Betray

//bɪˈtɹeɪ//

Synonyms for "betray" (195 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (59)

Related words (97)

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Related terms

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derived

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5 entries

manner of

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related to

15 entries

similar

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Translations

237 translations across 74 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • pre ne bes verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • tradhëtoj verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • παραδίδωμι verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Arabic

3 entries
  • خان verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • خان verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • خانَ verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դավաճանել verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • xəyanət etmək verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Basque

1 entries
  • saldu verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • здра́джваць verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • здра́дзіць verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা করা verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • издавам verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • измамвам verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • изневерявам verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • предава́м verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သစ္စာဖောက် verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Catalan

4 entries
  • confondre verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • delatar verb (to disclose or discover)
  • demostrar verb (to show or to indicate)
  • trair verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 出賣 /出卖 verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • 背叛 verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • 背叛 verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Czech

1 entries
  • zradit verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Danish

1 entries
  • forråde verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bedriegen verb (to lead astray, as a maiden)
  • onthullen verb (to disclose or discover)
  • verraden verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • verraden verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • perfidi verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Estonian

1 entries
  • reetma verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kavaltaa verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • kavaltaa verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • kavaltaa verb (to disclose or discover)
  • paljastaa verb (to disclose or discover)

French

4 entries
  • livrer verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • trahir verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • trahir verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • trahir verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Galician

3 entries
  • traizoar verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • traizoar verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • traizoar verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ღალატი verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

German

4 entries
  • im Stich lassen verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • irreführen verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • sitzenlassen verb (to lead astray, as a maiden)
  • verführen verb (to lead astray, as a maiden)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Greek

2 entries
  • προδίδω verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • προδίδω verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • בָּגַד verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • בָּגַד verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • הִסְגִּיר verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Hindi

3 entries
  • धोका देना verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • धोखा देना verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • धोखा देना verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • elárul verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • elárul verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • elárul verb (to disclose or discover)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • svíkja verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • mengkhianati verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • pettää verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • pettää verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Italian

4 entries
  • consegnare verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • rivelare verb (to disclose or discover)
  • rivelare verb (to show or to indicate)
  • tradire verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 反逆する verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • 売る verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • 漏らす verb (to show or to indicate)
  • 裏切る verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • دونٛکھہٕ دُیٛن verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • сатып кету verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • ұстап беру verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កំបត់ verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • ក្បត់ verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Korean

2 entries
  • 배반하다 verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • 배신하다 verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • чыккынчылык кылуу verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫັກຫລັງ verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • izdūt verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Latin

4 entries
  • dēcipiō verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • dēferō verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • dētegō verb (to disclose or discover)
  • in errōrem dūcō verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nodot verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • išduoti verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • предава verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Malay

3 entries
  • belot verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • khianat verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • mengkhianati verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • ഒറ്റുക verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • കബളിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • ചതിക്കുക verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • വഞ്ചിക്കുക verb (to lead astray, as a maiden)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • урвах verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaikaiwaiū verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • whakamoho verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Norman

3 entries
  • trahi verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • trahi verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • trahi verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forråde verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Occitan

1 entries
  • traïr verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Old English

3 entries
  • lǣwan verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • lǣwan verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • meldian verb (to show or to indicate)

Old French

3 entries
  • traïr verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • traïr verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • traïr verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Old Spanish

2 entries
  • dar traçión verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • traer verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Persian

2 entries
  • خیانت کردن verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • لو دادن verb (to disclose or discover)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • veroden verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Polish

3 entries
  • wydać verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • zdradzić verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • zdradzić verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • revelar verb (to disclose or discover)
  • trair verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • trair verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • trair verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Romanian

4 entries
  • a induce în eroare verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • a îndruma greșit verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • afla verb (to disclose or discover)
  • descoperi verb (to disclose or discover)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́дать verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • вы́дать verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • вы́дать verb (to disclose or discover)
  • вы́дать verb (to show or to indicate)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • obelodaniti verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • odati verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • odati verb (to disclose or discover)
  • pronaći verb (to disclose or discover)

Slovak

1 entries
  • zradiť verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Slovene

4 entries
  • izdati verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • izdati verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • izdati verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • izdati verb (to disclose or discover)

Spanish

4 entries
  • confundir verb (to mislead, to lead into error or sin)
  • delatar verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)
  • delatar verb (to disclose or discover)
  • demostrar verb (to disclose or discover)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kusaliti verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bedra verb (to lead astray, as a maiden)
  • bedraga verb (to lead astray, as a maiden)
  • förråda verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • förråda verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Tajik

2 entries
  • кӯрнамакӣ кардан verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • хиёнат кардан verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Thai

4 entries
  • ทรยศ verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • ทรยศ verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • หักหลัง verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • หักหลัง verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ele vermek verb (to disclose or discover)
  • ihanet etmek verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • ihanet etmek verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • ihanet etmek verb (to violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • dönüklik etmek verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • haýynlyk etmek verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • зра́джувати verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • зра́джувати verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)
  • зра́дити verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • зра́дити verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دھوکا دینا verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • xiyonat qilmoq verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • xoinlik qilmoq verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bội phản verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • phản bội verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)

Welsh

2 entries
  • bradu verb (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
  • bradu verb (to prove faithless or treacherous)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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A few words may betray a man's true character.

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John is not a man to betray you.

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You are barking up the wrong tree by asking me to betray my country.

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I am not going to betray you.

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