Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
Source: tatoeba (1799)
Nowadays
//ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz//
Synonyms for "nowadays" (25 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
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Translations
140 translations across 45 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- inanna adv (at the present time)
Assamese
1 entries- আজিকালি adv (at the present time)
Basque
1 entries- gaur egun adv (at the present time)
Bulgarian
3 entries- в наши дни adv (in the current era)
- понастоящем adv (at the present time)
- сега adv (at the present time)
Burmese
1 entries- ယခုအချိန်တွင် adv (at the present time)
Catalan
4 entries- actualment adv (at the present time)
- avui dia adv (at the present time)
- avui dia adv (in the current era)
- avui en dia adv (in the current era)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 現今 /现今 adv (in the current era)
- 現在 /现在 adv (at the present time)
- 現在 /现在 adv (in the current era)
- 當今 /当今 adv (in the current era)
Danish
3 entries- nu om stunder adv (at the present time)
- nu om stunder adv (in the current era)
- nu til dags adv (in the current era)
Dutch
4 entries- heden adv (at the present time)
- heden ten dage adv (in the current era)
- momenteel adv (at the present time)
- nu adv (at the present time)
Esperanto
1 entries- hodiaŭe adv (in the current era)
Finnish
4 entries- nykyaikana adv (in the current era)
- nykyisin adv (at the present time)
- nykyisin adv (in the current era)
- nykyään adv (at the present time)
French
4 entries- actuellement adv (at the present time)
- aujourd'hui adv (at the present time)
- de nos jours adv (at the present time)
- de nos jours adv (in the current era)
Galician
4 entries- actualmente adv (at the present time)
- actualmente adv (in the current era)
- hoxe en día adv (at the present time)
- hoxe en día adv (in the current era)
Georgian
2 entries- ამჟამად adv (at the present time)
- დღესდღეობით adv (at the present time)
German
4 entries- derzeitig adv (at the present time)
- gegenwärtig adv (at the present time)
- heute adv (in the current era)
- heutzutage adv (in the current era)
Greek
2 entries- επί των ημερών μας adv (in the current era)
- στις μέρες μας adv (in the current era)
Hebrew
1 entries- כיום adv (in the current era)
Hindi
2 entries- आज कल adv (at the present time)
- आज कल adv (in the current era)
Hungarian
4 entries- manapság adv (at the present time)
- manapság adv (in the current era)
- mostanában adv (at the present time)
- napjainkban adv (at the present time)
Indonesian
4 entries- pada masa kini adv (in the current era)
- saat ini adv (at the present time)
- saat ini adv (in the current era)
- sekarang adv (in the current era)
Italian
4 entries- oggidì adv (at the present time)
- oggidì adv (in the current era)
- oggigiorno adv (at the present time)
- oggigiorno adv (in the current era)
Japanese
4 entries- 現代では adv (in the current era)
- 現代においては adv (in the current era)
- 現在 adv (at the present time)
- 現在 adv (in the current era)
Korean
1 entries- 요즘 adv (at the present time)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- hautdesdaags adv (in the current era)
Marathi
2 entries- आजकाल adv (at the present time)
- आजकाल adv (in the current era)
Navajo
1 entries- dííshjį́ adv (at the present time)
Old English
1 entries- on þissum dagum adv (in the current era)
Persian
2 entries- امروزه adv (at the present time)
- امروزه adv (in the current era)
Polish
3 entries- obecnie adv (at the present time)
- teraz adv (at the present time)
- współcześnie adv (in the current era)
Portuguese
4 entries- agora adv (at the present time)
- agora adv (in the current era)
- atualmente adv (at the present time)
- atualmente adv (in the current era)
Punjabi
4 entries- اَجّ کَلّ adv (at the present time)
- اَجّ کَلّ adv (in the current era)
- ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ adv (at the present time)
- ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ adv (in the current era)
Romanian
2 entries- în ziua de astăzi adv (in the current era)
- în ziua de azi adv (in the current era)
Russian
4 entries- в на́ше вре́мя adv (at the present time)
- в на́ше вре́мя adv (in the current era)
- в на́ши дни adv (at the present time)
- в на́ши дни adv (in the current era)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अद्य adv (at the present time)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- an latha an-diugh adv (at the present time)
- an latha an-diugh adv (in the current era)
Slovak
2 entries- dnes adv (at the present time)
- dnes adv (in the current era)
Slovene
1 entries- dándánes adv (in the current era)
Spanish
4 entries- actualmente adv (at the present time)
- ahora adv (at the present time)
- hogaño adv (at the present time)
- hogaño adv (in the current era)
Swahili
1 entries- siku hizi adv (in the current era)
Swedish
4 entries- nu för tiden adv (at the present time)
- nu för tiden adv (in the current era)
- numer adv (at the present time)
- numera adv (at the present time)
Sylheti
2 entries- ꠀꠁꠎ-ꠇꠣꠁꠟ adv (in the current era)
- ꠀꠁꠎꠇꠣꠁꠟ adv (in the current era)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ни́ні adv (at the present time)
- тепе́р adv (at the present time)
Urdu
2 entries- آج کل adv (at the present time)
- آج کل adv (in the current era)
Vietnamese
4 entries- dạo này adv (at the present time)
- hiện nay adv (at the present time)
- ngày nay adv (at the present time)
- đời nay adv (at the present time)
West-Frisian
2 entries- hjoed de dei adv (at the present time)
- hjoeddeis adv (at the present time)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Nowadays we are apt to forget the benefits of nature.
Source: tatoeba (18685)
Beef is expensive nowadays.
Source: tatoeba (18686)
Nowadays jobs are hard to come by.
Source: tatoeba (18691)
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