Will you lubricate the car?
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Lubricate
//ˈluːbrɪkeɪt//
Synonyms for "lubricate" (76 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- смазвам verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Catalan
2 entries- lubricar verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- lubrificar verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 潤滑 /润滑 verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Czech
1 entries- mazat verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Dutch
1 entries- smeren verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Esperanto
1 entries- lubriki verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Estonian
1 entries- määrima verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Finnish
1 entries- voidella verb (to make slippery or smooth)
French
1 entries- lubrifier verb (to make slippery or smooth)
German
1 entries- schmieren verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Greek
1 entries- λιπαίνω verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Hungarian
4 entries- beolajoz verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- bezsíroz verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- ken verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- megolajoz verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Ido
1 entries- lubrifikar verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Italian
1 entries- lubrificare verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Japanese
1 entries- 注油する verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Khmer
1 entries- ដាក់ប្រេង verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Ladin
2 entries- onje verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- onjer verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Latin
1 entries- lūbricō verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Māori
1 entries- whakamaene verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یاغلامق verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Piedmontese
1 entries- lubrifiché verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Portuguese
1 entries- lubrificar verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Romanian
1 entries- lubrifia verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Russian
2 entries- сма́зать verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- сма́зывать verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- lìomh verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Spanish
2 entries- lubricar verb (to make slippery or smooth)
- lubrificar verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Swedish
1 entries- smörja verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Tagalog
1 entries- danlugan verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Turkish
1 entries- yağlamak verb (to make slippery or smooth)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Before putting the cables in, I lubricate the tube.
Source: tatoeba (8170328)
If you meet those who say, "Give the cat some oil," tell them to lubricate your back with about seven spoonfuls in order to get up and go to work.
Source: tatoeba (8242854)
I need to lubricate the hinges on that door.
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