I don't want to propose to you!
Source: tatoeba (1772)
Propose
//pɹəˈpəʊz//
Synonyms for "propose" (110 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Verb(2 words)
Related words (55)
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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2 entriesderived
9 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
68 entriesShowing 16 of 68 words.
Translations
112 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- اِقْتَرَحَ verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- خَطَبَ verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- طَلَبَ يَد verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Breton
1 entries- kinnig verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Bulgarian
3 entries- възнамерявам verb (to intend)
- правя пердложение verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- предла́гам verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Catalan
1 entries- proposar verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- داوای دەس کردن verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- پێشنیازکردن verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 提議 /提议 verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- 求婚 verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Czech
2 entries- navrhnout verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- požádat o ruku verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Danish
2 entries- foreslå verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- fri verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Dutch
2 entries- ten huwelijk vragen verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- voorstellen verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Esperanto
1 entries- proponi geedziĝon verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Finnish
4 entries- aikoa verb (to intend)
- ehdotella verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- ehdottaa verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- esittää verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
French
2 entries- demander en mariage verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- proposer verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
German
3 entries- beabsichtigen verb (to intend)
- einen Heiratsantrag machen verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- vorschlagen verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Greek
3 entries- κάνω πρόταση γάμου verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- προτίθεμαι verb (to intend)
- προτείνω verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Hungarian
4 entries- ajánl verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- indítványoz verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- javasol verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- megkéri a kezét verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Indonesian
2 entries- melamar verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- meminang verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Interlingua
1 entries- proponer verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Italian
2 entries- proporre verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- proporre il matrimonio verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Japanese
4 entries- プロポーズする verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- 求婚する verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- 申し込む verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- 結婚を申し込む verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Khiamniungan Naga
3 entries- chāi verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- chāi verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- chāi verb (to intend)
Korean
4 entries- 구애하다 verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- 의도하다 verb (to intend)
- 제안(提案)하다 verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- 프러포즈를 하다 verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Latin
2 entries- cēnseō verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- prōpōnō verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Māori
4 entries- marohi verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- mārohirohi verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- taka mahara verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- taka mahara verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Norman
1 entries- proposer verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Northern Sami
2 entries- evttohit verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- sogŋostallat verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Norwegian
2 entries- foreslå verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- fri verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Old English
1 entries- foresettan verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Persian
3 entries- خواستن verb (to intend)
- خواستگاری verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- پیشنهاد کردن verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Polish
4 entries- oświadczać się verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- oświadczyć się verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- proponować verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- zamierzać verb (to intend)
Portuguese
3 entries- pedir a mão verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- pretender verb (to intend)
- propor verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Romanian
4 entries- a cere în căsătorie verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- peți verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- propune verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- sugestiona verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Russian
4 entries- де́лать предложе́ние verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- попроси́ть руки́ verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- предлага́ть verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- предложи́ть verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Scots
1 entries- propone verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Spanish
4 entries- pedir la mano verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- pedir matrimonio verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- proponer verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- proponer matrimonio verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
Swedish
2 entries- fria verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- föreslå verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Thai
1 entries- เสนอ verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Turkish
3 entries- evlenme teklif etmek verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- niyet etmek verb (to intend)
- teklif etmek verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cầu hôn verb (to ask for someone's hand in marriage — see also ask for someone's hand in marriage)
- gợi ý verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- đề nghị verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
- đề xuất verb (to suggest a plan or course of action)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Is there no alternative to what you propose?
Source: tatoeba (16982)
What tempted him to propose to her?
Source: tatoeba (25040)
At long last he made up his mind to propose to her.
Source: tatoeba (30245)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.