the shift system used in factories and other workplaces, where employees work in rotating shifts to ensure continuous operation. |
| Japanese | Originally from English, also refers to a type of dance or a maneuver in pro-wrestling. |
| Javanese | The word "muter" in Javanese also means "to turn around" or "to rotate". |
| Kannada | The word "ಸ್ಪಿನ್" can also refer to a type of dance or to the process of spinning cotton into thread. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "айналдыру" also means "to rotate, to turn, to revolve, to twist, to coil, to wind, to curl, to roll, to spin around". |
| Khmer | "វិល" is derived from the Proto-Austroasiatic root ">*wəl". The word also refers to any kind of cylindrical item. |
| Korean | 회전 means spin but also means rotation, turn or revolution. |
| Kurdish | The word "hûnîn" also refers to a type of Kurdish dance. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "айлануу" ("spin") in Kyrgyz derives from the Proto-Turkic root "*aylan-", meaning "to turn". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ປັ່ນ" (pạn) can also mean "to drive" or "to fly". |
| Latin | Nent is also used figuratively to mean to attack, or to turn away from something. |
| Latvian | "Griezties" can also mean "to turn", "to face", "to revert", "to go back". The word "pagrieziens" can mean "intersection", "turn", "turning", "corner". The word "grieze" can mean "twist", "bend", "coil". |
| Lithuanian | "Suktis" also means "to stir or mix" |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "spin" refers to both the act of spinning and a spider's web. |
| Macedonian | Спин (spin) is also a slang term for a type of electronic dance music. |
| Malay | Berpusing can also mean 'to turn around' or 'to go around in circles', and comes from the Proto-Malayic *bər-pusing. |
| Malayalam | The word "സ്പിൻ" in Malayalam can also mean "to whirl or rotate" or "a sudden or sharp turn". |
| Maltese | "Dawwar" also means "to turn" or "to twist" in Maltese. |
| Maori | "Miro" also means "to twirl" or "to turn" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "फिरकी" also means a small top that is spun by children. |
| Mongolian | The word ээрэх, meaning "spin," also means "wheel," "circle," and "wheelchair" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "स्पिन" also means "a thread used for sewing" in English. |
| Norwegian | The noun form, "snurre", can also refer to a spinning top, a gyroscope, or a type of traditional Norwegian bread. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'sapota' also means 'to spin or twist' in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "سپين" also means white, silver, or snowy. |
| Persian | The noun "چرخش" (pronounced "charkhesh") also means "a revolution" or "a turn" in Persian and is used in a variety of contexts, including political, social, and physical. |
| Polish | "Obracać" can also mean "to turn over", "to make", or "to do" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The verb 'girar' also means to turn around or to rotate. |
| Punjabi | "Spin" also refers to putting a positive interpretation or narrative on an issue, event or fact, especially when there isn't one obviously available. |
| Romanian | "A învârti" is also used to describe the act of stirring liquid, with a spoon, or by shaking the container |
| Russian | In Slavic languages, the root of the word for “вращение” (“rotation”) is linked with words meaning “to boil.” This is because in Slavic languages, something that boils can be seen to move in a circle. |
| Samoan | The word 'vili' can also refer to the process of churning coconuts to extract cream. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "snìomh" can also refer to a "thread" or a "piece of yarn". |
| Serbian | The word "завртети" is derived from the Slavic root *vьrt-, meaning "to turn" or "to twist." |
| Sesotho | The word "ohla" can also refer to a type of dance or the act of turning something over. |
| Shona | The word "spin" in Shona can also mean "to weave" or "to make thread". |
| Sindhi | The word 'گهمائڻ' ('spin') in Sindhi also refers to the process of twisting or turning something around its axis, such as a wheel or top. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "භ්රමණය" is derived from the Sanskrit word "भ्रमण", which also means "rotation" or "revolution". |
| Slovak | The noun 'točka' (dot) emerged from the verb 'točiť sa' in the 18th century. |
| Slovenian | The root form of the word "vrtenje" appears in other Slavic languages, and in Slovenian it is the basis for words including "vrtnica" ("rose"). |
| Somali | Wareejin is also a word for a spinning motion in Somali, and it may have originated from the Arabic word "warada" (to go around). |
| Spanish | "Girar" in Spanish not only means "to spin", but also "to orbit, turn, or circulate" and comes from the Latin "gyrare" (to turn). |
| Sundanese | The word "muter" in Sundanese can also mean "to spin a top" or "to rotate something on its axis". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "spin" also means "to tell a story." |
| Swedish | 'Snurra' also means 'to spin' in Swedish, but is related to the word 'snurra' in Norwegian, which means 'to turn around'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "paikutin" in Tagalog also means "to manipulate" or "to deceive". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "чарх занед" comes from the Persian "چرخ زد" and can also mean "to revolve" or "to rotate". |
| Tamil | சுழல் is sometimes used to refer to a cyclone, which is etymologically unrelated to its primary meaning of spinning. |
| Telugu | The word "spin" in English can also refer to a maneuver in which an aircraft rotates around its vertical axis. |
| Thai | The word "หมุน" can also mean "to rotate" or "to turn". |
| Turkish | The verb "çevirmek" also means to translate, turn, convert, surround, and to interpret. |
| Ukrainian | "Овертатися" literally means "to revert", but now it means "to surround". |
| Urdu | The word "گھماؤ" literally means "moving in a circle" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, the word "aylantirish" can also mean "to change," highlighting its multifaceted nature as a verb referring to both physical and conceptual transformations. |
| Vietnamese | The word "quay" means to spin or twist in Vietnamese, and is a relative of the word "quay" which is the equivalent of the word "quay" in English. |
| Welsh | Welsh verb 'troelli/troi' ('to spin') was borrowed from Old English 'tryllan' ('spin, roll'). |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'jikelezisa' also signifies 'to stir' or 'to mix' liquids or other substances. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ומדריי" (spin) can also refer to a type of dance or a dizzy spell. |
| Yoruba | The word "alayipo" is also used to refer to someone who is very active or restless. |
| Zulu | Jikeleza also means "to rotate" in Zulu, suggesting a wider sense of circular movement beyond spinning. |
| English | "Spin" derives from Old English "spinnan" (to spin, draw out) and is cognate with Old Norse "spinnan" (to draw out, stretch), German "spinnen" (to spin), Dutch "spinnen" (to spin), and Swedish "spinna" (to spin). |