It's a pity that you can't buy miracles like you would buy potatoes.
Source: tatoeba (1840)
Buy
//baɪ//
Synonyms for "buy" (136 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
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Verb(4 words)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
333 translations across 217 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аахәара verb (to obtain something with money)
Afrikaans
1 entries- koop verb (to obtain something with money)
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔸𐕒𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕆𐔴𐕍𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 verb (to obtain something with money)
Ahom
1 entries- 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 verb (to obtain something with money)
Ainu
1 entries- ホㇰ verb (to obtain something with money)
Akan
1 entries- tɔ verb (to obtain something with money)
Aklanon
1 entries- bakae verb (to obtain something with money)
Albanian
2 entries- blej verb (to obtain something with money)
- blej verb (to accept as true)
Amharic
1 entries- መግዛት verb (to obtain something with money)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀγοράζω verb (to obtain something with money)
- ὠνέομαι verb (to obtain something with money)
Arabic
4 entries- اشترى verb (to obtain something with money)
- اشترى verb (to obtain something with money)
- اَشْترى verb (to obtain something with money)
- اِشْتَرَى verb (to obtain something with money)
Aragonese
1 entries- crompar verb (to obtain something with money)
Armenian
2 entries- առնել verb (to obtain something with money)
- գնել verb (to obtain something with money)
Aromanian
1 entries- acumpãr verb (to obtain something with money)
Assamese
1 entries- কিনা verb (to obtain something with money)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܙܵܒ݂ܹܢ verb (to obtain something with money)
Asturian
2 entries- comprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- mercar verb (to obtain something with money)
Avar
1 entries- бичун босизе verb (to obtain something with money)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- almaq verb (to obtain something with money)
Bangi
1 entries- somba verb (to obtain something with money)
Bashkir
3 entries- алыу verb (to obtain something with money)
- ышаныу verb (to accept as true)
- һатып алыу verb (to obtain something with money)
Basque
1 entries- erosi verb (to obtain something with money)
Belait
1 entries- melei verb (to obtain something with money)
Belarusian
2 entries- купля́ць verb (to obtain something with money)
- купі́ць verb (to obtain something with money)
Bengali
1 entries- কেনা verb (to obtain something with money)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- किनल verb (to obtain something with money)
Breton
1 entries- prenañ verb (to obtain something with money)
Brunei Bisaya
1 entries- mali verb (to obtain something with money)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- bali verb (to obtain something with money)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ку́пя verb (to obtain something with money)
- купу́вам verb (to obtain something with money)
Burmese
1 entries- ဝယ် verb (to obtain something with money)
Catalan
1 entries- comprar verb (to obtain something with money)
Cebuano
1 entries- palit verb (to obtain something with money)
Central Atlas Tamazight
2 entries- ⴰⵖ verb (to obtain something with money)
- ⵙⵖ verb (to obtain something with money)
Central Dusun
1 entries- boli verb (to obtain something with money)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کڕین verb (to obtain something with money)
Chechen
1 entries- эца verb (to obtain something with money)
Chichewa
1 entries- kugúla verb (to obtain something with money)
Chinese
2 entries- мэ verb (to obtain something with money)
- 買 /买 verb (to obtain something with money)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 買 /买 verb (to obtain something with money)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 買 /买 verb (to obtain something with money)
- 買賬 /买账 verb (to accept as true)
Chuukese
1 entries- kamö verb (to obtain something with money)
Cornish
1 entries- prena verb (to obtain something with money)
Corsican
1 entries- cumprà verb (to obtain something with money)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- satın almaq verb (to obtain something with money)
Czech
4 entries- baštit verb (to accept as true)
- koupit verb (to obtain something with money)
- kupovat verb (to obtain something with money)
- sbaštit i s navijákem verb (to accept as true)
Danish
1 entries- købe verb (to obtain something with money)
Dari
1 entries- خَرِیدَن verb (to obtain something with money)
Dutch
4 entries- aankopen verb (to obtain something with money)
- aanschaffen verb (to obtain something with money)
- kopen verb (to obtain something with money)
- slikken verb (to accept as true)
Edo
1 entries- dẹ verb (to obtain something with money)
Elfdalian
1 entries- tjyöpa verb (to obtain something with money)
Esperanto
1 entries- aĉeti verb (to obtain something with money)
Estonian
1 entries- ostma verb (to obtain something with money)
Evenki
1 entries- гами verb (to obtain something with money)
