We sprinkle salt for purification.
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Sprinkle
//ˈspɹɪŋkəl//
Synonyms for "sprinkle" (195 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (59)
Related words (97)
Noun(26 words)
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3 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
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3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
122 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- πάσσω verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- πάσσω verb (to cover an object)
- ῥαίνω verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- ῥαντίζω verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Arabic
1 entries- رش verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- səpmək verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ръмене noun (A light rain shower)
- поръсвам verb (to cover an object)
- пръскам verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- ръмя verb (to rain very lightly outside)
Catalan
3 entries- arruixar verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- ruixar verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- salpicar verb (to cover an object)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 撒 verb (to cover an object)
- 糝 /糁 verb (to cover an object)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 撒 verb (to cover an object)
Czech
3 entries- pokropit verb (to cover an object)
- postříkat verb (to cover an object)
- posypat verb (to cover an object)
Dutch
1 entries- sprenkelen verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Esperanto
1 entries- aspergi verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Estonian
2 entries- puistama verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- tibutama verb (to rain very lightly outside)
Finnish
4 entries- sirote noun (A light covering with a sprinkled substance)
- tihkusade noun (A light rain shower)
- pirskottaa verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- pirskottaa verb (to cover an object)
French
3 entries- crachin noun (A light rain shower)
- asperger verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- saupoudrer verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Galician
4 entries- barruzo noun (A light covering with a sprinkled substance)
- barrufar verb (to rain very lightly outside)
- borrifar verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- chapucar verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
German
4 entries- Nieselregen noun (A light rain shower)
- besprühen verb (to cover an object)
- nieseln verb (to rain very lightly outside)
- sprühen verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Greek
1 entries- ρίχνω verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Hindi
1 entries- छिड़कना verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszór verb (to cover an object)
- locsol verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- meghint verb (to cover an object)
- megszór verb (to cover an object)
Irish
2 entries- croith verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- easraigh verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Italian
4 entries- aspergere verb (to cover an object)
- guarnire verb (to cover an object)
- spargere verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- spruzzare verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Japanese
4 entries- 小雨 noun (A light rain shower)
- 振り掛け noun (A light covering with a sprinkled substance)
- 振り掛ける verb (to cover an object)
- 播く verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Korean
1 entries- 뿌리다 verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Latin
3 entries- aspergo verb (to cover an object)
- aspergō verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- spargō verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Malayalam
2 entries- ചാറ്റുക verb (to rain very lightly outside)
- തളിക്കുക verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Māori
2 entries- kōuaua noun (A light rain shower)
- uwhiuwhi verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صاچمق verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- صاچمق verb (to cover an object)
Persian
3 entries- افشاندن verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- شپیختن verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- پاشیدن verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Polish
4 entries- mżawka noun (A light rain shower)
- posypka noun (A light covering with a sprinkled substance)
- mżyć verb (to rain very lightly outside)
- posypać verb (to cover an object)
Portuguese
3 entries- espirrar verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- polvilhar verb (to cover an object)
- salpicar verb (to cover an object)
Romanian
1 entries- ploicică noun (A light rain shower)
Russian
4 entries- бры́згать verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- опры́скивать verb (to cover an object)
- побры́згать verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- пры́скать verb (to cover an object)
Sanskrit
1 entries- जुहोति verb (to cover an object)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- crath verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- crath verb (to cover an object)
Southern Altai
1 entries- себер verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Spanish
4 entries- garúa noun (A light rain shower)
- llovizna noun (A light rain shower)
- asperjar verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- espolvorear verb (to cover an object)
Swedish
4 entries- dugga verb (to rain very lightly outside)
- duggregna verb (to rain very lightly outside)
- strila verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- strila verb (to rain very lightly outside)
Tamil
2 entries- இடு verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
- தூவு verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Telugu
1 entries- చిలుకు verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pärs verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Turkish
1 entries- serpmek verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Yiddish
2 entries- שפּריץ noun (A light rain shower)
- שפּריצן verb (to cover an object)
Zazaki
2 entries- aver kerden verb (to cover an object)
- ronen verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǀqába verb (to cause to fall in fine drops)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
It began to sprinkle.
Source: tatoeba (26995)
"Clean up in front of the shop first." "OK!" "Sprinkle some water out there too."
Source: tatoeba (329286)
The princess's taste for pleasures was expanding; and we thought only about how to sprinkle on them new seasonings, so as to give them more spice.
Source: tatoeba (407593)
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