There was nothing for it but to tolerate it.
Source: tatoeba (23155)
Tolerate
//ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "tolerate" (109 found)
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Related words (54)
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3 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- احتمل verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- اِحْتَمَلَ verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Armenian
1 entries- հանդուրժել verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Bulgarian
2 entries- толерирам verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- търпя verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Catalan
2 entries- suportar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolerar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 忍受 verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- 捱 verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 忍受 verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- 熬 verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Czech
1 entries- tolerovat verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Dutch
4 entries- dulden verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- gedogen verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- toelaten verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolereren verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Finnish
2 entries- sietää verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- suvaita verb (To allow without explicit approval)
French
3 entries- souffrir verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- supporter verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolérer verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Galician
1 entries- tolerar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Georgian
2 entries- დაშვება verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- თმენა verb (To allow without explicit approval)
German
3 entries- dulden verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolerieren verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- vertragen verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Greek
2 entries- ανέχομαι verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- ανέχομαι verb (to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- sipòte verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Hebrew
1 entries- סָבַל verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Hindi
1 entries- सहना verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Ido
1 entries- tolerar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Ingrian
1 entries- siitää verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Irish
1 entries- cuir suas le verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Italian
3 entries- accettare verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- sopportare verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tollerare verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Japanese
1 entries- 黙認する verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Korean
1 entries- 참는다 verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Latin
1 entries- tolerō verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- tolerěrowaś verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- dëllen verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Macedonian
3 entries- поднесува verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- толерира verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- трпи verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Norwegian
2 entries- tolerere verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tåle verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Occitan
2 entries- suportar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolerar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Old English
1 entries- ābīdan verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Persian
2 entries- تاوستن verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- تاویدن verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Polish
1 entries- tolerować verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Portuguese
3 entries- aguentar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- suportar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolerar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Romanian
3 entries- suporta verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolera verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- îngădui verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Russian
4 entries- вы́терпеть verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- вы́терпеть verb (to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand)
- допуска́ть verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- допусти́ть verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Spanish
2 entries- soportar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- tolerar verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Swedish
1 entries- tolerera verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Tamil
3 entries- சகி verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- தாங்கு verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- பொறு verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Telugu
1 entries- సహించు verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Ukrainian
4 entries- допуска́ти verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- допусти́ти verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- знести́ verb (to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand)
- зно́сити verb (to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chịu đựng verb (To allow without explicit approval)
Yiddish
2 entries- טאָלערירן verb (To allow without explicit approval)
- טאָלערירן verb (to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We will not tolerate anyone who engages in terrorism.
Source: tatoeba (23309)
How can you tolerate that rude fellow?
Source: tatoeba (29998)
How can you tolerate such a deed?
Source: tatoeba (38685)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.