Farefare
1 entries- da verb (to obtain something with money)
Faroese
1 entries- keypa verb (to obtain something with money)
Finnish
3 entries- niellä verb (to accept as true)
- ostaa verb (to obtain something with money)
- uskoa verb (to accept as true)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- achetar verb (to obtain something with money)
French
2 entries- acheter verb (to obtain something with money)
- gober verb (to accept as true)
Friulian
1 entries- comprâ verb (to obtain something with money)
Galician
2 entries- comprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- mercar verb (to obtain something with money)
Georgian
1 entries- ყიდვა verb (to obtain something with money)
German
3 entries- abkaufen verb (to accept as true)
- abnehmen verb (to accept as true)
- kaufen verb (to obtain something with money)
Gilaki
1 entries- هین verb (to obtain something with money)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to obtain something with money)
Greek
3 entries- αγοράζω verb (to obtain something with money)
- χάβω verb (to accept as true)
- χάφτω verb (to accept as true)
Greenlandic
1 entries- sivoq verb (to obtain something with money)
Gujarati
1 entries- ખરીદવું verb (to obtain something with money)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- achte verb (to obtain something with money)
Hausa
1 entries- sáyṓ verb (to obtain something with money)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kūʻai verb (to obtain something with money)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָנָה verb (to obtain something with money)
Higaonon
1 entries- palit verb (to obtain something with money)
Hindi
4 entries- कीनना verb (to obtain something with money)
- क्रय verb (to obtain something with money)
- ख़रीदना verb (to obtain something with money)
- मानना verb (to accept as true)
Hungarian
3 entries- bevesz verb (to accept as true)
- vesz verb (to obtain something with money)
- vásárol verb (to obtain something with money)
Ibanag
1 entries- gatang verb (to obtain something with money)
Icelandic
1 entries- kaupa verb (to obtain something with money)
Ido
1 entries- komprar verb (to obtain something with money)
Ilocano
3 entries- gatangen verb (to obtain something with money)
- gumatang verb (to obtain something with money)
- manggatang verb (to obtain something with money)
Indonesian
1 entries- membeli verb (to obtain something with money)
Ingrian
3 entries- lunastaa verb (to obtain something with money)
- lunata verb (to obtain something with money)
- ostaa verb (to obtain something with money)
Ingush
1 entries- эца verb (to obtain something with money)
Interlingua
2 entries- comprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- emer verb (to obtain something with money)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- خَریدَن verb (to obtain something with money)
Irish
1 entries- ceannaigh verb (to obtain something with money)
Isan
1 entries- ซื้อ verb (to obtain something with money)
Isnag
1 entries- xatang verb (to obtain something with money)
Isoko
1 entries- dẹ verb (to obtain something with money)
Istriot
1 entries- cunprà verb (to obtain something with money)
Italian
3 entries- acquistare verb (to obtain something with money)
- comperare (desueto) verb (to obtain something with money)
- comprare verb (to obtain something with money)
Iu Mien
1 entries- maaiz verb (to obtain something with money)
Ivatan
1 entries- manadiw verb (to obtain something with money)
Japanese
2 entries- 買う verb (to obtain something with money)
- 購入する verb (to obtain something with money)
Javanese
3 entries- mundhut verb (to obtain something with money)
- tuku verb (to obtain something with money)
- tumbas verb (to obtain something with money)
Jeju
1 entries- 사다 verb (to obtain something with money)
Kabyle
1 entries- aɣ verb (to obtain something with money)
Kaingang
1 entries- kajãm verb (to obtain something with money)
Kambera
1 entries- kei verb (to obtain something with money)
Kapampangan
2 entries- sali verb (to obtain something with money)
- sumali verb (to obtain something with money)
Kazakh
1 entries- сатып алу verb (to obtain something with money)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- tùh verb (to obtain something with money)
- tùh verb (to obtain something with money)
Khmer
1 entries- ទិញ verb (to obtain something with money)
Khün
1 entries- ᨪᩨ᩶ verb (to obtain something with money)
Kongo
1 entries- kusumba verb (to obtain something with money)
Korean
2 entries- 구입하다 verb (to obtain something with money)
- 사다 verb (to obtain something with money)
Kumyk
1 entries- алмакъ verb (to obtain something with money)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сатып алуу verb (to obtain something with money)
Ladin
1 entries- comprer verb (to obtain something with money)
Lao
1 entries- ຊື້ verb (to obtain something with money)
Latgalian
1 entries- pierkt verb (to obtain something with money)
Latin
2 entries- emō verb (to obtain something with money)
- sūmō verb (to obtain something with money)
Latvian
2 entries- nopirkt verb (to obtain something with money)
- pirkt verb (to obtain something with money)
Ligurian
1 entries- acatâ verb (to obtain something with money)
