Why don't we just elope?
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Elope
//ɪˈloʊp//
Synonyms for "elope" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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Translations
71 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- приста́вам verb (to run away to get married)
Chinese
2 entries- 綴人走 /缀人走 verb (to run away with a paramour)
- 綴人走 /缀人走 verb (to run away to get married)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 私奔 verb (to run away to get married)
- 離家出走 /离家出走 verb (to run away from home)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 私奔 verb (to run away to get married)
- 離家出走 /离家出走 verb (to run away from home)
Czech
4 entries- uprchnout verb (to run away with a paramour)
- uprchnout (za účelem sňatku) verb (to run away to get married)
- utéci verb (to run away with a paramour)
- utéct verb (to run away from home)
Dutch
2 entries- weglopen verb (to run away with a paramour)
- weglopen verb (to run away to get married)
Esperanto
1 entries- kunfuĝi verb (to run away to get married)
Finnish
4 entries- karata verb (to run away with a paramour)
- karata verb (to run away to get married)
- karata verb (to run away from home)
- karata kotoa verb (to run away from home)
French
2 entries- fuguer verb (to run away from home)
- s'enfuir verb (to run away with a paramour)
German
4 entries- ausreißen verb (to run away from home)
- durchbrennen verb (to run away with a paramour)
- durchbrennen verb (to run away to get married)
- weglaufen verb (to run away from home)
Greek
1 entries- κλέβομαι verb (to run away to get married)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 跈人走 verb (to run away to get married)
Irish
2 entries- éalaigh le chéile verb (to run away with a paramour)
- éalaigh le chéile verb (to run away to get married)
Italian
4 entries- abbandonare verb (to run away from home)
- allontanarsi verb (to run away from home)
- fuggire verb (to run away with a paramour)
- fuggire verb (to run away to get married)
Japanese
1 entries- 駆け落ちする verb (to run away to get married)
Karok
1 entries- ithxip verb (to run away with a paramour)
Khmer
1 entries- រត់តាមគ្នា verb (to run away to get married)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഒളിച്ചോടുക verb (to run away with a paramour)
Polish
4 entries- uciec potajemnie z kochankiem verb (to run away with a paramour)
- uciec potajemnie z partnerem verb (to run away to get married)
- uciec z domu verb (to run away from home)
- uciekać potajemnie z kochankiem verb (to run away with a paramour)
Portuguese
4 entries- abandonar verb (to run away from home)
- escapar verb (to run away from home)
- fugir verb (to run away with a paramour)
- fugir verb (to run away to get married)
Russian
4 entries- сбега́ть verb (to run away with a paramour)
- сбега́ть verb (to run away to get married)
- сбежа́ть verb (to run away with a paramour)
- сбежа́ть verb (to run away to get married)
Spanish
4 entries- arrancarse verb (to run away with a paramour)
- descabullarse para matrimoniarse verb (to run away to get married)
- escapar para desposarse verb (to run away to get married)
- escaparse verb (to run away with a paramour)
Tagalog
2 entries- magtanan verb (to run away with a paramour)
- magtanan verb (to run away to get married)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trốn nhà theo gái verb (to run away to get married)
- trốn nhà theo trai verb (to run away to get married)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
They had to elope somehow.
Source: tatoeba (5098608)
Let's elope.
Source: tatoeba (5300544)
Let's elope together.
Source: tatoeba (8913130)
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