Don't let me detain you.
Source: tatoeba (2275246)
Detain
Synonyms for "detain" (133 found)
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Translations
85 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِعْتَقَلَ verb (put under custody)
Belarusian
4 entries- задзе́ржваць verb (put under custody)
- затры́мліваць verb (put under custody)
- затрыма́ць verb (put under custody)
- затрымо́ўваць verb (put under custody)
Bulgarian
4 entries- задъ́ржам verb (keep someone from proceeding)
- задъ́ржам verb (put under custody)
- задържа́ verb (keep someone from proceeding)
- задържа́ verb (put under custody)
Catalan
2 entries- detenir verb (put under custody)
- detindre verb (put under custody)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 扣押 verb (put under custody)
- 扣留 verb (put under custody)
- 拘留 verb (put under custody)
- 拘禁 verb (put under custody)
Czech
2 entries- zadržet verb (put under custody)
- zadržovat verb (put under custody)
Danish
1 entries- tilbageholde verb (put under custody)
Dutch
1 entries- detineren verb (put under custody)
Esperanto
1 entries- reteni verb (put under custody)
Finnish
4 entries- pidätellä verb (keep someone from proceeding)
- pidättää verb (put under custody)
- pidättää verb (keep back or from)
- takavarikoida verb (seize goods for official purposes)
French
2 entries- arrêter verb (put under custody)
- détenir verb (put under custody)
Galician
1 entries- deter verb (put under custody)
German
1 entries- verhaften verb (put under custody)
Greek
3 entries- καθυστερώ verb (keep someone from proceeding)
- κατάσχω verb (seize goods for official purposes)
- κρατώ verb (put under custody)
Hindi
2 entries- पकड़ना verb (put under custody)
- रोकना verb (put under custody)
Hungarian
1 entries- őrizetbe vesz verb (put under custody)
Irish
2 entries- coimeád verb (put under custody)
- coinnigh verb (put under custody)
Italian
2 entries- detenere verb (put under custody)
- trattenere verb (put under custody)
Japanese
2 entries- 引き留める verb (put under custody)
- 拘留する verb (put under custody)
Khmer
3 entries- កាក់ verb (put under custody)
- បង្ក្រៀក verb (put under custody)
- បង្ខាំង verb (put under custody)
Korean
1 entries- 구류하다 verb (put under custody)
Lao
2 entries- ກັກ verb (put under custody)
- ກັກຂັງ verb (put under custody)
Latin
2 entries- dētineō verb (keep someone from proceeding)
- teneo verb (put under custody)
Macedonian
2 entries- задржи verb (put under custody)
- задржува verb (put under custody)
Māori
2 entries- tautāwhi verb (keep back or from)
- tātāwhi verb (keep someone from proceeding)
Polish
2 entries- zatrzymać verb (put under custody)
- zatrzymywać verb (put under custody)
Portuguese
1 entries- deter verb (put under custody)
Romanian
1 entries- reține verb (put under custody)
Russian
2 entries- заде́рживать verb (put under custody)
- задержа́ть verb (put under custody)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zadržávati verb (put under custody)
- zadr̀žati verb (put under custody)
- задр̀жати verb (put under custody)
- задржа́вати verb (put under custody)
Slovak
2 entries- zadržať verb (put under custody)
- zadržiavať verb (put under custody)
Slovene
2 entries- pridržati verb (put under custody)
- pridrževati verb (put under custody)
Spanish
1 entries- detener verb (put under custody)
Swedish
3 entries- gripa verb (put under custody)
- häkta verb (put under custody)
- internera verb (put under custody)
Thai
3 entries- กัก verb (put under custody)
- กักขัง verb (put under custody)
- กักตัว verb (put under custody)
Turkish
1 entries- gözaltına almak verb (put under custody)
Ukrainian
2 entries- затри́мати verb (put under custody)
- затри́мувати verb (put under custody)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cầm giữ verb (put under custody)
- giam verb (put under custody)
- giam cầm verb (put under custody)
Zazaki
1 entries- tewfiq kerden verb (put under custody)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
To my surprise, the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me.
Source: tatoeba (6375028)
"They can't arrest me." "Shut your mouth! You haven't seen anything yet. Those bastards can arrest you, detain you for God knows how long, torture you, humiliate you, rape you, shoot you in the head, then bury you where no one could ever find you."
Source: tatoeba (6447717)
"Him with speeches fair / and sweet allurements doth the queen detain; / but Juno's hospitality I fear; / scarce at an hour like this will she her hand forbear."
Source: tatoeba (6798650)
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