պարտադրել verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
պարտավորեցնել verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Belarusian

2 entries

абавя́зваць verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
абавяза́ць verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Bulgarian

4 entries

задължавам verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
задължен съм verb (to be indebted to someone)
правя услуга verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
услужа verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))

Catalan

1 entries

obligar verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

幫忙 /帮忙 verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
强迫 verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Danish

1 entries

forpligte verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Dutch

3 entries

een plezier doen verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
plezieren verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
verplichten verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

French

4 entries

imposer verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
obliger verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
obliger verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
rendre service à verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))

Galician

4 entries

constrinxir verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
facer favor verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
facer o favor verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
forzar verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

German

2 entries

einen Gefallen tun verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
verpflichten verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Greek

2 entries

είμαι ευγνώμων verb (to be indebted to someone)
υποχρεώνω verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Hungarian

2 entries

kötelez verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
lekötelez verb (to be indebted to someone)

Italian

4 entries

costringere verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
fare un favore verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
forzare verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
indebitarsi verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))

Japanese

4 entries

サービスする verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
世話になる verb (to be indebted to someone)
世話をする verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
恩義がある verb (to be indebted to someone)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

forplikte verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

forplikte verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Polish

2 entries

zobowiązać verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
zobowiązywać verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Portuguese

1 entries

obrigar verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Romanian

1 entries

obliga verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Russian

4 entries

быть обя́занным verb (to be indebted to someone)
де́лать одолже́ние verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
обя́зывать verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
обяза́ть verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Spanish

4 entries

complacer verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
favorecer verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))
obligar verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
serviciar verb (to do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation))

Swedish

1 entries

förplikta verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Ukrainian

2 entries

зобов'я́зувати verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)
зобов'яза́ти verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Walloon

1 entries

oblidjî verb (to constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The laws oblige all citizens to pay taxes.

Source: tatoeba (321055)

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Source: tatoeba (908437)

Is there any dignity in having to depend on the noblesse oblige of the rich?

Source: tatoeba (4586590)

Tom was happy to oblige.

Source: tatoeba (5747384)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.