I forbid you to smoke.
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Forbid
//fɚˈbɪd//
Synonyms for "forbid" (92 found)
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4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
181 translations across 83 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndaloj verb (to disallow)
Arabic
3 entries- حَرَّمَ verb (to disallow)
- حَظَرَ verb (to disallow)
- مَنَعَ verb (to disallow)
Armenian
1 entries- արգելել verb (to disallow)
Asturian
1 entries- negar verb (to disallow)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qadağan etmək verb (to disallow)
- yasaq etmək verb (to disallow)
- yasaqlamaq verb (to disallow)
Basque
2 entries- debekatu verb (to disallow)
- uko egin verb (to disallow)
Belarusian
2 entries- забараня́ць verb (to disallow)
- забарані́ць verb (to disallow)
Bengali
1 entries- নিষেধ করা verb (to disallow)
Bulgarian
2 entries- забраня́вам verb (to disallow)
- отка́звам verb (to disallow)
Burmese
3 entries- တား verb (to disallow)
- ပညတ် verb (to disallow)
- မြစ် verb (to disallow)
Catalan
1 entries- denegar verb (to disallow)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拒絕 /拒绝 verb (to disallow)
- 禁止 verb (to disallow)
Cornish
1 entries- difen verb (to disallow)
Czech
2 entries- zakazovat verb (to disallow)
- zakázat verb (to disallow)
Danish
1 entries- forbyde verb (to disallow)
Dutch
4 entries- niet toestaan verb (to disallow)
- ontzeggen verb (to disallow)
- verbieden verb (to disallow)
- weigeren verb (to disallow)
Esperanto
1 entries- malpermesi verb (to disallow)
Estonian
2 entries- keelama verb (to disallow)
- keelustama verb (to disallow)
Faroese
1 entries- banna verb (to disallow)
Finnish
2 entries- estää verb (to disallow)
- kieltää verb (to disallow)
French
3 entries- dénier verb (to disallow)
- interdire verb (to disallow)
- nier verb (to disallow)
Friulian
1 entries- neâ verb (to disallow)
Galician
4 entries- banir verb (to disallow)
- coutar verb (to disallow)
- devedar verb (to disallow)
- enfensar verb (to disallow)
Georgian
1 entries- აკრძალვა verb (to disallow)
German
4 entries- ablehnen verb (to disallow)
- untersagen verb (to disallow)
- verbieten verb (to disallow)
- verweigern verb (to disallow)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (to disallow)
Greek
1 entries- απαγορεύω verb (to disallow)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָסַר verb (to disallow)
Hindi
2 entries- मना करना verb (to disallow)
- रोकना verb (to disallow)
Hungarian
2 entries- megtilt verb (to disallow)
- tilt verb (to disallow)
Icelandic
1 entries- banna verb (to disallow)
Ido
1 entries- interdiktar verb (to disallow)
Indonesian
2 entries- larang verb (to disallow)
- melarang verb (to disallow)
Irish
2 entries- coisc (ar) verb (to disallow)
- éar verb (to disallow)
Italian
4 entries- negare verb (to disallow)
- proibire verb (to disallow)
- smentire verb (to disallow)
- vietare verb (to disallow)
Japanese
4 entries- 否む verb (to disallow)
- 拒む verb (to disallow)
- 拒否する verb (to disallow)
- 断る verb (to disallow)
Kazakh
2 entries- рұқсат етпеу verb (to disallow)
- тыйым салу verb (to disallow)
Khmer
4 entries- ឃាត់ verb (to disallow)
- ប្រញប្ត verb (to disallow)
- ប្រាម verb (to disallow)
- ហាម verb (to disallow)
Korean
2 entries- 금지하다 verb (to disallow)
- 금하다 verb (to disallow)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- тыгоу verb (to disallow)
- тыюу салуу verb (to disallow)
Lao
3 entries- ປາມ verb (to disallow)
- ສງວນ verb (to disallow)
- ຫ້າມ verb (to disallow)
Latin
4 entries- abnegō verb (to disallow)
- denegō verb (to disallow)
- interdicō verb (to disallow)
- negō verb (to disallow)
Latvian
