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To be unable to avoid a situation, or stop something from happening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
Examples
- I can't help crying whenever I see Romeo and Juliet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
忍唔住
(jan2 m4 zyu6)
— not be able to avoid something
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Chinese Mandarin:
忍不住
(rěnbuzhù)
— not be able to avoid something
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Chinese Mandarin:
不禁
(bùjīn)
— not be able to avoid something
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French:
être plus fort que soi
— not be able to avoid something
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French:
ne pas pouvoir s'empêcher de
— not be able to avoid something
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French:
ne rien pouvoir y faire
— not be able to avoid something
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German:
nicht umhin können
— not be able to avoid something
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German:
nicht lassen können
— not be able to avoid something
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German:
nicht anders können als
— not be able to avoid something
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Italian:
non poter fare a meno di
— not be able to avoid something
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Italian:
non potere fare a meno di
— not be able to avoid something
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Italian:
non poterci fare niente
— not be able to avoid something
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Japanese:
...しないではいられない
(...shinaide wa irarenai)
— not be able to avoid something
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Korean:
안 ... ᆯ(할) 수 없다
— not be able to avoid something
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Polish:
nie móc nic poradzić
— not be able to avoid something
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Polish:
nie móc przestać
— not be able to avoid something
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Polish:
nie móc się powstrzymać
— not be able to avoid something
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Portuguese:
não conseguir evitar
— not be able to avoid something
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Portuguese:
não conseguir deixar de
— not be able to avoid something
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Russian:
не мочь не
(ne močʹ ne)
— not be able to avoid something
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Spanish:
no poder evitar
— not be able to avoid something
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Spanish:
no poder dejar de
— not be able to avoid something
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Swedish:
inte kunna låta bli
— not be able to avoid something
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Swedish:
inte rå för
— not be able to avoid something
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Swedish:
inte kunna rå för
— not be able to avoid something