Hocus-pocus
//ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs//
Translations of "hocus-pocus" (22 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijani | hoqqa(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | — | |
| Belarusian | фо́кус-по́кус(phrase used as a magical incantation) | fókus-pókus | |
| Bulgarian | фо́кус(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | fókus | |
| Catalan | abracadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Czech | hokus pokus(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Dutch | hocus pocus(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Finnish | hokkuspokkus(phrase used as a magical incantation), hokkuspokkus(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery), hölynpöly(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | — | |
| French | abracadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation), hocus-pocus(phrase used as a magical incantation), abracadabra(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | — | |
| German | Abrakadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation), Hokuspokus(phrase used as a magical incantation), Simsalabim(phrase used as a magical incantation), Hokuspokus(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | — | |
| Hungarian | hókuszpókusz(phrase used as a magical incantation), hókuszpókusz(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | — | |
| Indonesian | simsalabim(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Italian | abracadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Japanese | ちちんぷいぷい(phrase used as a magical incantation) | chichin-puipui | |
| Kalmyk | илв-җилв(phrase used as a magical incantation) | ilv-jilv | |
| Latin | abracadābra(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Polish | czary-mary(phrase used as a magical incantation), hokus-pokus(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Portuguese | abracadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Russian | ахала́й-махала́й(phrase used as a magical incantation), си́м-салаби́м(phrase used as a magical incantation), фо́кус-по́кус(phrase used as a magical incantation), фо́кус(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery), фо́кус-по́кус(some (ineffectual) action carried out to bring about change as if by magic — see also nonsense, trick, trickery) | axaláj-maxaláj, sím-salabím, fókus-pókus, fókus, fókus-pókus | |
| Serbo-Croatian | hòkus-pòkus(phrase used as a magical incantation), хо̀кус-по̀кус(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Spanish | abracadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Swedish | abrakadabra(phrase used as a magical incantation), hokus pokus filiokus(phrase used as a magical incantation), hokuspokus(phrase used as a magical incantation) | — | |
| Ukrainian | фо́кус-по́кус(phrase used as a magical incantation) | fókus-pókus |
hoqqa
abracadabra
hokus pokus
hocus pocus
hokkuspokkus, hokkuspokkus, hölynpöly
abracadabra, hocus-pocus, abracadabra
Abrakadabra, Hokuspokus, Simsalabim, Hokuspokus
hókuszpókusz, hókuszpókusz
simsalabim
abracadabra
abracadābra
czary-mary, hokus-pokus
abracadabra
ахала́й-махала́й, си́м-салаби́м, фо́кус-по́кус, фо́кус, фо́кус-по́кус
axaláj-maxaláj, sím-salabím, fókus-pókus, fókus, fókus-pókus
hòkus-pòkus, хо̀кус-по̀кус
abracadabra
abrakadabra, hokus pokus filiokus, hokuspokus
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