Sweep in Different Languages
Discover 'Sweep' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Sweep
Afrikaans vee | ||
Albanian fshij | ||
Amharic መጥረግ | ||
Arabic مسح | ||
Armenian ավլում | ||
Assamese ঝাড়ুৰে সৰা | ||
Aymara pichaña | ||
Azerbaijani süpürmək | ||
Bambara ka fura | ||
Basque miaketa | ||
Belarusian падмятаць | ||
Bengali পরিষ্কার করা | ||
Bhojpuri झाड़ू बुहारन | ||
Bosnian zamah | ||
Bulgarian метене | ||
Catalan escombrar | ||
Cebuano pagpanilhig | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 扫 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 掃 | ||
Corsican spazzà | ||
Croatian pomesti | ||
Czech zametat | ||
Danish feje | ||
Dhivehi ކުނިކެހުން | ||
Dogri ब्हारी फेरना | ||
Dutch vegen | ||
English sweep | ||
Esperanto balai | ||
Estonian pühkima | ||
Ewe kplɔ nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) walisin | ||
Finnish lakaista | ||
French balayage | ||
Frisian sweep | ||
Galician varrer | ||
Georgian გაფანტვა | ||
German fegen | ||
Greek σκούπισμα | ||
Guarani typei | ||
Gujarati રન | ||
Haitian Creole bale | ||
Hausa shara | ||
Hawaiian kahili | ||
Hebrew לְטַאטֵא | ||
Hindi झाड़ू लगा दो | ||
Hmong cheb | ||
Hungarian söprés | ||
Icelandic sópa | ||
Igbo zaa | ||
Ilocano agwalis | ||
Indonesian menyapu | ||
Irish scuabadh | ||
Italian spazzare | ||
Japanese 掃く | ||
Javanese nyapu | ||
Kannada ಸ್ವೀಪ್ | ||
Kazakh сыпыру | ||
Khmer បោស | ||
Kinyarwanda guswera | ||
Konkani झाडप | ||
Korean 스위프 | ||
Krio swip | ||
Kurdish maltin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ماڵین | ||
Kyrgyz шыпыруу | ||
Lao ກວາດ | ||
Latin eripiant partas | ||
Latvian slaucīt | ||
Lingala kokomba | ||
Lithuanian nušluoti | ||
Luganda okuyera | ||
Luxembourgish sweep | ||
Macedonian метење | ||
Maithili झाड़ू लगेनाइ | ||
Malagasy fafao | ||
Malay sapu | ||
Malayalam സ്വീപ്പ് | ||
Maltese kines | ||
Maori puru | ||
Marathi स्वीप | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯟꯗꯨꯅ ꯄꯨꯕ | ||
Mizo phiat | ||
Mongolian шүүрдэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လှည်း | ||
Nepali स्वीप | ||
Norwegian feie | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sesa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସୁଇପ୍ | ||
Oromo haxaa'uu | ||
Pashto پاکول | ||
Persian جارو کردن | ||
Polish zamiatać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) varrer | ||
Punjabi ਸਵੀਪ | ||
Quechua pichay | ||
Romanian mătura | ||
Russian развертка | ||
Samoan salu | ||
Sanskrit मर्जन | ||
Scots Gaelic sguab | ||
Sepedi swiela | ||
Serbian пометати | ||
Sesotho fiela | ||
Shona tsvaira | ||
Sindhi جڙڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අතුගාන්න | ||
Slovak zamiesť | ||
Slovenian pometanje | ||
Somali xaaqid | ||
Spanish barrer | ||
Sundanese nyapu | ||
Swahili kufagia | ||
Swedish sopa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) walisin | ||
Tajik рӯфтан | ||
Tamil ஸ்வீப் | ||
Tatar себерү | ||
Telugu స్వీప్ | ||
Thai กวาด | ||
Tigrinya ምጽራግ | ||
Tsonga kukula | ||
Turkish süpürme | ||
Turkmen süpürmek | ||
Twi (Akan) prama | ||
Ukrainian підмітати | ||
Urdu جھاڑو | ||
Uyghur سۈپۈرۈش | ||
Uzbek supurish | ||
Vietnamese quét | ||
Welsh ysgubo | ||
Xhosa tshayela | ||
Yiddish אויסקערן | ||
Yoruba gba | ||
Zulu shanela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, another meaning of vee is 'to make a sweeping motion' |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "fshij" (sweep) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*sweh₂-," meaning "to clean, to wipe". |
| Amharic | "መጥረግ" can also be translated to "dust" in some cases. |
| Arabic | The word "مسح" can also mean "to wipe" or "to delete" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "süpürmək" is derived from the Persian word "supūrdan" which also means "to sweep". |
| Basque | In the Basque Country, "miaketa" means both "sweep" and "the sweeping of a woman's long skirt in the wind". |
| Belarusian | The word "падмятаць" also means "to remember" in Belarusian, derived from the Proto-Slavic "*metati" (to cast). |
| Bengali | The verb "পরিষ্কার করা" can also refer to cleaning or tidying something, not just sweeping it clean. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "zamah" can also refer to a large swing, a swaying motion, or a type of traditional dance. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "метене" derives from a Proto-Slavic root also meaning "to throw away". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "escombrar" derives from an Iberian language and originally meant "to burn". In modern Spanish and Portuguese, the word "escombro" means "rubble". |
| Cebuano | "Pagpanilhig" also means to clean up a place. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 扫 can also mean 'to eliminate', 'to kill', and 'to clear away'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 掃 can also mean 'inspect' or 'patrol', and is used in the term '巡邏', meaning 'patrol'. |
| Corsican | Corsican "spazzà" also means "to sweep away", "to get rid of" |
| Croatian | The verb 'pomesti' also carries the meaning 'to remove', e.g. 'remove all traces, remove from the registry'. |
| Czech | The word “zametat” in Czech is derived from the Slavic Proto-Slavic *metati "to cast, throw". |
