Pretext
//ˈpɹiːtɛkst//
Translations of "pretext" (49 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | μύνη(false, contrived or assumed purpose), πρόφασις(false, contrived or assumed purpose), σκῆψις(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | múnē, próphasis, skêpsis | |
| Arabic | ذَرِيعَة(false, contrived or assumed purpose), عُذْر(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | ḏarīʕa, ʕuḏr | |
| Armenian | պատրվակ(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | patrvak | |
| Azerbaijani | bəhanə(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Belarusian | адгаво́р(false, contrived or assumed purpose), адгаво́рка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), адмо́ўка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), зачэ́пка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), падста́ва(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | adhavór, adhavórka, admówka, začépka, padstáva | |
| Bulgarian | извине́ние(false, contrived or assumed purpose), прете́кст(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | izvinénie, pretékst | |
| Catalan | pretext(false, contrived or assumed purpose), pretextar(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 借口(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | jièkǒu | |
| Czech | výmluva(false, contrived or assumed purpose), záminka(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Danish | påskud(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Dutch | dekmantel(false, contrived or assumed purpose), drogreden(false, contrived or assumed purpose), pretext(false, contrived or assumed purpose), schijnreden(false, contrived or assumed purpose), voorwendsel(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Eastern Mari | амал(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | amal | |
| Esperanto | preteksto(false, contrived or assumed purpose), preteksti(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Finnish | tekosyy(false, contrived or assumed purpose), veruke(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| French | prétexte(false, contrived or assumed purpose), prétexter(employ a pretext) | — | |
| German | Ausflucht(false, contrived or assumed purpose), Ausrede(false, contrived or assumed purpose), Deckmantel(false, contrived or assumed purpose), Prätext(false, contrived or assumed purpose), Schein(false, contrived or assumed purpose), Scheingrund(false, contrived or assumed purpose), Vorwand(false, contrived or assumed purpose), angeblicher Grund(false, contrived or assumed purpose), fadenscheinige Begründung(false, contrived or assumed purpose), vorgespiegelter Grund(false, contrived or assumed purpose), einen Vorwand verwenden(employ a pretext), etwas vorgeben(employ a pretext), etwas vorschützen(employ a pretext), etwas vorspiegeln(employ a pretext), so tun, als ob(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌻𐍉(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | inilō | |
| Greek | πρόσχημα(false, contrived or assumed purpose), πρόφαση(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | próschima, prófasi | |
| Hebrew | תירוץ(false, contrived or assumed purpose), אמתלה(employ a pretext) | terúts, amátlah | |
| Hungarian | kifogás(false, contrived or assumed purpose), ürügy(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Icelandic | yfirskin(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Ido | pretextar(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Italian | pretesto(false, contrived or assumed purpose), scusante(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Japanese | 口実(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | kōjitsu | |
| Korean | 핑계(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | pinggye | |
| Kyrgyz | шылтоо(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | şıltoo | |
| Latin | praetextum(false, contrived or assumed purpose), praetexō(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Macedonian | изговор(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | izgovor | |
| Manchu | ᡶᡳᡴᡨᡠ(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | fiktu | |
| Māori | takunetanga(false, contrived or assumed purpose), takunga(false, contrived or assumed purpose), takutakunga(false, contrived or assumed purpose), whakataruna(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | påskott(false, contrived or assumed purpose), påskudd(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | påskot(false, contrived or assumed purpose), påskott(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | قولپ(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | kulp | |
| Persian | بهانه(false, contrived or assumed purpose), دستاویز(false, contrived or assumed purpose), عذر(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | bahâne, dastâviz, 'ozr | |
| Polish | pretekst(false, contrived or assumed purpose), wymówka(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Portuguese | pretexto(false, contrived or assumed purpose), pretextar(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Russian | отгово́рка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), по́вод(false, contrived or assumed purpose), предло́г(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | otgovórka, póvod, predlóg | |
| Sanskrit | अपदेश(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | apadeśa | |
| Scottish Gaelic | leisgeul(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | ȉzgovōr(false, contrived or assumed purpose), ȉzlika(false, contrived or assumed purpose), и̏згово̄р(false, contrived or assumed purpose), и̏злика(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Sicilian | scaciuni(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Slovak | výhovorka(false, contrived or assumed purpose), zámienka(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Slovene | pretveza(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Spanish | callejuela(false, contrived or assumed purpose), pretexto(false, contrived or assumed purpose), socapa(false, contrived or assumed purpose), pretextar(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Swedish | förevändning(false, contrived or assumed purpose), svepskäl(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Tocharian B | ṣewi(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ви́мовка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), відмо́вка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), за́чіпка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), при́від(false, contrived or assumed purpose), при́ключка(false, contrived or assumed purpose), при́чіпка(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | výmovka, vidmóvka, záčipka, prývid, prýključka, prýčipka | |
| Vietnamese | cớ(false, contrived or assumed purpose), mượn cớ(employ a pretext) | — | |
| Welsh | esgus(false, contrived or assumed purpose) | — |
bəhanə
адгаво́р, адгаво́рка, адмо́ўка, зачэ́пка, падста́ва
adhavór, adhavórka, admówka, začépka, padstáva
pretext, pretextar
výmluva, záminka
påskud
dekmantel, drogreden, pretext, schijnreden, voorwendsel
preteksto, preteksti
tekosyy, veruke
prétexte, prétexter
Ausflucht, Ausrede, Deckmantel, Prätext, Schein, Scheingrund, Vorwand, angeblicher Grund, fadenscheinige Begründung, vorgespiegelter Grund, einen Vorwand verwenden, etwas vorgeben, etwas vorschützen, etwas vorspiegeln, so tun, als ob
kifogás, ürügy
yfirskin
pretextar
pretesto, scusante
praetextum, praetexō
takunetanga, takunga, takutakunga, whakataruna
påskott, påskudd
påskot, påskott
pretekst, wymówka
pretexto, pretextar
leisgeul
ȉzgovōr, ȉzlika, и̏згово̄р, и̏злика
scaciuni
výhovorka, zámienka
pretveza
callejuela, pretexto, socapa, pretextar
förevändning, svepskäl
ṣewi
ви́мовка, відмо́вка, за́чіпка, при́від, при́ключка, при́чіпка
výmovka, vidmóvka, záčipka, prývid, prýključka, prýčipka
cớ, mượn cớ
esgus
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.