Where a genius shows up, the fools fraternize.
Source: tatoeba (5222039)
Fraternize
//ˈfɹætənaɪz//
Synonyms for "fraternize" (51 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- побратимявам се verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Catalan
1 entries- fraternitzar verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- interfratiĝi verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Finnish
2 entries- veljeillä verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
- veljeillä verb (to associate as friends with an enemy)
French
2 entries- fraterniser verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
- fraterniser verb (to associate as friends with an enemy)
German
2 entries- fraternisieren verb (to associate as friends with an enemy)
- sich verbrüdern verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Māori
1 entries- whakauruuru verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Polish
2 entries- bratać się verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
- zbratać się verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Romanian
2 entries- fraterniza verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
- înfrăți verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Russian
1 entries- брататься verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Spanish
1 entries- fraternizar verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Swedish
2 entries- fraternisera verb (to associate as friends with an enemy)
- förbrödra verb (to associate with others in a brotherly manner)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
In the late 1990s, I inherited an expensive black Australian Outback jacket from a slightly corpulent homestay Japanese student Hirotada, who stayed in my home on Lulu Island for five years. He was going to a college to learn English. It is really difficult for most Japanese to learn English, because the structure and usage are so different. They seldom fraternize with native Anglophones, because of an entirely different culture.
Source: tatoeba (10693892)
He sympathized with, albeit his sceptic spirit could not quite fraternize with, the sensitive vibrating nature of Molière, that brought, along with acutest enjoyment, the keenest suffering.
Source: tatoeba (11909831)
Don't fraternize with the help.
Source: tatoeba (11909837)
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