| Danish | The word "feje" is homonymous with the word for "coward" in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "vegen" can refer to sweeping, but also to brushing or cleaning. |
| Esperanto | "Balai" has no other meanings nor roots in Esperanto |
| Estonian | In Estonian, “pühkima” derives from the Proto-Finnic verb *pühkä- meaning “to clean, sweep, wipe”. |
| Finnish | The word 'lakaista' originates from the Proto-Finnic verb *laka- 'to pull, drag', and is related to the word 'lakka' (cloudberry). |
| French | Balayage is a French word that originally referred to the sweeping of a yard. |
| Frisian | Frisian word 'sweap' (to sweep) is derived from Old Frisian 'swēpa' and 'swēpje', meaning 'to wipe' or 'to remove'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "varrer" also means to "clear" or "clean" something. |
| Georgian | "გაფანტვა" also refers to spreading something over a surface or dispersing something into smaller parts. |
| German | The verb "fegen" is cognate with the English "fang" and "fetch" and shares an etymological connection with the concept of capturing or holding something |
| Greek | In Greek, σκούπισμα can also mean a small room or closet, or a secret place where someone hides. |
| Gujarati | The alternate meaning of "રન" is to spread something, for example, to spread manure over a field. |
| Haitian Creole | In rural areas of Haiti the term "bale" is also used to refer to a "broom" or "brush". |
| Hausa | Hausa word 'shara' can also mean 'to clean, clear, or rid of something'. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "kahili" also refers to a feathered staff or wand, symbolizing royalty, rank, or divinity. |
| Hebrew | The verb "לְטַאטֵא" also means "to destroy" or "to eliminate" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | 'झाड़ू लगा दो' in Hindi can also mean to 'shake vigorously', as in a tree, or to 'brush aside' a thought or obstacle. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "cheb" can also mean "to wipe" or "to dust". |
| Hungarian | While "söprés" means "sweep" in Hungarian, it can also refer to the action of raking hay into piles. |
| Icelandic | Sópa can also refer to a type of dance popular in Iceland. |
| Igbo | The word "zaa" in Igbo can also refer to the act of wiping, brushing, or cleaning a surface or object. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "menyapu" also has the figurative meaning of "ridding oneself of something undesirable". |
| Irish | The Irish word "scuabadh" can also mean "to clean" or "to tidy up." |
| Italian | "Spazzare" in Italian can also mean "to get rid of someone or something in a perfunctory way" |
| Japanese | Originally meant “to pick up” or “to gather” |
| Javanese | "Nyapu" also means "to erase" in Indonesian and several Javanese dialects, but this meaning is not present in Javanese Standard Indonesian, and has been replaced with "ngapus". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಸ್ವೀಪ್' also means 'sweep' in English. |
| Kazakh | "Сыпыру" (sweep) derives from the Turkic word "supurmek" (to clean with a broom), akin to the Mongolian "süpiirne" (to sweep) and the Hungarian "sepreget" (to sweep). |
| Khmer | In Khmer, "បោស" also means "to brush off" or "to clean", and is often used in the context of cleaning up a space or removing debris. |
| Korean | 스위프(sweep)는 쓸고 지우는 행위를 의미하며, 또한 한 번의 움직임으로 뭔가를 제거하는 것을 뜻합니다. |
| Kurdish | The word "maltin" in Kurdish, originally meant "the end of the month or year." |
| Kyrgyz | Шыпыруу originally meant scraping the bottom of the cauldron with a piece of bread to take out the last remnants of soup. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ກວາດ" (sweep) can also refer to a sweeping motion or a sweepstake. |
| Latin | Eripere in Latin also means to tear, snatch or take something from someone, but in the context of 'eripiant partas' here, it refers to sweeping away spoils of war. |
| Latvian | The verb "slaucīt" is a borrowing from West Baltic and is distantly related to the Swedish word "slicka" (meaning "to lick") and "slaka" (meaning "to hang loosely"). |
| Lithuanian | The word "nušluoti" in Lithuanian is closely related to the word "šluoti" (to sweep), but it also has a figurative meaning of "to get rid of something". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "schwenken" means both "to sweep" and "to swing." |
| Macedonian | The word "метење" also means "snowstorm" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "fafao" can also refer to a type of dance or a traditional Malagasy broom made of straw or raffia. |
| Malay | The word "sapu" in Malay can also mean "wipe", "clean", or "remove" something. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'സ്വീപ്പ്' ('sweep') is also a traditional form of fishing using a large net. |
| Maltese | "Kines" is cognate with Italian "quindici" (fifteen) and French "quinze" (Fifteen), and is likely to have meant something like "gathering" or "counting" in the original Semitic language. |
| Maori | Puru is also the Maori name for a ceremonial dance performed with a large number of people |
| Marathi | The word "स्वीप" ('sweep') in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit 'svip', meaning "to sweep", "to wipe", or "to clean". |
