Scapegoat
//ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt//
Translations of "scapegoat" (55 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sondebok(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | φαρμακός(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), ἀποπομπαῖος τράγος(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | pharmakós, apopompaîos trágos | |
| Arabic | كَبْش فِدَاء(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), كَبْش فِدَاء(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | kabš fidāʔ, kabš fidāʔ | |
| Armenian | քավության նոխազ(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), քավության նոխազ(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | kʻavutʻyan noxaz, kʻavutʻyan noxaz | |
| Azerbaijani | günah keçisi(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Basque | ahuntz-buru(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Belarusian | ахвя́рны казёл(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), казёл адпушчэ́ння(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | axvjárny kazjól, kazjól adpuščénnja | |
| Bulgarian | же́ртвен козе́л(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), изкупителна жертва(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | žértven kozél, izkupitelna žertva | |
| Catalan | boc emissari(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), boc expiatori(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), boc expiatori(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), víctima expiatòria(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 替死鬼(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | tai³ sei² gwai² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 代罪羔羊(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), 代罪羔羊(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), 替死鬼(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), 替罪羊(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), 替罪羊(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | dàizuì gāoyáng, dàizuì gāoyáng, tìsǐguǐ, tìzuìyáng, tìzuìyáng | |
| Czech | obětní beránek(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), obětní beránek(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Danish | syndebuk(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), syndebuk(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Dutch | zondebok(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), zondebok(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Esperanto | propeka kaprino(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), propeka kapro(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), propeka kapro(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Estonian | must lammas(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), patuoinas(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), patuoinas(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), peksukott(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), peksupoiss(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), patuoinaks tegema(to blame or punish for the errors of others), süüd veeretama(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Faroese | syndabukkur(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), syndabukkur(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Finnish | syntipukki(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), syntipukki(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), nimetä syntipukiksi(to blame or punish for the errors of others), sysätä syy(to blame or punish for the errors of others), vierittää syy(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| French | bouc émissaire(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), bouc émissaire(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), chèvre émissaire(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), bouc-émissariser(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Georgian | განტევების ვაცი(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), განტევების ვაცი(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | ganṭevebis vaci, ganṭevebis vaci | |
| German | Prügelknabe(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), Sündenbock(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), Sündenbock(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), zum Sündenbock machen(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Greek | αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), εξιλαστήριο θύμα(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | apodiopompaíos trágos, apodiopompaíos trágos, exilastírio thýma | |
| Hebrew | שָׂעִיר לַעֲזָאזֵל(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), שָׂעִיר לַעֲזָאזֵל(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | sa'ír la'azazél, sa'ír la'azazél | |
| Hindi | बकरा(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | bakrā | |
| Hungarian | bűnbak(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), bűnbak(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), bűnbakot csinálnak belőle(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Icelandic | blórabögglar(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), blóraböggull(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Indonesian | kambing hitam(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Irish | ceap milleáin(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), sceilpín gabhair(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Italian | capro emissario(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), capro espiatorio(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), capro espiatorio(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), fare da capro espiatorio(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Japanese | スケープゴート(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), 生贄(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), 贖罪の山羊(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), 贖罪の山羊(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), 身代わり(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | sukēpugōto, ikenie, shokuzai no yagi, shokuzai no yagi, migawari | |
| Korean | 희생양(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | huisaeng'yang | |
