How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
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Retaliate
//ɹɪˈtæl.i.eɪt//
Synonyms for "retaliate" (62 found)
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Related words (31)
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3 entriesderived
7 entriesmanner of
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59 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- հատուցել verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- վրեժ լուծել verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отмъщавам verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- отплащам се verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Catalan
2 entries- revenjar-se verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- tornar mal per mal verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 報復 /报复 verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Czech
4 entries- mstít se verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- odplatit verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- odplácet verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- oplatit verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Dutch
1 entries- vergelden verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Estonian
1 entries- kätte maksma verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Finnish
2 entries- kostaa verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- vastata samalla mitalla verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
French
4 entries- rendre la pareille à quelqu'un verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- riposter verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- se venger de verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- user de représailles verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Georgian
1 entries- სამაგიეროს გადახდა verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
German
2 entries- Vergeltung üben verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- sich rächen verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Hebrew
2 entries- נקם verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- עשה פעולת תגמול verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Hungarian
4 entries- bosszút áll verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- elégtételt vesz verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- megbosszul verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- megtorol verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Icelandic
3 entries- gjalda líku líkt verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- hefna sín verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- svara í sömu mynt verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Ido
1 entries- revanchar verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Italian
3 entries- reagire verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- rivalersi verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- vendicarsi verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Japanese
1 entries- 仕返し verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thám verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Khmer
1 entries- សងសឹក verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Latin
1 entries- retalio verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Malayalam
1 entries- തിരിച്ചടിക്കുക verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Māori
2 entries- rautipu verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- rautupu verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Polish
1 entries- mścić się verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Portuguese
1 entries- retaliar verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Romanian
3 entries- a plăti cu aceeași monedă (cuiva) verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- a se răzbuna verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- riposta verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Russian
2 entries- мстить verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- отомсти́ть verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Spanish
4 entries- represaliar verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- retalear verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- retaliar verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- tomar represalias verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Swedish
1 entries- vedergälla verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Turkish
1 entries- misilleme yapmak verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Walloon
2 entries- si rvindjî verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
- si vindjî verb (do something harmful to get revenge)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He might retaliate.
Source: tatoeba (1349590)
If you're going to say it, you have to say it with force, and take away your opponent's ability to retaliate.
Source: tatoeba (2367536)
He wants to retaliate.
Source: tatoeba (6089299)
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