After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.
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Left
//ˈlɛft//
Synonyms for "left" (105 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (52)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
516 translations across 175 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- wie adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Afrikaans
2 entries- links adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- oor verb (remaining)
Akkadian
1 entries- šumēlum noun (the left side)
Aklanon
1 entries- waea adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Albanian
3 entries- majtë adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- majtas adv (on the left side)
- majtas adv (towards the left side)
Amharic
2 entries- ግራ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ግራ adv (on the left side)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- εὐώνυμος adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- λαιός adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ἀριστερός adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ἀριστερά noun (the left side)
Arabic
4 entries- شمال adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- شمال adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- شُمال adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- شِمَال adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Armenian
4 entries- ձախ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ձախ adj (pertaining to the political left)
- ձախ noun (the left side)
- ձախ noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Aromanian
3 entries- stãngu adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- astãnga adv (on the left side)
- astãnga adv (towards the left side)
Assamese
4 entries- বাওঁ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- বাওঁফালে adv (on the left side)
- বাওঁফালে adv (towards the left side)
- বাওঁ noun (the left side)
Asturian
4 entries- esquierdu adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- izquierdu adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- a la esquierda adv (on the left side)
- a la izquierda adv (on the left side)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sol adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Balinese
1 entries- kebot adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Bashkir
4 entries- һул adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- һулаҡай adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- һул яҡ adv (on the left side)
- һулдағы adv (on the left side)
Basque
2 entries- ezker adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ezker noun (the left side)
Belarusian
3 entries- ле́вы adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- зле́ва adv (on the left side)
- нале́ва adv (towards the left side)
Bengali
3 entries- বাঁ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- বাঁ দিকে adv (towards the left side)
- বাঁপাশে adv (on the left side)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- बायाँ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Bikol Central
4 entries- wala adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- wala adv (on the left side)
- wala noun (the left side)
- tada verb (remaining)
Buginese
1 entries- abeo adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ляв adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ляв adj (pertaining to the political left)
- наля́во adv (towards the left side)
- отля́во adv (on the left side)
Burmese
3 entries- ဘယ် adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ဝဲ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ဘယ် noun (the left side)
Buryat
1 entries- зүүн adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Catalan
4 entries- esquerre adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- esquerrà adj (pertaining to the political left)
- esquerre adv (on the left side)
- esquerra noun (the left side)
Cebuano
1 entries- wala adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Central Dusun
1 entries- gibang adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- چەپ noun (the left side)
- ماوە verb (remaining)
Chechen
1 entries- аьрру adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Chinese
1 entries- зуә adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 左 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 左 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- 向左 adv (towards the left side)
- 在左邊 /在左边 adv (on the left side)
- 左邊 /左边 adv (on the left side)
Church Slavic
1 entries- лѣвъ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Cornish
1 entries- kledh adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Czech
4 entries- levicový adj (pertaining to the political left)
- levá adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- levé adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- levý adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Danish
4 entries- venstre adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- venstre adj (pertaining to the political left)
- venstreorienteret adj (pertaining to the political left)
- på venstre hånd adv (on the left side)
Dutch
4 entries- linker adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- links adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- links adv (on the left side)
- links adv (towards the left side)
Erzya
1 entries- керш adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Esperanto
4 entries- liva adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- maldekstra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- maldekstra adv (on the left side)
- maldekstra adv (towards the left side)
Estonian
2 entries- pahem adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- vasak adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Even
1 entries- дьэгэнгэг adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Evenki
1 entries- дегинңу adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Faroese
3 entries- vinstra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- til vinstru adv (on the left side)
- eftir verb (remaining)
Fijian
2 entries- i mawī adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- mawi adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Finnish
4 entries- vasemmistolainen adj (pertaining to the political left)
- vasen adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- vasemmalla adv (on the left side)
- vasemmalle adv (towards the left side)
French
4 entries- gauche adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- à gauche adv (on the left side)
- à gauche adv (towards the left side)
- gauche noun (the left side)
Galician
4 entries- esquerda adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- esquerda adj (pertaining to the political left)
- saestra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- seestra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Georgian
4 entries- მარცხენა adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- მარცხენა მხარეს adv (on the left side)
- მარცხნივ adv (on the left side)
- მარცხნივ adv (towards the left side)
German
4 entries- link adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- links adj (pertaining to the political left)
- links adv (on the left side)
- links adv (towards the left side)
Gilbertese
1 entries- máing adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Greek