Lingala
1 entries- somba verb (to obtain something with money)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pirkti verb (to obtain something with money)
Lombard
1 entries- crompâ verb (to obtain something with money)
Low German
1 entries- köpen verb (to obtain something with money)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- kupiś verb (to obtain something with money)
- kupowaś verb (to obtain something with money)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- kafen verb (to obtain something with money)
- ofhuelen verb (to accept as true)
Lü
1 entries- ᦌᦹᧉ verb (to obtain something with money)
Macedonian
2 entries- ку́пува verb (to obtain something with money)
- купи verb (to obtain something with money)
Malay
1 entries- beli verb (to obtain something with money)
Maltese
1 entries- xtara verb (to obtain something with money)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡠᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to obtain something with money)
Mansaka
1 entries- bili verb (to obtain something with money)
Mokilese
1 entries- dupukda verb (to obtain something with money)
Mongolian
2 entries- авах verb (to obtain something with money)
- худалдаж авах verb (to obtain something with money)
Moore
1 entries- ra verb (to obtain something with money)
Māori
1 entries- hoko verb (to obtain something with money)
Nanai
1 entries- гаори verb (to obtain something with money)
Navajo
1 entries- nayiiłniih verb (to obtain something with money)
Neapolitan
1 entries- accattà verb (to obtain something with money)
Nepali
1 entries- किन्नु verb (to obtain something with money)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uhula verb (to obtain something with money)
Norman
2 entries- acataer verb (to obtain something with money)
- acater verb (to obtain something with money)
North Frisian
1 entries- kuupe verb (to obtain something with money)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- kirîn verb (to obtain something with money)
- pejirandin verb (to accept as true)
- qebûl kirin verb (to accept as true)
- standin verb (to obtain something with money)
Northern Sami
1 entries- oastit verb (to obtain something with money)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᨪᩨ᩶ verb (to obtain something with money)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kjøpe verb (to obtain something with money)
- kjøpe verb (to accept as true)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kjøpa verb (to obtain something with money)
- kjøpe verb (to obtain something with money)
Occitan
1 entries- crompar verb (to obtain something with money)
Ojibwe
1 entries- adaawen verb (to obtain something with money)
Okinawan
2 entries- 買ーいん verb (to obtain something with money)
- 買ーゆん verb (to obtain something with money)
Old English
2 entries- bycgan verb (to obtain something with money)
- ceapian verb (to obtain something with money)
Old Norse
2 entries- byggja verb (to obtain something with money)
- kaupa verb (to obtain something with money)
Old Saxon
1 entries- buggian verb (to obtain something with money)
Oromo
1 entries- bituu verb (to obtain something with money)
Ossetian
1 entries- ӕлхӕнын verb (to obtain something with money)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آلمق verb (to obtain something with money)
- اشترا ایتمك verb (to obtain something with money)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- купиц verb (to obtain something with money)
- куповац verb (to obtain something with money)
Papiamentu
1 entries- kumpra verb (to obtain something with money)
Pashto
3 entries- اخستل verb (to obtain something with money)
- پېرل verb (to obtain something with money)
- پېرودل verb (to obtain something with money)
Polish
4 entries- kupić verb (to obtain something with money)
- kupować verb (to obtain something with money)
- nabywać verb (to obtain something with money)
- nabyć verb (to obtain something with money)
Portuguese
3 entries- adquirir verb (to obtain something with money)
- comprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- engolir verb (to accept as true)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਖ਼ਰੀਦਣਾ verb (to obtain something with money)
Quechua
2 entries- rantii verb (to obtain something with money)
- rantiy verb (to obtain something with money)
Romani
1 entries- kinel verb (to obtain something with money)
Romanian
1 entries- cumpăra verb (to obtain something with money)
Romansch
2 entries- cumprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- cumprer verb (to obtain something with money)
Russian
4 entries- ве́рить verb (to accept as true)
- купи́ть verb (to obtain something with money)
- пове́рить verb (to accept as true)
- покупа́ть verb (to obtain something with money)
Samoan
1 entries- faʻatau verb (to obtain something with money)
Samogitian
1 entries- pėrktė verb (to obtain something with money)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क्रीणाति verb (to obtain something with money)
Sardinian
4 entries- comparai verb (to obtain something with money)
- comporai verb (to obtain something with money)
- comporare verb (to obtain something with money)
