You've got nothing to complain of.
Source: tatoeba (17500)
Complain
//kəmˈpleɪn//
Synonyms for "complain" (188 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (94)
inform oninsinuatekickkick againstkvetchlabor underlamentlay chargeslodge a complaintlodge a plaintmake a standmarchmeet head onmeet head-onmurmurmutternagniggleobjectoffer resistance
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13 entriesmanner of
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2 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
143 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μέμφομαι verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Arabic
4 entries- اِشْتَكَى verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- اِشْتَكَى verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- تَذَمَّرَ verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- شَكَا verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Armenian
4 entries- բողոք հայտնել verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- բողոք հարուցել verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- բողոք տալ verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- բողոքել verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- şikayət etmək verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- şikayət etmək verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Basque
1 entries- auhendatu verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оплаквам се verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- подавам жалба verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Catalan
2 entries- plànyer-se verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- queixar-se verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 悲嘆 /悲叹 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- 投訴 /投诉 verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- 抱怨 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- 發牢騷 /发牢骚 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Czech
2 entries- podat stížnost verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- stěžovat si verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Dalmatian
1 entries- plungro verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Danish
3 entries- beklage sig verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- brokke sig verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- klage verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Dutch
4 entries- een klacht indienen verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- kankeren verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- klagen verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- klagen verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Esperanto
2 entries- plendi verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- plendi verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Finnish
3 entries- tehdä valitus verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- valittaa verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- valittaa verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
French
2 entries- porter plainte verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- se plaindre verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Galician
4 entries- carpir verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- laiar verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- queixarse verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- tanxer verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Georgian
4 entries- ბუზღუნი verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ჩივილი verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ჩივილი verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- წუწუნი verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
German
4 entries- klagen verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- klagen verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- meckern verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- motzä verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Greek
1 entries- παραπονιέμαι verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hoʻohalahala verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְלוֹנֵן verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Hindi
1 entries- शिकायत करना verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Ido
1 entries- plendar verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Indonesian
3 entries- adu verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- mengeluh verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- merajuk verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Irish
4 entries- bí ag clamhsán verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- bí ag clamhsán verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- déan clamhsán verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- déan clamhsán verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Italian
2 entries- lagnarsi verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- lamentarsi verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Japanese
4 entries- とやかく言う verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ぶつぶつ言う verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ぼやく verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- 文句する verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Korean
4 entries- 고발(告發)하다 verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- 고소(告訴)하다 verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- 민원(民願)을 제기(提起)하다 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- 불만(不滿)을 말하다 verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сыздоо verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Latin
1 entries- queror verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Malay
1 entries- adu verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Malayalam
1 entries- പരാതിപ്പെടുക verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Maltese
1 entries- gerger verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Occitan
1 entries- plànher verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Old English
1 entries- mǣnan verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Polish
4 entries- narzekać verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- skarżyć verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- skarżyć się verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- składać skargę verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Portuguese
3 entries- queixar-se verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- queixar-se verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- reclamar verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Romanian
3 entries- plânge verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- reclama verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- se plânge verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Russian
4 entries- жа́ловаться verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- жа́ловаться verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- ныть verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- подава́ть жа́лобу verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- dèan casaid verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- gearain verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- talaich verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- požaliti se verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- žaliti se verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сыстаар verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Spanish
4 entries- alegar verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- lamentarse verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- protestar verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- quejarse verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Swahili
2 entries- lalamika verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- lalamika verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Swedish
1 entries- klaga verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Thai
2 entries- บ่น verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ร้องเรียน verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pälw verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жалі́тися verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ни́ти verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ска́ржитися verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ска́ржитися verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phàn nàn verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- thưa kiện verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
Volapük
1 entries- plonön verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Walloon
1 entries- si plinde verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Welsh
4 entries- achwyn verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- achwyn verb (to make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge)
- conan verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- cwyno verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Yoruba
3 entries- rojọ́ verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ráhùn verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
- ṣàròyé verb (to express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You should have nothing to complain about.
Source: tatoeba (17978)
Foreigners complain that it is difficult to get to know Japanese people. To some extent this may be true.
Source: tatoeba (21881)
How dare he complain?
Source: tatoeba (29966)
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