4 entries- αριστερός adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- αριστερός adj (pertaining to the political left)
- αριστερά adv (on the left side)
- αριστερά adv (towards the left side)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hema adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Hebrew
4 entries- שְׂמֹאל adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- שׂמאֹלָן adj (pertaining to the political left)
- שמאלה adv (towards the left side)
- שְׂמֹאל noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- wala adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Hindi
4 entries- बाएँ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- बायाँ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- वामपंथ adj (pertaining to the political left)
- बाएँ adv (on the left side)
Hungarian
4 entries- bal adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- baloldali adj (pertaining to the political left)
- baloldalt adv (on the left side)
- balra adv (on the left side)
Icelandic
1 entries- vinstri adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ido
1 entries- sinistra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ilocano
1 entries- kanigid adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Indonesian
2 entries- kiri adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- sayap kiri noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Ingrian
2 entries- kura adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- kural adv (on the left side)
Ingush
1 entries- аьрда adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Interlingua
2 entries- leve adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- sinistre adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Irish
1 entries- clé adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Italian
4 entries- sinistro adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- a sinistra adv (on the left side)
- a sinistra adv (towards the left side)
- sinistra noun (the left side)
Japanese
4 entries- 左 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- 左派 adj (pertaining to the political left)
- 左翼 adj (pertaining to the political left)
- 左に adv (on the left side)
Javanese
2 entries- kering adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- kiwa adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Kalmyk
1 entries- зүн adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Kashubian
1 entries- lewi adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Kazakh
1 entries- сол adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Khmer
1 entries- ឆ្វេង adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Korean
4 entries- 왼 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- 왼쪽 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- 왼쪽에 adv (on the left side)
- 왼쪽으로 adv (towards the left side)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сол adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ladin
1 entries- man ciancia adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ladino
1 entries- siedra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Lakota
2 entries- catkayata adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- catkayatan noun (the left side)
Lao
1 entries- ຊ້າຍ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Latgalian
1 entries- kairuo adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Latin
4 entries- laevus adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- scaevus adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- sinister adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- a sinistra parte adv (on the left side)
Latvian
4 entries- kreiss adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- kreiss adj (pertaining to the political left)
- kreisi adv (on the left side)
- pa kreisi adv (on the left side)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kairioji adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- lěwy adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- nalěwo adv (on the left side)
- nalěwo adv (towards the left side)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- lénks adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- lénks adv (towards the left side)
Macedonian
4 entries- лев adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- лев adj (pertaining to the political left)
- лев adj (pertaining to the political left)
- левичарски adj (pertaining to the political left)
Madurese
1 entries- kacer adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Makasar
1 entries- kairi adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Malay
1 entries- kiri adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഇടത് adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Maltese
2 entries- xellug adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- fdal verb (remaining)
Manchu
3 entries- ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ noun (the left side)
- ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ ᡝᡵᡤᡳ noun (the left side)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- potro noun (the left side)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- inaganeq adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Minangkabau
1 entries- kida adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Moksha
1 entries- кержи adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Mongolian
1 entries- зүүн adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Māori
3 entries- mauī adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- aromauī name (left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group)
- toe verb (remaining)
Nanai
1 entries- деги adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Navajo
1 entries- nishtłʼajígo adv (on the left side)
Naxi
1 entries- wai adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Neapolitan
3 entries- sinisto adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- sinista adv (on the left side)
- sinista noun (the left side)
Nias
1 entries- kabera adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Norman
1 entries- gauche noun (the left side)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- çep adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Norwegian
4 entries- venstre adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- venstre adj (pertaining to the political left)
- venstresiden noun (the left side)
- venstresiden noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- igjen verb (remaining)
- til overs verb (remaining)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- att verb (remaining)
- igjen verb (remaining)
Occitan
2 entries- esquèr adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- esquèrra noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Odia
1 entries- ବାମ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ojibwe
2 entries- namanjinik adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- namanjinikan adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- лѣвъ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Old English
1 entries- winestra adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Old Frisian
1 entries- winstera adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Old High German
