Delete

//dɪˈliːt//

Synonyms for "delete" (135 found)

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Translations

93 translations across 47 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • skrap verb (to remove)
  • uitwis verb (to remove)
  • wis verb (to remove)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حذف verb (to remove)
  • حَذَفَ verb (to remove)
  • شطب verb (to remove)
  • مسح verb (to remove)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • юйыу verb (to remove)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • изтривам verb (to remove)
  • према́хвам verb (to remove)

Catalan

1 entries
  • esborrar verb (to remove)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 刪除 /删除 verb (to remove)

Czech

2 entries
  • smazat verb (to remove)
  • vymazat verb (to remove)

Dutch

1 entries
  • verwijderen verb (to remove)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • eksigi verb (to remove)
  • forigi verb (to remove)
  • forpreni verb (to remove)
  • forstreki verb (to remove)

Finnish

1 entries
  • poistaa verb (to remove)

French

2 entries
  • touche de suppression noun (a key that may be pressed to delete something)
  • supprimer verb (to remove)

Galician

3 entries
  • borrar verb (to remove)
  • sacar verb (to remove)
  • suprimir verb (to remove)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ამოშლა verb (to remove)
  • წაშლა verb (to remove)

German

3 entries
  • Entfernen noun (a key that may be pressed to delete something)
  • löschen verb (to remove)
  • streichen verb (to remove)

Greek

2 entries
  • διαγράφω verb (to remove)
  • καταργώ verb (to remove)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kitöröl verb (to remove)
  • töröl verb (to remove)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fjarlægja verb (to remove)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menghapus verb (to remove)

Irish

1 entries
  • scrios verb (to remove)

Italian

2 entries
  • cancellare verb (to remove)
  • eliminare verb (to remove)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 削除する verb (to remove)
  • 消す verb (to remove)

Khmer

1 entries
  • លុប verb (to remove)

Korean

1 entries
  • 삭제(削除)하다 verb (to remove)

Latin

3 entries
  • ablēgō verb (to remove)
  • dēleō verb (to remove)
  • ērādō verb (to remove)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക verb (to remove)
  • കളയുക verb (to remove)
  • നീക്കംചെയ്യുക verb (to remove)
  • മായ്ക്കുക verb (to remove)

Māori

4 entries
  • muku verb (to remove)
  • whakakore verb (to remove)
  • whakakorekore verb (to remove)
  • whākorekore verb (to remove)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قازیمق verb (to remove)

Persian

1 entries
  • حذفیدن verb (to remove)

Polish

1 entries
  • usuwać verb (to remove)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • apagar verb (to remove)
  • deletar verb (to remove)
  • eliminar verb (to remove)
  • excluir verb (to remove)

Romanian

1 entries
  • șterge verb (to remove)

Russian

2 entries
  • удали́ть verb (to remove)
  • удаля́ть verb (to remove)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • नाशयति verb (to remove)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sguab às verb (to remove)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • brisati verb (to remove)
  • izbrisati verb (to remove)
  • obrisati verb (to remove)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • livari verb (to remove)
  • scanciḍḍari verb (to remove)

Spanish

4 entries
  • tecla de suprimir noun (a key that may be pressed to delete something)
  • borrar verb (to remove)
  • deletear verb (to remove)
  • elidir verb (to remove)

Swedish

2 entries
  • radera verb (to remove)
  • ta bort verb (to remove)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • burahin verb (to remove)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลบ verb (to remove)

Turkish

1 entries
  • silmek verb (to remove)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • видалити verb (to remove)
  • видаляти verb (to remove)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • phím xóa noun (a key that may be pressed to delete something)
  • phím xóa tiến noun (a key that may be pressed to delete something)
  • gạch verb (to remove)
  • gạt bỏ verb (to remove)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dileu verb (to remove)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • fuortsmite verb (to remove)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויסמעקן verb (to remove)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • esteren verb (to remove)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Delete his name from the list of the applicants.

Source: tatoeba (25675)

Please delete this file.

Source: tatoeba (60593)

Please advise us as to what topic you would like to add or delete by June 12.

Source: tatoeba (278292)

This example text is a how-to-write sample, so please add to and delete from it as required before using.

Source: tatoeba (328873)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.