Beware lest you should miss the train.
Source: tatoeba (20263)
Lest
//lɛst//
Synonyms for "lest" (2 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- μή conj (for fear that)
- μή conj (that … not)
- μήποτε conj (for fear that)
- μήποτε conj (that … not)
Arabic
2 entries- خِيفَةَ أَنَّ conj (for fear that)
- مَخَافَةَ أَن conj (for fear that)
Bengali
1 entries- পাছে conj (that … not)
Bikol Central
1 entries- harambili conj (for fear that)
Bulgarian
3 entries- да не conj (that … not)
- за да не conj (that … not)
- от страх да не conj (for fear that)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 以免 conj (for fear that)
Czech
3 entries- aby ... ne conj (that … not)
- v případě, že ... conj (for fear that)
- ze strachu, že ... conj (for fear that)
Danish
1 entries- af frygt for at conj (for fear that)
Dutch
2 entries- opdat ... niet conj (that … not)
- uit angst dat conj (for fear that)
Esperanto
1 entries- pro timo ke conj (for fear that)
Finnish
4 entries- ettei conj (for fear that)
- ettei conj (that … not)
- jottei conj (for fear that)
- jottei conj (that … not)
French
2 entries- de peur que conj (for fear that)
- sans quoi conj (for fear that)
Galician
1 entries- non sexa que conj (for fear that)
Georgian
1 entries- რათა არ conj (for fear that)
German
4 entries- auf dass nicht conj (that … not)
- bevor conj (that … not)
- fürchtend, dass conj (for fear that)
- in der Furcht, dass conj (for fear that)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 conj (for fear that)
Hebrew
1 entries- פֶּן conj (for fear that)
Hungarian
2 entries- nehogy conj (for fear that)
- nehogy conj (that … not)
Irish
1 entries- ar eagla go conj (for fear that)
Italian
1 entries- per paura che conj (for fear that)
Japanese
1 entries- しないように conj (for fear that)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្រែង conj (for fear that)
Latin
2 entries- nē conj (that … not)
- nē conj (that (without the negative particle))
Māori
2 entries- kei conj (that … not)
- kei tūpono conj (for fear that)
Old English
2 entries- þȳ lǣs conj (for fear that)
- þȳ lǣs conj (that … not)
Polish
3 entries- że conj (that (without the negative particle))
- żeby nie conj (for fear that)
- żeby nie conj (that … not)
Portuguese
2 entries- a fim de que ... não conj (for fear that)
- para que conj (for fear that)
Romanian
2 entries- care conj (that (without the negative particle))
- în caz că conj (for fear that)
Russian
4 entries- и́на́че conj (that … not)
- из страха conj (for fear that)
- что conj (for fear that)
- чтобы не conj (that … not)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- da ne conj (that … not)
- da ne bi conj (for fear that)
- iz straha da ne conj (for fear that)
- kako ne ... conj (that … not)
Slovene
1 entries- da ne bi conj (for fear that)
Spanish
1 entries- no vaya a ser que conj (for fear that)
Sundanese
1 entries- bisi conj (for fear that)
Swedish
1 entries- så att inte conj (that … not)
Turkish
3 entries- bundan korkarak conj (for fear that)
- bunun üzerine değil conj (that … not)
- daha önce conj (that … not)
Ukrainian
4 entries- аби́ ... не conj (that … not)
- боячи́сь, що conj (for fear that)
- що conj (that (without the negative particle))
- щоб ... не conj (that … not)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Take this umbrella with you lest you should get wet and catch cold.
Source: tatoeba (26766)
I took my umbrella lest it rain.
Source: tatoeba (26870)
He fled lest he should be arrested.
Source: tatoeba (39826)
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