3 entries- winistro adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- winstero adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- winstro adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Old Javanese
2 entries- keriṅ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- kiwa adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- صول adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- شمال noun (the left side)
- صول noun (the left side)
- آرتق verb (remaining)
Pangasinan
2 entries- kawigi adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- kawigi noun (the left side)
Pashto
1 entries- يسار adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Persian
4 entries- اشکلک adj (pertaining to the political left)
- چپ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- در سمت چپ adv (on the left side)
- چپ adv (on the left side)
Polish
4 entries- lewicowy adj (pertaining to the political left)
- lewy adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- na lewo adv (towards the left side)
- po lewej stronie adv (on the left side)
Portuguese
4 entries- de esquerda adj (pertaining to the political left)
- esquerdista adj (pertaining to the political left)
- esquerdo adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- liberal adj (pertaining to the political left)
Quechua
1 entries- lluq'i adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Romanian
4 entries- stâng adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- la stânga adv (on the left side)
- la stânga adv (towards the left side)
- stânga noun (the left side)
Romansch
1 entries- seniester adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Russian
4 entries- ле́вый adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ле́вый adj (pertaining to the political left)
- либера́льный adj (pertaining to the political left)
- вле́во adv (towards the left side)
Samoan
1 entries- tau-aŋavale adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Sanskrit
2 entries- वाम adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- सव्य adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ceàrr adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- clì adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lijȇvī adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- lȇvī adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- šuj adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ле̑вӣ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Shor
1 entries- сол adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Slovak
4 entries- ľаvý adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- na ľavé adv (on the left side)
- vľavo adv (towards the left side)
- ľavica noun (the left side)
Slovene
4 entries- levi adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- levo adv (towards the left side)
- na levi adv (on the left side)
- levica noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Somali
1 entries- bidix adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Southern Altai
1 entries- сол adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Spanish
4 entries- de izquierda adj (pertaining to the political left)
- izquierda adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- a la izquierda adv (on the left side)
- a la izquierda adv (towards the left side)
Sundanese
1 entries- kiwa adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Swahili
4 entries- kushoto adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- kushoto adj (pertaining to the political left)
- kushoto noun (the left side)
- kushoto noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Swedish
4 entries- vänster adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- vänster adj (pertaining to the political left)
- vänster noun (the left side)
- vänster noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Tagalog
2 entries- kaliwa adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- tira verb (remaining)
Tahitian
1 entries- ʻaui adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tajik
1 entries- чап adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tamil
1 entries- இடது adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tarantino
1 entries- mmanghe adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tarifit
1 entries- aẓermaḍ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tatar
1 entries- сул adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Telugu
3 entries- ఎడమ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ఎడమ noun (the left side)
- మిగిలిన verb (remaining)
Tetum
1 entries- karuk adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Thai
1 entries- ซ้าย adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tibetan
2 entries- གཡོན adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- གཡོན་པ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tocharian B
1 entries- saiwai adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tongan
1 entries- hema adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Turkish
3 entries- sol adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- sol noun (the left side)
- sol noun (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
Turkmen
1 entries- çep adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Tuvan
1 entries- солагай adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Udi
1 entries- дзах adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Ukrainian
4 entries- лі́вий adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- лі́вий adj (pertaining to the political left)
- злі́ва adv (on the left side)
- ліво́руч adv (on the left side)
Unami
2 entries- mënànchi adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- mënànchi adv (on the left side)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- lěwy adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Urdu
1 entries- بایاں adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Uyghur
2 entries- سول adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- چەپ adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Uzbek
2 entries- chap adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- soʻl adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trái adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- ở bên trái adv (on the left side)
Vilamovian
1 entries- lewo adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Vlax-Romani
1 entries- stïngo adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Walloon
4 entries- a gåtche adv (on the left side)
- a hintche adv (on the left side)
- a hintche adv (towards the left side)
- a pawene adv (on the left side)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- wala adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Welsh
1 entries- chwith adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- чап adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Yakut
1 entries- хаҥас adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Yiddish
4 entries- לינק adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
- לינק adj (pertaining to the political left)
- לינקס adv (on the left side)
- לינקס adv (towards the left side)
Zande
1 entries- gare adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Zazaki
1 entries- çep adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Zealandic
1 entries- lienks adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
Zhuang
1 entries- swix adj (west side of the body when one is facing north)
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