Entertain

//ˌɛntəˈteɪn//

Synonyms for "entertain" (122 found)

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11 relation types

Translations

99 translations across 42 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἑστιάω verb (to have over at one's home)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • əyləndirmək verb (to amuse)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ба́віць verb (to amuse)
  • забаўля́ць verb (to amuse)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • забавля́вам verb (to amuse)
  • приемам гости verb (to have over at one's home)
  • развлича́м verb (to amuse)

Catalan

3 entries
  • distreure verb (to amuse)
  • divertir verb (to amuse)
  • entretenir verb (to amuse)

Cornish

1 entries
  • didhana verb (to amuse)

Czech

1 entries
  • bavit verb (to amuse)

Danish

4 entries
  • beværte verb (to have over at one's home)
  • fornøje verb (to amuse)
  • lege med idéen om verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • tage under overvejelse verb (to receive and take into consideration)

Dutch

4 entries
  • (gasten thuis) ontvangen verb (to have over at one's home)
  • amuseren verb (to amuse)
  • in overweging nemen verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • te gast hebben verb (to have over at one's home)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • amuzi verb (to amuse)
  • esplori verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • konsideri verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • pripensi verb (to receive and take into consideration)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lõbustama verb (to amuse)

Finnish

1 entries
  • viihdyttää verb (to amuse)

French

2 entries
  • divertir verb (to amuse)
  • recevoir verb (to have over at one's home)

Galician

4 entries
  • distraer verb (to amuse)
  • divertir verb (to amuse)
  • entreter verb (to amuse)
  • recibir verb (to have over at one's home)

German

1 entries
  • unterhalten verb (to amuse)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • ארח verb (to have over at one's home)
  • בידר verb (to amuse)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बहलाना verb (to amuse)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • eljátszik a gondolattal verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • foglalkozik a gondolattal verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • fontolóra vesz verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • megfontol verb (to receive and take into consideration)

Ido

1 entries
  • amuzar verb (to amuse)

Irish

2 entries
  • cuir siamsaíocht ar fáil do verb (to amuse)
  • déan siamsa do verb (to amuse)

Italian

2 entries
  • divertire verb (to amuse)
  • intrattenere verb (to amuse)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • anima verb (to amuse)
  • animá verb (to amuse)

Latin

3 entries
  • oblecto verb (to have over at one's home)
  • oblectō verb (to amuse)
  • remittor verb (to amuse)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • забавува verb (to amuse)

Mirandese

2 entries
  • adbertir verb (to amuse)
  • antretener verb (to amuse)

Māori

4 entries
  • whakamanuhiri verb (to have over at one's home)
  • whakamanuwhiri verb (to have over at one's home)
  • whakangahau verb (to amuse)
  • whakapārekareka verb (to amuse)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • underholde verb (to amuse)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • underhalde verb (to amuse)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • ar·peti verb (to amuse)

Polish

4 entries
  • bawić verb (to amuse)
  • bawić verb (to have over at one's home)
  • brać pod uwagę verb (to receive and take into consideration)
  • gościć verb (to have over at one's home)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • divertir verb (to amuse)
  • entreter verb (to amuse)

Romanian

1 entries
  • distra verb (to amuse)

Russian

4 entries
  • забавля́ть verb (to amuse)
  • позаба́вить verb (to amuse)
  • принима́ть госте́й verb (to have over at one's home)
  • развле́чь verb (to amuse)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • zàbaviti verb (to amuse)
  • zàbavljati verb (to amuse)
  • за̀бавити verb (to amuse)
  • за̀бављати verb (to amuse)

Slovak

2 entries
  • baviť verb (to amuse)
  • zabávať verb (to amuse)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zabavati verb (to amuse)

Spanish

3 entries
  • bayear verb (to amuse)
  • divertir verb (to amuse)
  • entretener verb (to amuse)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tumbuiza verb (to amuse)

Swedish

2 entries
  • roa verb (to amuse)
  • underhålla verb (to amuse)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ба́вити verb (to amuse)
  • забавля́ти verb (to amuse)
  • розважа́ти verb (to amuse)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • giải trí verb (to amuse)
  • tiêu khiển verb (to amuse)

Welsh

1 entries
  • diddori verb (to amuse)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Now let me entertain you with music.

Source: tatoeba (43009)

I cannot entertain such a request.

Source: tatoeba (54613)

My cat is very anxious to entertain me.

Source: tatoeba (251561)

They gave a play to entertain their teachers.

Source: tatoeba (307002)

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