Nobita is someone who can bestow happiness upon others and shoulder their misfortunes. That is, for a human, an extremely valuable trait. He'll probably make you happy, too.
Source: tatoeba (1487720)
Bestow
//bɪˈstəʊ//
Synonyms for "bestow" (121 found)
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
9 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
139 translations across 32 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒁀 verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Albanian
1 entries- dhuroj verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Arabic
1 entries- أَنْعَمَ verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Bulgarian
4 entries- даря́вам verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- депозирам verb (to deposit (something) for safekeeping; to lay up (something) in store — see also stow)
- използвам verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- настанявам verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
Catalan
4 entries- allotjar verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
- atorgar verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- concedir verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conferir verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 賜給 /赐给 verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Czech
4 entries- použít verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- propůjčit verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- ubytovat verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
- udělit verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Danish
2 entries- anbringe verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- skænke verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Dutch
2 entries- schenken verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- toekennen verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Esperanto
1 entries- donaci verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Finnish
4 entries- asettaa verb (to place or put (someone or something) somewhere or in a certain situation)
- käyttää verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- lahjoittaa verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- majoittaa verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
French
4 entries- accorder verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conférer verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- consacrer verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- disposer de verb (to place or put (someone or something) somewhere or in a certain situation)
Georgian
4 entries- ბოძება verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- დაჯილდოვება verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- მინიჭება verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- მიცემა verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
German
4 entries- beehren mit verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- beschenken mit verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- einlagern verb (to deposit (something) for safekeeping; to lay up (something) in store — see also stow)
- schenken verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Greek
1 entries- απονέμω verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Icelandic
1 entries- reifa verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Interlingua
3 entries- accordar verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conceder verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conferer verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Italian
4 entries- alloggiare verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
- applicare verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- collocare verb (to deposit (something) for safekeeping; to lay up (something) in store — see also stow)
- conferire verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Latin
1 entries- dono verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dovanoti verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Macedonian
4 entries- да́рува verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- иско́ристи verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- сме́сти verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
- упо́треби verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
Māori
2 entries- whakamahi verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- whakawhiwhi verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Norwegian
2 entries- forære verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- skjenke verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Occitan
2 entries- acordar verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conferir verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Portuguese
4 entries- alojar verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
- armazenar verb (to deposit (something) for safekeeping; to lay up (something) in store — see also stow)
- conceder verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conferir verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Russian
4 entries- вруча́ть verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- вручи́ть verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- дари́ть verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- дарова́ть verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ददाति verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- daròvati verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- poklòniti verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- poklòniti verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- даро̀вати verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Spanish
4 entries- acordar verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- alojar verb (to provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation)
- conceder verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
- conferir verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Thai
1 entries- มอบ verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Turkish
1 entries- sunmak verb (to impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вжи́ти verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- вжива́ти verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- ви́користати verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
- використо́вувати verb (to apply or make use of (someone or something))
Sample sentences
49 total sentences available.
That's a real strongman, bestow upon him a goblet of wine!
Source: tatoeba (6209541)
He promised that, if he were so happy as to obtain her as his wife, he was prepared to offer him the handsomest gifts which a herdsman could bestow — a yoke of oxen fit for the plough, four hives of bees, fifty young apple trees for planting, the hide of an ox already tanned as well as a weaned calf annually.
Source: tatoeba (6212478)
For a long time they remained thus locked in one another's arms, without thought of aught else, for they imagined that love had nothing further to bestow.
Source: tatoeba (6212684)
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