| Mongolian | The word шүүрдэх also has a metaphorical meaning, referring to the act of gathering or searching for something, or to the search for a solution. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word 'လှည်း' (sweep) in Myanmar comes from the Pali word 'sañcāreti,' meaning 'to cause to go.' |
| Nepali | The word 'स्वीप' comes from the Sanskrit word 'सूप' and shares its meaning of 'to clean by brushing'. |
| Norwegian | The word "feie" also means "to celebrate" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The verb 'sesa' (sweep) in Nyanja (Chichewa) also refers to the gathering or collection of objects. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پاکول" can be translated as "sweep" but is more commonly used to refer to a type of headwear, a type of hat worn primarily by men. |
| Persian | "جارو" (sweep) may trace back to the word "جارب" (cleaning), "جاروب" is an old Persian word that means "cleanliness". |
| Polish | "Zamieść" is also used to describe a situation in which someone hides an issue or problem under the rug, pretending it doesn't exist. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "varrer" derives from the Vulgar Latin *verrere*, meaning "to sweep" or "to clean". It also shares the same root as the English verb "verify" and the French "vérifier". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਵੀਪ" (sweep) can also mean "to win a card game" or "to defeat an opponent decisively." |
| Romanian | "Mătura" derives from Latin "mactra" (mortar) likely through contamination with Hungarian "metél" (cut). |
| Russian | The word "развертка" can also mean "unfolding" or "layout" in Russian. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "salu" has multiple meanings and is derived from the Proto-Polynesian word "salo" meaning "sail" or "to sweep". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Sgub" can also refer to "the act of shaving" and its etymology refers specifically to "removing the bristles from a man's face with a wet razor." |
| Serbian | The word "пометати" derives from the Proto-Slavic root *met-, meaning "to throw" or "to hit" |
| Sesotho | In addition to meaning "sweep," fiala also means "cleanse, remove, remove or destroy completely" |
| Shona | The word 'tsvaira' can also mean 'sweep away' or 'remove'. |
| Sindhi | In Gujarati, the cognate word "ઝડપ" ("jhadap") can mean both "sweep" and "attack". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අතුගාන්න" can also refer to removing or clearing something, such as wiping away dirt or debris. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "zamiesť" also means "to sweep away". |
| Slovenian | In Slovene, "pometanje" is derived from the Slavic root "metati", meaning "to throw" or "to cast", and can also refer to the Slavic rite of throwing a live rooster into a fire. |
| Somali | In Somali Bantu, "xaaqid\” also means a person who is always running. |
| Spanish | The verb "barrer" comes from the Latin verb "verrere" which means "to sweep", but it also has the alternate meaning of "to clear away or remove obstacles." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "nyapu" also means "to clean" or "to tidy up". |
| Swahili | The verb "kufagia" can also mean "to clear away" or "to destroy". |
| Swedish | "Sopa" is cognate with "sweep" in English and also means "trash" or "garbage" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The original spelling for "walisin" or "walis" is "hwalis" from Malay (Indonesian and Malaysian language), a word which also means "sweep". |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "рӯфтан" also means "to clean". |
| Tamil | The word "ஸ்வீப்" (sweep) in Tamil can also mean "to wipe away" or "to clean". |
| Telugu | The word "స్వీప్" originally meant "to clean by brushing or wiping" in Telugu, but it can also refer to a "wide range" or "general survey". |
| Thai | The word 'กวาด' in Thai not only refers to the act of sweeping but also carries the meaning of 'to remove or clear away'. |
| Turkish | Süpürme kelimesinin 'temizlik' haricinde 'yıkım' ve 'öldürme' anlamları da vardır. |
| Ukrainian | The word 'підмітати' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *met-, meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast'. |
| Urdu | The word "جھاڑو" in Urdu can also refer to a type of broom made from the leaves of the date palm tree. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "supurish" is derived from the Persian word "supurdan", which also means "to sweep" or "to clean." |
| Vietnamese | The word "quét "(sweep) in Vietnamese is also a name or surname, or a word that means "to examine thoroughly" in another meaning. |
| Welsh | The word "ysgubo" can also refer to a "broom" or "brush" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word 'tshayela' not only means 'sweep' in Xhosa, but also refers to the act of cleaning something thoroughly or removing dirt and debris. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word אויסקערן can also mean to clean out, to empty, or to expel. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "gba" can also mean "to take", "to receive", or "to win". |
| Zulu | The word 'shanela' also has a secondary meaning denoting a 'broom' in the Zulu language. |
| English | "Sweep" comes from the Old English word "swēpan," meaning "to brush" or "to clean." |