Don't pry into my private life.
Source: tatoeba (262479)
Pry
//pɹaɪ//
Synonyms for "pry" (150 found)
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Related words (75)
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96 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- лост noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- любопитко noun (person who is very inquisitive or nosy — see also busybody, nosey parker)
- надничане noun (act of prying; close and curious look)
- извлека verb (to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort)
Catalan
1 entries- dotorejar verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 窺探 /窥探 verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Dutch
4 entries- hefboom noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- hendel noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- priem noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- boren verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Finnish
4 entries- kanki noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- urkinta noun (act of prying; close and curious look)
- urkkija noun (person who is very inquisitive or nosy — see also busybody, nosey parker)
- urkkiminen noun (act of prying; close and curious look)
French
4 entries- fouiller verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
- fureter verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
- s'immiscer verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- scruter verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
German
4 entries- Hebel noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- aufhebeln verb (to use leverage to open, raise, or widen)
- genau hinsehen verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
- genau nachsehen verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
Hebrew
3 entries- מנוף noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- חִטֵּט verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- רִחְרֵחַ verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Italian
2 entries- intrudere verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- sbirciare verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
Japanese
2 entries- 詮索する verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- 首を突っ込む verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Latin
1 entries- inquīrō verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
Latvian
1 entries- svira noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
Māori
4 entries- whawhewhawhe noun (person who is very inquisitive or nosy — see also busybody, nosey parker)
- mahira verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- whakatiriwhana verb (to use leverage to open, raise, or widen)
- whawhewhawhe verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Persian
3 entries- فضول noun (person who is very inquisitive or nosy — see also busybody, nosey parker)
- کنجکاو noun (person who is very inquisitive or nosy — see also busybody, nosey parker)
- سر و گوش آب دادن verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Polish
4 entries- podpatrywać verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
- podpatrzyć verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
- wścibiać się verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- wścibić się verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Portuguese
2 entries- bisbilhotar verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- xeretar verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Russian
4 entries- рыча́г noun (tool for levering — see also crowbar)
- выве́дывать verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- подсма́тривать verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
- следи́ть verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Sicilian
1 entries- curtigghiari noun (act of prying; close and curious look)
Slovak
2 entries- vylámať verb (to use leverage to open, raise, or widen)
- vypáčiť verb (to use leverage to open, raise, or widen)
Spanish
4 entries- abrir apalacando verb (to use leverage to open, raise, or widen)
- abrir palanqueando verb (to use leverage to open, raise, or widen)
- curiosear verb (to peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public)
- curiosear verb (to inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Don't pry into the affairs of others.
Source: tatoeba (274704)
They tried to use an iron bar to pry open the lock.
Source: tatoeba (1584118)
Tom used a crowbar to pry open the lid of the crate.
Source: tatoeba (1922105)
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