The doctor forbade me from taking part in the marathon.
Source: tatoeba (27975)
Marathon
//ˈmæɹəˌθɑn//
Synonyms for "marathon" (129 found)
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83 translations across 54 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Μαραθών name (town in Greece)
Arabic
1 entries- مَارَاثُون noun (road race)
Armenian
2 entries- Մարաթոն name (town in Greece)
- մարաթոն noun (road race)
Belarusian
1 entries- марафо́н noun (road race)
Bengali
1 entries- ম্যারাথন noun (road race)
Bulgarian
1 entries- марато́н noun (road race)
Burmese
1 entries- မာရသွန် noun (road race)
Catalan
2 entries- marató noun (road race)
- marató noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 馬拉松 /马拉松 noun (road race)
Czech
2 entries- Marathón name (town in Greece)
- maraton noun (road race)
Danish
2 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maratonløb noun (road race)
Dutch
1 entries- marathon noun (road race)
Esperanto
1 entries- maratono noun (road race)
Estonian
1 entries- maraton noun (road race)
Finnish
2 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maraton noun (any extended or sustained activity)
French
3 entries- Marathon name (town in Greece)
- marathon noun (road race)
- marathon noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Georgian
1 entries- მარათონი noun (road race)
German
3 entries- Marathon name (town in Greece)
- Marathon noun (road race)
- Marathon noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Greek
3 entries- Μαραθώνας name (town in Greece)
- μαραθώνιος noun (road race)
- μαραθώνιος noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Gujarati
1 entries- મેરેથોન noun (road race)
Hausa
1 entries- dogon gudu noun (road race)
Hebrew
1 entries- מָרָתוֹן noun (road race)
Hindi
1 entries- मैराथन noun (road race)
Hungarian
2 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maraton noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Icelandic
3 entries- Maraþon name (town in Greece)
- maraþon noun (road race)
- maraþonhlaup noun (road race)
Ido
1 entries- maratono noun (road race)
Interlingua
1 entries- Marathon noun (road race)
Irish
1 entries- maratón noun (road race)
Italian
2 entries- Maratona name (town in Greece)
- maratona noun (road race)
Japanese
3 entries- マラトン name (town in Greece)
- マラトーン name (town in Greece)
- マラソン noun (road race)
Korean
1 entries- 마라톤 noun (road race)
Latin
2 entries- Marathōn name (town in Greece)
- Marathon noun (road race)
Latvian
1 entries- maratons noun (road race)
Lithuanian
1 entries- maratonas noun (road race)
Macedonian
1 entries- маратон noun (road race)
Maltese
1 entries- maratona noun (road race)
Māori
1 entries- te omaoma-a-Tōhē noun (road race)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maratonløp noun (road race)
Polish
2 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maraton noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Portuguese
2 entries- Maratona name (town in Greece)
- maratona noun (road race)
Romanian
2 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maraton noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Russian
3 entries- Марафо́н name (town in Greece)
- марафо́н noun (road race)
- марафо́н noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- maraton noun (road race)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mȁratōn noun (road race)
- ма̏рато̄н noun (road race)
Slovak
1 entries- maratón noun (road race)
Slovene
1 entries- maraton noun (road race)
Spanish
2 entries- maratón noun (road race)
- maratón noun (any extended or sustained activity)
Swahili
1 entries- marathoni noun (road race)
Swedish
3 entries- maraton noun (road race)
- maraton noun (any extended or sustained activity)
- maratonlopp noun (road race)
Thai
1 entries- มาราธอน noun (road race)
Turkish
1 entries- maraton noun (road race)
Ukrainian
2 entries- марато́н noun (road race)
- марафо́н noun (road race)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ma-ra-tông noun (road race)
Zhuang
1 entries- majlahsungh noun (road race)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
At the beginning of a marathon race, scores of runners start, but only a few finish and just one takes the cake.
Source: tatoeba (32360)
The marathon will be held, rain or shine.
Source: tatoeba (32361)
The marathon runners were out of breath.
Source: tatoeba (32362)
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