1 entries- aizliegt verb (to disallow)
Lingala
1 entries- pekisa verb (to disallow)
Lithuanian
2 entries- neleisti verb (to disallow)
- uždrausti verb (to disallow)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- verbidden verb (to disallow)
Macedonian
2 entries- забрани verb (to disallow)
- забранува verb (to disallow)
Malay
1 entries- larang verb (to disallow)
Malayalam
2 entries- തടയുക verb (to disallow)
- വിലക്കുക verb (to disallow)
Mongolian
3 entries- хориглох verb (to disallow)
- хорих verb (to disallow)
- цээрлэх verb (to disallow)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uziia verb (to disallow)
Norman
1 entries- d'fendre verb (to disallow)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- forby verb (to disallow)
- nekte verb (to disallow)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- forby verb (to disallow)
- forbyda verb (to disallow)
- forbyde verb (to disallow)
- nekta verb (to disallow)
Old English
1 entries- forbēodan verb (to disallow)
Persian
4 entries- بازداشتن verb (to disallow)
- غیر مجاز کردن verb (to disallow)
- منع کردن verb (to disallow)
- پنامیدن verb (to disallow)
Polish
4 entries- odmawiać verb (to disallow)
- odmówić verb (to disallow)
- zabraniać verb (to disallow)
- zabronić verb (to disallow)
Portuguese
2 entries- negar verb (to disallow)
- proibir verb (to disallow)
Romanian
2 entries- interzice verb (to disallow)
- nega verb (to disallow)
Romansch
1 entries- snegar verb (to disallow)
Russian
4 entries- запрети́ть verb (to disallow)
- запреща́ть verb (to disallow)
- не разреша́ть verb (to disallow)
- не разреши́ть verb (to disallow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- diùlt verb (to disallow)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zabranjívati verb (to disallow)
- zabrániti verb (to disallow)
- забра́нити verb (to disallow)
- забрањи́вати verb (to disallow)
Sicilian
1 entries- nigari verb (to disallow)
Slovak
2 entries- zakazovať verb (to disallow)
- zakázať verb (to disallow)
Slovene
2 entries- prepovedati verb (to disallow)
- prepovedovati verb (to disallow)
Southern Altai
1 entries- токтодып салар verb (to disallow)
Spanish
4 entries- negar verb (to disallow)
- prohibir verb (to disallow)
- vedar verb (to disallow)
- vetar verb (to disallow)
Swedish
3 entries- förbjuda verb (to disallow)
- förvägra verb (to disallow)
- neka verb (to disallow)
Tajik
2 entries- манъ кардан verb (to disallow)
- роҳ надодан verb (to disallow)
Tetum
1 entries- bandu verb (to disallow)
Thai
2 entries- ปราม verb (to disallow)
- ห้าม verb (to disallow)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- tambuim verb (to disallow)
Turkish
3 entries- menetmek verb (to disallow)
- yasak etmek verb (to disallow)
- yasaklamak verb (to disallow)
Turkmen
1 entries- gadagan etmek verb (to disallow)
Ukrainian
2 entries- заборони́ти verb (to disallow)
- забороня́ти verb (to disallow)
Uzbek
1 entries- man qilmoq verb (to disallow)
Venetan
1 entries- negar verb (to disallow)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cấm verb (to disallow)
- cấm chỉ verb (to disallow)
- ngăn cấm verb (to disallow)
Welsh
1 entries- gwahardd verb (to disallow)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- ngelarang verb (to disallow)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- toomatining-goongak verb (to disallow)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרווערן verb (to disallow)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
I forbid smoking in my room.
Source: tatoeba (251755)
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.
Source: tatoeba (733854)
God forbid!
Source: tatoeba (1184270)
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