Limbo
//ˈlɪmbəʊ//
Translations of "limbo" (22 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian | քավարան(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | kʻavaran | |
| Bulgarian | лимбо(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), преддверие на ада(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | limbo, preddverie na ada | |
| Catalan | llimbs(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), llimbs(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 林波舞(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), 靈薄獄 /灵薄狱(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | línbōwǔ, língbóyù | |
| Czech | nejistota(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), nevyjasněná situace(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), předpeklí(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | — | |
| Dutch | limbo(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), limbo(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), limbo(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), limbus(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), voorgeborchte(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | — | |
| Finnish | Limbo(type of antisubmarine mortar installed on naval vessels), limbo(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), limbus(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), paitsio(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), välitila(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), ajaa paitsioon(to place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), limbota(to dance the limbo), limbota(to pass under something, especially while bending backwards) | — | |
| French | limbes(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), limbes(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), limbo(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards) | — | |
| German | Limbus(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), Schwebezustand(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), Vorhölle(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), in der Luft hängen lassen(to place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion) | — | |
| Hungarian | a pokol tornáca(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), bizonytalanság(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), köztes állapot/helyzet(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), limbus(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), limbó(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards) | — | |
| Italian | limbo(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | — | |
| Japanese | リンボ(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), リンボー(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), リンボー(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), 辺土(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), 辺獄(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | rinbo, rinbō, rinbō, hendo, hengoku | |
| Korean | 림보(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), 림보(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), 지옥의 변방(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | rimbo, rimbo, jiog-ui byeonbang | |
| Macedonian | пре́дворје на пе́колот(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | prédvorje na pékolot | |
| Marathi | लिम्बो(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards) | limbo | |
| Middle English | limbus(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), lymbo(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | — | |
| Polish | otchłań(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), próżnia(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion) | — | |
| Portuguese | limbo(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), limbo(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), limbo(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards) | — | |
| Russian | ли́мбо(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards), лимб(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), лимб(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion), подве́шенное состоя́ние(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion) | límbo, limb, limb, podvéšennoje sostojánije | |
| Slovak | limbus(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), predpeklie(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven) | — | |
| Spanish | limbo(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), limbo(in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion) | — | |
| Welsh | limbo(place where the souls of innocent deceased people exist temporarily until they can enter heaven), limbo(competitive dance in which dancers take turns to cross under a horizontal bar while bending backwards) | — |
llimbs, llimbs
nejistota, nevyjasněná situace, předpeklí
limbo, limbo, limbo, limbus, voorgeborchte
Limbo, limbo, limbus, paitsio, välitila, ajaa paitsioon, limbota, limbota
limbes, limbes, limbo
Limbus, Schwebezustand, Vorhölle, in der Luft hängen lassen
a pokol tornáca, bizonytalanság, köztes állapot/helyzet, limbus, limbó
limbo
limbus, lymbo
otchłań, próżnia
limbo, limbo, limbo
limbus, predpeklie
limbo, limbo
limbo, limbo
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