- comprai verb (to obtain something with money)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ceannaich verb (to obtain something with money)
Semai
1 entries- belik verb (to obtain something with money)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kupòvati verb (to obtain something with money)
- kúpiti verb (to obtain something with money)
- pokupòvati verb (to obtain something with money)
- prihvatiti verb (to accept as true)
Shan
1 entries- သိုဝ်ႉ verb (to obtain something with money)
Sicilian
2 entries- accattari verb (to obtain something with money)
- cumprari verb (to obtain something with money)
Sindhi
1 entries- خريد ڪرڻ verb (to obtain something with money)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ගන්නවා verb (to obtain something with money)
Slovak
3 entries- kupovať verb (to obtain something with money)
- kúpiť verb (to obtain something with money)
- naletieť verb (to accept as true)
Slovene
2 entries- kupiti verb (to obtain something with money)
- kupovati verb (to obtain something with money)
Somali
2 entries- gado verb (to obtain something with money)
- iibso verb (to obtain something with money)
Sotho
1 entries- reka verb (to obtain something with money)
Spanish
4 entries- comprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- comprar verb (to accept as true)
- convidar verb (to treat)
- creer verb (to accept as true)
Sundanese
3 entries- meuli verb (to obtain something with money)
- mésér verb (to obtain something with money)
- ngagaleuh verb (to obtain something with money)
Swahili
2 entries- kununua verb (to obtain something with money)
- nunua verb (to accept as true)
Swedish
2 entries- köpa verb (to obtain something with money)
- köpa verb (to accept as true)
Tagalog
3 entries- bilhin verb (to obtain something with money)
- bili verb (to obtain something with money)
- bumili verb (to obtain something with money)
Tahitian
1 entries- hoʻo verb (to obtain something with money)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪏꪳ꫁ verb (to obtain something with money)
Tai Nüa
1 entries- ᥔᥪᥳ verb (to obtain something with money)
Tajik
1 entries- харидан verb (to obtain something with money)
Tamil
1 entries- வாங்கு verb (to obtain something with money)
Tatar
1 entries- сатып алырга verb (to obtain something with money)
Tausug
1 entries- bii verb (to obtain something with money)
Tetum
1 entries- sosa verb (to obtain something with money)
Thai
1 entries- ซื้อ verb (to obtain something with money)
Tibetan
2 entries- གཟིགས verb (to obtain something with money)
- ཉོས verb (to obtain something with money)
Tocharian B
1 entries- käry verb (to obtain something with money)
Tongan
1 entries- fakatau verb (to obtain something with money)
Tumbuka
1 entries- gula verb (to obtain something with money)
Turkish
4 entries- almak verb (to obtain something with money)
- sakmak verb (to obtain something with money)
- satın almak verb (to obtain something with money)
- yemek verb (to accept as true)
Turkmen
1 entries- satyn almak verb (to obtain something with money)
Tutong
1 entries- meli verb (to obtain something with money)
Tuvan
1 entries- садып алыр verb (to obtain something with money)
Ukrainian
2 entries- купи́ти verb (to obtain something with money)
- купува́ти verb (to obtain something with money)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- kupić verb (to obtain something with money)
- kupować verb (to obtain something with money)
Urdu
2 entries- خَرِیدْنا verb (to obtain something with money)
- مول لینا verb (to obtain something with money)
Urhobo
1 entries- dẹ verb (to obtain something with money)
Uyghur
1 entries- سېتىۋالماق verb (to obtain something with money)
Uzbek
1 entries- sotib olmoq verb (to obtain something with money)
Venetan
2 entries- conprar verb (to obtain something with money)
- cronpar verb (to obtain something with money)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mua verb (to obtain something with money)
Walloon
1 entries- atchter verb (to obtain something with money)
Waray-Waray
2 entries- balyo verb (to obtain something with money)
- palit verb (to obtain something with money)
Welsh
1 entries- prynu verb (to obtain something with money)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- beli verb (to obtain something with money)
West-Frisian
2 entries- keape verb (to obtain something with money)
- keapje verb (to obtain something with money)
Western Apache
1 entries- nahiʼdiih verb (to obtain something with money)
White Hmong
1 entries- yuav verb (to obtain something with money)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- хиринак verb (to obtain something with money)
Yiddish
1 entries- קויפֿן verb (to obtain something with money)
Yoruba
1 entries- rà verb (to obtain something with money)
Zhuang
1 entries- cawx verb (to obtain something with money)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Someday I will buy a cotton candy machine.
Source: tatoeba (1886)
The police are really good at understanding "Someone stole my credit card and ran up a lot of charges." It's a lot harder to get them to buy into "Someone stole my magic sword."
Source: tatoeba (2072)
I'm going to buy myself a new camera, digital this time.
Source: tatoeba (2146)
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