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ABASE ONESELF

Modern Translation: ABASE ONESELF

Language Translations for "ABASE ONESELF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

përulem (cringe, demean, demean oneself, derogate, descend, kotow, kowtow, truckle). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قلل من قدره, ‏حقر نفسه (demean oneself, truckle), ‏أهان (affront, debase, degrade, dishonor, dishonour, flout, give offence, give offense, injure, insult, malign, offend, oppress, outrage, revile, slap, slight, take offence, take offense). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

унижавам се (crawl, decline, deign, eat humble pie, grovel, prostrate oneself, stoop, swallow one's pride). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zich vernederen (humble oneself), zich verlagen. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malrespektigi sin, humiliĝi (humble oneself). (various references)

   

French

  

s'humilier, s'abaisser (abate). (various references)

   

German

  

sich erniedrigen (demean oneself, humble oneself, lower oneself), sich entwürdigen (cheapen oneself, degrade oneself). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξεπέφτω (come down, demean oneself, derogate from, fall off, stoop to), εκγαταλήμμαι, εξευτελίζομαι. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להתבזות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megalázza magát (to kiss the dust, to lick the dust). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abaseay oneselfay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

унижаться. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

samouniziti se. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rebajarse (belittle oneself, crawl, cringe, grovel, lower profits), humillarse (humble oneself, look small, swallow one's pride), degradarse (degrade, demean). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förnedra sig (demean oneself, descend), förödmjuka sig. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

alçalmak (descend). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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