You owe me an apology for that.
Source: tatoeba (16598)
Owe
//oʊ//
Synonyms for "owe"
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More general
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
97 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὀφείλω verb (to be in debt)
Belarusian
4 entries- быць паві́нен verb (to be under an obligation)
- быць у абавя́зку verb (to be under an obligation)
- быць ў даўгу́ verb (to be in debt)
- завінава́ціцца verb (to be in debt)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дължа verb (to be in debt)
- задължен съм verb (to be under an obligation)
Catalan
2 entries- deure verb (to be under an obligation)
- deure verb (to be in debt)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 欠 verb (to be in debt)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 欠 verb (to be in debt)
- 欠債 /欠债 verb (to be in debt)
Czech
1 entries- dlužit verb (to be in debt)
Danish
1 entries- skylde verb (to be in debt)
Dutch
2 entries- schuldig zijn verb (to be under an obligation)
- schuldig zijn verb (to be in debt)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝuldi verb (to be under an obligation)
Finnish
3 entries- olla velkaa verb (to be under an obligation)
- olla velkaa verb (to be in debt)
- olla veloissa verb (to be in debt)
French
2 entries- devoir verb (to be under an obligation)
- devoir verb (to be in debt)
Galician
2 entries- deber verb (to be under an obligation)
- deber verb (to be in debt)
German
4 entries- schulden verb (to be under an obligation)
- schulden verb (to be in debt)
- schuldig sein verb (to be under an obligation)
- schuldig sein verb (to be in debt)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 verb (to be under an obligation)
- 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 verb (to be in debt)
Greek
2 entries- χρωστάω verb (to be under an obligation)
- χρωστώ verb (to be under an obligation)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- dwe verb (to be in debt)
Hebrew
3 entries- היה חייב verb (to be under an obligation)
- היה חייב verb (to be in debt)
- חב verb (to be under an obligation)
Hungarian
2 entries- tartozik verb (to be in debt)
- tartozik (with -nak/-nek) verb (to be under an obligation)
Ido
1 entries- debar verb (to be under an obligation)
Irish
2 entries- bí ar verb (to be under an obligation)
- bí ar verb (to be in debt)
Italian
3 entries- dovere verb (to be under an obligation)
- dovere verb (to be in debt)
- essere in debito verb (to be in debt)
Japanese
2 entries- 借りがある verb (to be in debt)
- 負う verb (to be in debt)
Korean
1 entries- 빚지고 있다 verb (to be in debt)
Latin
2 entries- dēbeō verb (to be under an obligation)
- dēbeō verb (to be in debt)
Malay
1 entries- berhutang verb (to be in debt)
Norwegian
1 entries- skylde verb (to be in debt)
Occitan
2 entries- dever verb (to be under an obligation)
- dever verb (to be in debt)
Old English
1 entries- sċulan verb (to be under an obligation)
Persian
3 entries- بدهکار بودن verb (to be under an obligation)
- بدهکار بودن verb (to be in debt)
- مدیون بودن verb (to be under an obligation)
Polish
4 entries- być winnym verb (to be in debt)
- być zobowiązany verb (to be under an obligation)
- mieć dług verb (to be in debt)
- winić verb (to be in debt)
Portuguese
2 entries- dever verb (to be under an obligation)
- dever verb (to be in debt)
Romanian
2 entries- datora verb (to be under an obligation)
- datora verb (to be in debt)
Russian
4 entries- быть в долгу́ verb (to be under an obligation)
- быть в долгу́ verb (to be in debt)
- быть до́лжным verb (to be under an obligation)
- быть до́лжным verb (to be in debt)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dugòvati verb (to be in debt)
- дуго̀вати verb (to be in debt)
Slovene
2 entries- dolgovati verb (to be under an obligation)
- dolgovati verb (to be in debt)
Spanish
4 entries- adeudar verb (to be under an obligation)
- adeudar verb (to be in debt)
- deber verb (to be under an obligation)
- deber verb (to be in debt)
Swedish
2 entries- vara skyldig verb (to be under an obligation)
- vara skyldig verb (to be in debt)
Turkish
1 entries- borçlu olmak verb (to be in debt)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бу́ти ви́нним verb (to be under an obligation)
- ви́нен verb (to be under an obligation)
- ви́нна verb (to be under an obligation)
- ви́нні verb (to be under an obligation)
Zazaki
1 entries- deyndarey verb (to be under an obligation)
Zyphe
1 entries- bah verb (to be under an obligation)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I owe you ten dollars.
Source: tatoeba (17572)
If I had money, I would pay what I owe you. As it is, I can't pay.
Source: tatoeba (18636)
What little guidance I had I owe to a young man.
Source: tatoeba (29130)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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