A man shouldn't be a pastor until he's in his forties.
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Forties
Synonyms for "forties" (8 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 40年代 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- 四十年代 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Dutch
3 entries- jaren 1940 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- jaren 40 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- jaren veertig noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Finnish
2 entries- nelikymmenluku noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- neljäkymmentäluku noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
French
2 entries- années 40 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- années quarante noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Georgian
4 entries- 40-იანები noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- 40-იანი წლები noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- ორმოციანები noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- ორმოციანი წლები noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
German
2 entries- Vierziger noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- vierziger Jahre noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Hungarian
1 entries- negyvenes évek noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Italian
3 entries- anni quaranta noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- anta noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- quarantenne noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Japanese
2 entries- 40年代 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- 四十年代 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Korean
2 entries- 40년대 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- 사십년대 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Polish
2 entries- lata 40. noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- lata czterdzieste noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Russian
1 entries- сороковы́е noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Spanish
2 entries- años cuarenta noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- década de 1940 noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Swedish
2 entries- fyrtiotal noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- fyrtiotalet noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Welsh
2 entries- deugeiniau noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
- pedwardegau noun (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
They say one's forties are a dangerous time of life.
Source: tatoeba (245528)
He cannot be over fifty; he must still be in his forties.
Source: tatoeba (288578)
He started his job in his early forties.
Source: tatoeba (302504)
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