avenge

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• /əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 V EH1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéyh1s Proto-Italic *wīs Latin vim Latin dīcere Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin vindex Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vindicāre Old French vengier Old French avengierbor. Middle English avengen English avenge Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier.

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِنْتَقَمَ (intaqama) — to take vengeance for
• Armenian: վրեժ լուծել (vrež lucel) — to take vengeance for
• Aromanian: arãzgan — to take vengeance for
• Belarusian: мсціць (mscicʹ) — to take vengeance for
• Belarusian: по́мсціць (pómscicʹ) — to take vengeance for
• Belarusian: адпо́мсціць (adpómscicʹ) — to take vengeance for
• Bulgarian: мъстя́ (mǎstjá) — to take vengeance for
• Bulgarian: отмъща́вам (otmǎštávam) — to take vengeance for
• Bulgarian: отмъстя́ (otmǎstjá) — to take vengeance for
• Burmese: လက်စားချေ (lakca:hkye) — to take vengeance for
• Burmese: ကလဲ့စားချေ (ka.lai.ca:hkye) — to take vengeance for
• Catalan: venjar — to take vengeance for
• Chinese Mandarin: 報仇 /报仇 (bàochóu) — to take vengeance for
• Chinese Mandarin: 復仇 /复仇 (fùchóu) — to take vengeance for
• Cornish: diala — to take vengeance for
• Czech: mstít se — to take vengeance for
• Czech: pomstít se — to take vengeance for
• Danish: hævne — to take vengeance for
• Danish: hævne seg — to take vengeance for
• Dutch: wreken — to take vengeance for
• Dutch: wraak nemen — to take vengeance for
• Estonian: kätte maksma — to take vengeance for
• Finnish: kostaa — to take vengeance for
• French: venger — to take vengeance for
• French: se venger — to take vengeance for
• Friulian: svindicâ — to take vengeance for
• Galician: vingar — to take vengeance for
• Georgian: შურისძიება (šurisʒieba) — to take vengeance for
• German: rächen — to take vengeance for
• German: ahnden — to take vengeance for
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fraweitan) — to take vengeance for
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (gawrikan) — to take vengeance for
• Greek: εκδικούμαι (ekdikoúmai) — to take vengeance for
• Higaonon: balus — to take vengeance for
• Hindi: बदला लेना (badlā lenā) — to take vengeance for
• Hindi: दण्ड देना (daṇḍ denā) — to take vengeance for
• Hungarian: megbosszul — to take vengeance for
• Icelandic: hefna — to take vengeance for
• Irish: díoltas a imirt ar — to take vengeance for
• Irish: éiric a bhaint amach i/de — to take vengeance for
• Italian: vendicare — to take vengeance for
• Japanese: 復讐する (fukushū suru) — to take vengeance for
• Japanese: 報復する (hōfuku suru) — to take vengeance for
• Japanese: かたきを討つ (kataki o utsu) — to take vengeance for
• Japanese: あだを討つ (ada o utsu) — to take vengeance for
• Kaitag: чербира́ра (čerbirára) — to take vengeance for
• Korean: 복수하다 (boksuhada) — to take vengeance for
• Korean: 보복하다 (bobokhada) — to take vengeance for
• Lao: ແກ້ແຄ້ນ (kǣ khǣn) — to take vengeance for
• Latin: vindicō — to take vengeance for
• Latin: ulcīscor — to take vengeance for
• Latin: persequor — to take vengeance for
• Latin: pūniō — to take vengeance for
• Macedonian: одмаздува (odmazduva) — to take vengeance for
• Macedonian: одмазди (odmazdi) — to take vengeance for
• Māori: rānaki — to take vengeance for
• Māori: ngaki — to take vengeance for
• Māori: rangaranga — to take vengeance for
• Māori: ngaki mate — to take vengeance for
• Māori: whakakaitoa — to take vengeance for
• Māori: huki — to take vengeance for
• Māori: huki toto — to take vengeance for
• Māori: hiku toto — to take vengeance for
• Norwegian Bokmål: hevne — to take vengeance for
• Norwegian Bokmål: hevne seg — to take vengeance for
• Occitan: venjar — to take vengeance for
• Church Slavic: мьстити (mĭstiti) — to take vengeance for
• Ossetian: маст исын — to take vengeance for
• Persian: انتقام گرفتن (enteqâm gereftan) — to take vengeance for
• Polish: mścić się — to take vengeance for
• Polish: zemścić się — to take vengeance for
• Polish: pomścić się — to take vengeance for
• Portuguese: vingar — to take vengeance for
• Romanian: răzbuna — to take vengeance for
• Russian: мсти́ть (mstítʹ) — to take vengeance for
• Russian: отомсти́ть (otomstítʹ) — to take vengeance for
• Scottish Gaelic: dìol — to take vengeance for
• Serbo-Croatian: освећи́вати се — to take vengeance for
• Serbo-Croatian: осве́тити се — to take vengeance for
• Serbo-Croatian: osvećívati se — to take vengeance for
• Serbo-Croatian: osvétiti se — to take vengeance for
• Sicilian: vinnicari — to take vengeance for
• Sicilian: minnicari — to take vengeance for
• Slovak: mstiť sa — to take vengeance for
• Slovak: pomstiť sa — to take vengeance for
• Slovene: maščevati se — to take vengeance for
• Spanish: vengar — to take vengeance for
• Swedish: hämnas — to take vengeance for
• Tajik: интиқом гирифтан (intiqom giriftan) — to take vengeance for
• Tajik: қасос гирифтан (qasos giriftan) — to take vengeance for
• Tamil: பழிவாங்கு (paḻivāṅku) — to take vengeance for
• Tamil: பழிதீர் (paḻitīr) — to take vengeance for
• Thai: แก้แค้น (gɛ̂ɛ-kɛ́ɛn) — to take vengeance for
• Thai: ล้างแค้น (láang-kɛ́ɛn) — to take vengeance for
• Turkish: intikam almak — to take vengeance for
• Turkish: öç almak — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: мсти́ти (mstýty) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: помсти́ти (pomstýty) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: відомща́ти (vidomščáty) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: відімсти́ти (vidimstýty) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: відомсти́ти (vidomstýty) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: мсти́тися (mstýtysja) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: помща́тися (pomščátysja) — to take vengeance for
• Ukrainian: помсти́тися (pomstýtysja) — to take vengeance for
• Venetan: vendegar — to take vengeance for
• Venetan: vendicar — to take vengeance for
• Vietnamese: phục thù — to take vengeance for
• Vietnamese: trả thù — to take vengeance for
• Walloon: vindjî — to take vengeance for
• Walloon: rivindjî — to take vengeance for
• Walloon: raveur — to take vengeance for
• Walloon: rawè — to take vengeance for
• Welsh: dial am — to take vengeance for
• Finnish: kostaa — to treat revengefully
• Latin: vindico — to treat revengefully
• Latin: ulciscor — to treat revengefully
• Latin: persequor — to treat revengefully
• Latin: punio — to treat revengefully
• Polish: mścić się — to treat revengefully
• Polish: zemścić się — to treat revengefully
• Polish: pomścić się — to treat revengefully
• Portuguese: vingar — to treat revengefully
• Romanian: răzbuna — to treat revengefully
• Russian: мсти́ть (mstítʹ) — to treat revengefully
• Russian: отомсти́ть (otomstítʹ) — to treat revengefully
• Scottish Gaelic: dìol — to treat revengefully
• Tamil: பழிவாங்கு (paḻivāṅku) — to treat revengefully
• Tamil: பழிதீர் (paḻitīr) — to treat revengefully