| Latin | caper ēmissārius(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Latvian | grēkāzis(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Lithuanian | atpirkimo ožys(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), atpirkimo ožys(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Sënnebock(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Macedonian | жр́твен ја́рец(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), жр́твен ја́рец(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | žŕtven járec, žŕtven járec | |
| Malayalam | ബലിയാട്(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), ബലിയാടാക്കുക(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | baliyāṭŭ, baliyāṭākkuka | |
| Māori | uaparenga(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Marathi | बळीचा बकरा(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | baḷīcā bakrā | |
| Norwegian | syndebukk(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), syndebukk(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Polish | kozioł ofiarny(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), kozioł ofiarny(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Portuguese | bode expiatório(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), bode expiatório(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), fazer de bode expiatório(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Romanian | țap ispășitor(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Russian | козёл отпуще́ния(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), козёл отпуще́ния(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), крайний(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), ма́льчик для битья́(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), стре́лочник(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), де́лать козлом отпущения(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | kozjól otpuščénija, kozjól otpuščénija, krajnij, málʹčik dlja bitʹjá, stréločnik, délatʹ kozlom otpuščenija | |
| Serbo-Croatian | žrtveni jarac(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), žrtveni jarac(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), žrtveno janje(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), жртвени јарац(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), жртвени јарац(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), жртвено јање(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Slovak | obetný baránok(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Slovene | grešni kozel(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Spanish | cabeza de turco(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), chivo emisario(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), chivo expiatorio(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), chivo expiatorio(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), usar de chivo expiatorio(to blame or punish for the errors of others) | — | |
| Swedish | syndabock(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), syndabock(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Tagalog | bagsakan ng sisi(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Thai | แพะ(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), แพะรับบาป(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), แพะรับบาป(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | pɛ́, pɛ́-ráp-bàap, pɛ́-ráp-bàap | |
| Turkish | günah keçisi(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), günah keçisi(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), şamar oğlanı(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — | |
| Ukrainian | козе́л відпу́щення(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), козе́л відпу́щення(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), офі́рний цап(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | kozél vidpúščennja, kozél vidpúščennja, ofírnyj cap | |
| Vietnamese | bia đỡ đạn(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)), con dê gánh tội(a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | — | |
| Welsh | bwch dihangol(a goat imbued with the sins of the people), bwch dihangol(someone blamed for someone else's error(s)) | — |
sondebok
günah keçisi
ahuntz-buru
boc emissari, boc expiatori, boc expiatori, víctima expiatòria
代罪羔羊, 代罪羔羊, 替死鬼, 替罪羊, 替罪羊
dàizuì gāoyáng, dàizuì gāoyáng, tìsǐguǐ, tìzuìyáng, tìzuìyáng
obětní beránek, obětní beránek
syndebuk, syndebuk
zondebok, zondebok
propeka kaprino, propeka kapro, propeka kapro
must lammas, patuoinas, patuoinas, peksukott, peksupoiss, patuoinaks tegema, süüd veeretama
syndabukkur, syndabukkur
syntipukki, syntipukki, nimetä syntipukiksi, sysätä syy, vierittää syy
bouc émissaire, bouc émissaire, chèvre émissaire, bouc-émissariser
Prügelknabe, Sündenbock, Sündenbock, zum Sündenbock machen
αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος, αποδιοπομπαίος τράγος, εξιλαστήριο θύμα
apodiopompaíos trágos, apodiopompaíos trágos, exilastírio thýma
bűnbak, bűnbak, bűnbakot csinálnak belőle
blórabögglar, blóraböggull
kambing hitam
ceap milleáin, sceilpín gabhair
capro emissario, capro espiatorio, capro espiatorio, fare da capro espiatorio
スケープゴート, 生贄, 贖罪の山羊, 贖罪の山羊, 身代わり
sukēpugōto, ikenie, shokuzai no yagi, shokuzai no yagi, migawari
caper ēmissārius
grēkāzis
atpirkimo ožys, atpirkimo ožys
Sënnebock
uaparenga
syndebukk, syndebukk
kozioł ofiarny, kozioł ofiarny
bode expiatório, bode expiatório, fazer de bode expiatório
țap ispășitor
козёл отпуще́ния, козёл отпуще́ния, крайний, ма́льчик для битья́, стре́лочник, де́лать козлом отпущения
kozjól otpuščénija, kozjól otpuščénija, krajnij, málʹčik dlja bitʹjá, stréločnik, délatʹ kozlom otpuščenija
žrtveni jarac, žrtveni jarac, žrtveno janje, жртвени јарац, жртвени јарац, жртвено јање
obetný baránok
grešni kozel
cabeza de turco, chivo emisario, chivo expiatorio, chivo expiatorio, usar de chivo expiatorio
syndabock, syndabock
bagsakan ng sisi
günah keçisi, günah keçisi, şamar oğlanı
козе́л відпу́щення, козе́л відпу́щення, офі́рний цап
kozél vidpúščennja, kozél vidpúščennja, ofírnyj cap
bia đỡ đạn, con dê gánh tội
bwch dihangol, bwch dihangol
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