Lest
Translations of "lest" (36 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | μή(for fear that), μή(that … not), μήποτε(for fear that), μήποτε(that … not) | mḗ, mḗ, mḗpote, mḗpote | |
| Arabic | خِيفَةَ أَنَّ(for fear that), مَخَافَةَ أَن(for fear that) | ḵīfata ʔanna, maḵāfata ʔan | |
| Bengali | পাছে(that … not) | pache | |
| Bikol Central | harambili(for fear that) | — | |
| Bulgarian | да не(that … not), за да не(that … not), от страх да не(for fear that) | da ne, za da ne, ot strah da ne | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 以免(for fear that) | yǐmiǎn | |
| Czech | aby ... ne(that … not), v případě, že ...(for fear that), ze strachu, že ...(for fear that) | — | |
| Danish | af frygt for at(for fear that) | — | |
| Dutch | opdat ... niet(that … not), uit angst dat(for fear that) | — | |
| Esperanto | pro timo ke(for fear that) | — | |
| Finnish | ettei(for fear that), ettei(that … not), jottei(for fear that), jottei(that … not), sen pelossa, että(for fear that), siinä pelossa, että(for fear that), siltä varalta, että(for fear that) | — | |
| French | de peur que(for fear that), sans quoi(for fear that) | — | |
| Galician | non sexa que(for fear that) | — | |
| Georgian | რათა არ(for fear that) | — | |
| German | auf dass nicht(that … not), bevor(that … not), fürchtend, dass(for fear that), in der Furcht, dass(for fear that) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹(for fear that) | ibai | |
| Hebrew | פֶּן(for fear that) | pen | |
| Hungarian | nehogy(for fear that), nehogy(that … not) | — | |
| Irish | ar eagla go(for fear that) | — | |
| Italian | per paura che(for fear that) | — | |
| Japanese | しないように(for fear that) | shinai yō ni | |
| Khmer | ក្រែង(for fear that) | kraeŋ | |
| Latin | nē(that … not), nē(that (without the negative particle)) | — | |
| Māori | kei(that … not), kei tūpono(for fear that) | — | |
| Old English | þȳ lǣs(for fear that), þȳ lǣs(that … not) | — | |
| Polish | że(that (without the negative particle)), żeby nie(for fear that), żeby nie(that … not) | — | |
| Portuguese | a fim de que ... não(for fear that), para que(for fear that) | — | |
| Romanian | care(that (without the negative particle)), în caz că(for fear that) | — | |
| Russian | и́на́че(that … not), из страха(for fear that), что(for fear that), чтобы не(that … not) | ínáče | |
| Serbo-Croatian | da ne(that … not), da ne bi(for fear that), iz straha da ne(for fear that), kako ne ...(that … not) | — | |
| Slovene | da ne bi(for fear that) | — | |
| Spanish | no vaya a ser que(for fear that) | — | |
| Sundanese | bisi(for fear that) | — | |
| Swedish | så att inte(that … not) | — | |
| Turkish | bundan korkarak(for fear that), bunun üzerine değil(that … not), daha önce(that … not) | — | |
| Ukrainian | аби́ ... не(that … not), боячи́сь, що(for fear that), що(that (without the negative particle)), щоб ... не(that … not), щоби ... не(that … not) | abý ... ne, bojačýsʹ, ščo, ščo, ščob ... ne, ščoby ... ne |
harambili
aby ... ne, v případě, že ..., ze strachu, že ...
af frygt for at
opdat ... niet, uit angst dat
pro timo ke
ettei, ettei, jottei, jottei, sen pelossa, että, siinä pelossa, että, siltä varalta, että
de peur que, sans quoi
non sexa que
რათა არ
auf dass nicht, bevor, fürchtend, dass, in der Furcht, dass
nehogy, nehogy
ar eagla go
per paura che
nē, nē
kei, kei tūpono
þȳ lǣs, þȳ lǣs
że, żeby nie, żeby nie
a fim de que ... não, para que
care, în caz că
da ne, da ne bi, iz straha da ne, kako ne ...
da ne bi
no vaya a ser que
bisi
så att inte
bundan korkarak, bunun üzerine değil, daha önce
аби́ ... не, боячи́сь, що, що, щоб ... не, щоби ... не
abý ... ne, bojačýsʹ, ščo, ščo, ščob ... ne, ščoby ... ne
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