However the protagonist is aware of his own mistakes.
Source: tatoeba (328815)
Protagonist
//pɹoʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst//
Synonyms for "protagonist" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (51)
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More general
7 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بَطَل noun (main character)
- بَطَلَة noun (main character)
- مُتَصَدِّر noun (leading person in a contest)
Armenian
1 entries- հերոս noun (main character)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- baş qəhrəman noun (main character)
- protaqonist noun (main character)
- əsas personaj noun (main character)
- əsas qəhrəman noun (main character)
Belarusian
2 entries- гало́ўная гераі́ня noun (main character)
- гало́ўны геро́й noun (main character)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гла́вен геро́й noun (main character)
- гла́вна герои́ня noun (main character)
Catalan
2 entries- protagonista noun (main character)
- protagonista noun (leading person in a contest)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پاڵەوان noun (main character)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 主人公 noun (main character)
- 主角 noun (main character)
Czech
1 entries- protagonista noun (main character)
Danish
1 entries- hovedperson noun (main character)
Dutch
3 entries- hoofdrolspeelster noun (leading person in a contest)
- hoofdrolspeler noun (leading person in a contest)
- protagonist noun (main character)
Esperanto
2 entries- ĉefpersono noun (main character)
- ĉefrolulo noun (main character)
Estonian
1 entries- peategelane noun (main character)
Finnish
4 entries- edelläkävijä noun (advocate)
- esitaistelija noun (advocate)
- päähenkilö noun (main character)
- sankari noun (main character)
French
3 entries- héros noun (main character)
- héroïne noun (main character)
- protagoniste noun (main character)
Galician
2 entries- protagonista noun (main character)
- protagonista noun (leading person in a contest)
Georgian
4 entries- მთავარი გმირი noun (main character)
- მთავარი მოქმედი პირი noun (main character)
- მთავარი პერსონაჟი noun (main character)
- პროტაგონისტი noun (main character)
German
4 entries- Hauptfigur noun (main character)
- Held noun (main character)
- Protagonist noun (main character)
- Protagonistin noun (main character)
Greek
2 entries- πρωταγωνιστής noun (main character)
- πρωταγωνιστής noun (leading person in a contest)
Hebrew
3 entries- גִּבּוֹר noun (main character)
- דְּמוּת רָאשִׁית noun (main character)
- מוֹבִיל noun (leading person in a contest)
Hungarian
3 entries- főhős noun (main character)
- főszereplő noun (main character)
- főszereplő noun (leading person in a contest)
Ido
1 entries- protagonisto noun (main character)
Indonesian
3 entries- pemeran utama noun (main character)
- protagonis noun (main character)
- tokoh utama noun (main character)
Italian
1 entries- protagonista noun (main character)
Japanese
1 entries- 主人公 noun (main character)
Korean
1 entries- 주인공 noun (main character)
Malay
4 entries- protagonis noun (main character)
- protagonis noun (leading person in a contest)
- watak utama noun (main character)
- watak utama noun (leading person in a contest)
Māori
2 entries- kiritoa noun (main character)
- kiritoa noun (leading person in a contest)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hovedperson noun (main character)
- protagonist noun (main character)
- protagonist noun (advocate)
Polish
4 entries- bohater noun (main character)
- główny bohater noun (main character)
- protagonista noun (main character)
- protagonista noun (leading person in a contest)
Portuguese
3 entries- protagonista noun (main character)
- protagonista noun (leading person in a contest)
- protagonista noun (advocate)
Romanian
1 entries- protagonist noun (main character)
Russian
4 entries- гла́вная герои́ня noun (main character)
- гла́вный геро́й noun (main character)
- протагони́ст noun (main character)
- протагони́стка noun (main character)
Spanish
3 entries- protagonista noun (main character)
- protagonista noun (leading person in a contest)
- protagonista noun (advocate)
Swahili
1 entries- mhusika mkuu noun (main character)
Swedish
4 entries- förespråkare noun (advocate)
- förkämpe noun (advocate)
- huvudperson noun (main character)
- protagonist noun (main character)
Turkish
2 entries- ana karakter noun (main character)
- kahraman noun (main character)
Ukrainian
4 entries- головна́ герої́ня noun (main character)
- головни́й геро́й noun (main character)
- протагоні́ст noun (main character)
- протагоні́стка noun (main character)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nam chính noun (main character)
- nhân vật chính noun (main character)
- nữ chính noun (main character)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
Source: tatoeba (329430)
As the play develops, the real motives of the protagonist become clear.
Source: tatoeba (695213)
Alain is the human protagonist of the novel.
Source: tatoeba (786545)
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