Ought
//ɔːt//
Translations of "ought" (27 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ὀφείλω(indicating duty or obligation) | opheílō | |
| Belarusian | паві́нен(indicating duty or obligation), паві́нна(indicating duty or obligation), паві́нны(indicating duty or obligation) | pavínjen, pavínna, pavínny | |
| Danish | burde(indicating duty or obligation), burde(indicating advisability or prudence), burde(indicating desirability), burde(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Dutch | behoren(indicating duty or obligation), moeten(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| Esperanto | devi(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| Finnish | kuulua(indicating duty or obligation), pitää(indicating duty or obligation), pitää(indicating advisability or prudence), pitää(indicating desirability), pitää(indicating likelihood or probability), tulla(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| French | devoir(indicating duty or obligation), devoir(indicating advisability or prudence), devoir(indicating desirability), devoir(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Galician | deber(indicating duty or obligation), ter de(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| German | sollen(indicating duty or obligation), sollen(indicating advisability or prudence), sollen(indicating desirability), sollen(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Greek | θα έπρεπε(indicating duty or obligation), πρέπει(indicating advisability or prudence), όφειλε(indicating duty or obligation) | tha éprepe, prépei, ófeile | |
| Hungarian | bizonyára(indicating likelihood or probability), hatna(indicating desirability), hetne(indicating desirability), jobb lenne(indicating advisability or prudence), kell(indicating duty or obligation), kellene(indicating advisability or prudence), kellene(indicating desirability), kéne(indicating desirability), érdemes lenne(indicating advisability or prudence) | — | |
| Italian | dovere(indicating duty or obligation), dovere(indicating advisability or prudence), dovere(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Khmer | គួរតែ(indicating duty or obligation) | kuə tae | |
| Latin | dēbeō(indicating duty or obligation), dēbeō(indicating advisability or prudence) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | dejaś(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| Occitan | deure(indicating duty or obligation), dever(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| Persian | باید(indicating duty or obligation), باید(indicating advisability or prudence), باید(indicating likelihood or probability), بهتر بودن(indicating advisability or prudence) | bâyad, bâyad, bâyad, behtar budan | |
| Polish | powinien(indicating duty or obligation), powinien(indicating advisability or prudence), powinien(indicating desirability), powinien(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Portuguese | dever(indicating duty or obligation), dever(indicating advisability or prudence), dever(indicating desirability), dever(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Russian | быть(indicating advisability or prudence), вероя́тно(indicating likelihood or probability), до́лжен(indicating duty or obligation), жела́тельно(indicating desirability), мочь(indicating likelihood or probability), ну́жно(indicating advisability or prudence), ну́жно(indicating desirability), обя́зан(indicating duty or obligation), предположи́тельно(indicating likelihood or probability), скоре́е всего́(indicating likelihood or probability), сле́довать(indicating advisability or prudence), сле́довать(indicating desirability) | bytʹ, verojátno, dólžen, želátelʹno, močʹ, núžno, núžno, objázan, predpoložítelʹno, skoréje vsevó, slédovatʹ, slédovatʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | morati(indicating duty or obligation), morati(indicating likelihood or probability), trebati(indicating duty or obligation), trebati(indicating advisability or prudence), trebati(indicating desirability), trebati(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Spanish | deber(indicating duty or obligation), deber(indicating advisability or prudence), deber(indicating desirability), deber(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Swedish | borde(indicating duty or obligation), borde(indicating advisability or prudence), borde(indicating desirability), borde(indicating likelihood or probability) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ва́рто(indicating advisability or prudence), ва́рто(indicating desirability), зобов'я́заний(indicating duty or obligation), мабу́ть(indicating likelihood or probability), му́сить(indicating duty or obligation), пе́вно(indicating likelihood or probability), пови́нен(indicating duty or obligation), слід(indicating advisability or prudence), слід(indicating desirability) | várto, várto, zobovʺjázanyj, mabútʹ, músytʹ, pévno, povýnen, slid, slid | |
| Vietnamese | cần(indicating duty or obligation), phải(indicating duty or obligation) | — | |
| Welsh | dylu(indicating duty or obligation), dylu(indicating advisability or prudence), dylu(indicating desirability) | — | |
| Yiddish | זאָלן(indicating duty or obligation) | zoln |
burde, burde, burde, burde
behoren, moeten
devi
kuulua, pitää, pitää, pitää, pitää, tulla
devoir, devoir, devoir, devoir
deber, ter de
sollen, sollen, sollen, sollen
bizonyára, hatna, hetne, jobb lenne, kell, kellene, kellene, kéne, érdemes lenne
dovere, dovere, dovere
dēbeō, dēbeō
dejaś
deure, dever
powinien, powinien, powinien, powinien
dever, dever, dever, dever
быть, вероя́тно, до́лжен, жела́тельно, мочь, ну́жно, ну́жно, обя́зан, предположи́тельно, скоре́е всего́, сле́довать, сле́довать
bytʹ, verojátno, dólžen, želátelʹno, močʹ, núžno, núžno, objázan, predpoložítelʹno, skoréje vsevó, slédovatʹ, slédovatʹ
morati, morati, trebati, trebati, trebati, trebati
deber, deber, deber, deber
borde, borde, borde, borde
ва́рто, ва́рто, зобов'я́заний, мабу́ть, му́сить, пе́вно, пови́нен, слід, слід
várto, várto, zobovʺjázanyj, mabútʹ, músytʹ, pévno, povýnen, slid, slid
cần, phải
dylu, dylu, dylu
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