dare

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɛə/
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• General-American: /dɛ(ə)ɹ/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• homophone: Dair
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• homophone: dear
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• homophone: deer (both cheer–chair merger)
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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English surname, spelling variant of Dear.

From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhedhórse (“to dare”), reduplicated stative of the root *dhers- (“to be bold, to dare”), an *-s- extension of *dher- (“to hold, support”). Cognates Cognate with Low German dören, Dutch durven, German thüren, Sanskrit दधर्ष (dadhárṣa), but also with Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús), Albanian nder, Lithuanian drįsti, Russian дерза́ть (derzátʹ).

From Middle English daren, from Old English darian.

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: uitdaging — challenge
• Bulgarian: предизвикателство (predizvikatelstvo) — challenge
• Dutch: uitdaging — challenge
• Finnish: haaste — challenge
• French: défi — challenge
• German: Mutprobe — challenge
• Indonesian: jurit malam — challenge
• Interlingua: defia — challenge
• Irish: dúshlán — challenge
• Italian: sfida — challenge
• Japanese: 肝試し (kimodameshi) — challenge
• Japanese: 試胆会 (shitankai) — challenge
• Norwegian: utfordring — challenge
• Portuguese: desafio — challenge
• Afrikaans: durf — to have courage
• Arabic: جَرُؤَ (jaruʔa) — to have courage
• Armenian: համարձակվել (hamarjakvel) — to have courage
• Armenian: հանդգնել (handgnel) — to have courage
• Aromanian: cutedz — to have courage
• Aromanian: dãldãsescu — to have courage
• Aromanian: cãidisescu — to have courage
• Aromanian: dãvrãnsescu — to have courage
• Azerbaijani: cəsarət etmək — to have courage
• Basque: ausartu — to have courage
• Belarusian: смець (smjecʹ) — to have courage
• Belarusian: адва́жвацца (advážvacca) — to have courage
• Belarusian: адва́жыцца (advážycca) — to have courage
• Bulgarian: смея (smeja) — to have courage
• Bulgarian: дръзвам (drǎzvam) — to have courage
• Catalan: gosar — to have courage
• Catalan: atrevir-se a — to have courage
• Chinese: kán — to have courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 敢 (gǎn) — to have courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 膽敢 /胆敢 (dǎngǎn) — to have courage
• Ngazidja Comorian: usuɓuti — to have courage
• Czech: odvážit se — to have courage
• Czech: troufat si — to have courage
• Danish: turde — to have courage
• Danish: vove — to have courage
• Dutch: durven — to have courage
• Dutch: wagen — to have courage
• Esperanto: aŭdaci — to have courage
• Faroese: vága — to have courage
• Faroese: tora — to have courage
• Finnish: uskaltaa — to have courage
• French: oser — to have courage
• North Frisian: däär — to have courage
• North Frisian: döre — to have courage
• West-Frisian: doare — to have courage
• Friulian: olsâ — to have courage
• Galician: ousar — to have courage
• Galician: arrouzar — to have courage
• Galician: afoutar — to have courage
• German: wagen — to have courage
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌰𐌽 (gadaursan) — to have courage
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anananþjan) — to have courage
• Greek: τολμώ (tolmó) — to have courage
• Ancient Greek: τολμάω (tolmáō) — to have courage
• Hebrew: הֵעֵז (he'éz) — to have courage
• Hungarian: mer — to have courage
• Hungarian: merészel — to have courage
• Icelandic: þora — to have courage
• Icelandic: voga — to have courage
• Ido: audacar — to have courage
• Ingrian: usaltaa — to have courage
• Ingrian: tohtia — to have courage
• Ingrian: roohtia — to have courage
• Interlingua: osar — to have courage
• Irish: leomh — to have courage
• Old Irish: ro·laimethar — to have courage
• Italian: osare — to have courage
• Italian: azzardarsi a — to have courage
• Italian: arrischiarsi a — to have courage
• Italian: ardire — to have courage
• Japanese: 敢えてする (aete-suru) — to have courage
• Japanese: 思い切ってする (omoikitte-suru) — to have courage
• Northern Kurdish: wêrîn — to have courage
• Latin: audeō — to have courage
• Latvian: drīkstēt — to have courage
• Malay: berani — to have courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: våge — to have courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: tore — to have courage
• Norwegian Bokmål: tørre — to have courage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: våge — to have courage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tore — to have courage
• Occitan: ausar — to have courage
• Old Church Slavonic: дръзнѫти (drŭznǫti) — to have courage
• Old English: durran — to have courage
• Persian: جرأت کردن (jor'at kardan) — to have courage
• Polish: śmieć — to have courage
• Polish: odważać się — to have courage
• Polish: odważyć się — to have courage
• Portuguese: ousar — to have courage
• Portuguese: atrever-se a — to have courage
• Romanian: îndrăzni — to have courage
• Romanian: încumeta — to have courage
• Romanian: cuteza — to have courage
• Russian: сметь (smetʹ) — to have courage
• Russian: посме́ть (posmétʹ) — to have courage
• Russian: осме́ливаться (osmélivatʹsja) — to have courage
• Russian: осме́литься (osmélitʹsja) — to have courage
• Russian: отва́живаться (otváživatʹsja) — to have courage
• Russian: отва́житься (otvážitʹsja) — to have courage
• Russian: дерза́ть (derzátʹ) — to have courage
• Russian: дерзну́ть (derznútʹ) — to have courage
• Sanskrit: धृष्णोति (dhṛṣṇoti) — to have courage
• Sicilian: attriviri — to have courage
• Sinhalese: නිර්භීත (nirbhīta) — to have courage
• Slovak: odvážiť sa — to have courage
• Slovene: upati si — to have courage
• Spanish: osar — to have courage
• Spanish: atreverse — to have courage
• Spanish: denodarse — to have courage
• Swahili: -thubutu — to have courage
• Swedish: våga — to have courage
• Swedish: töras — to have courage
• Ukrainian: смі́ти (smíty) — to have courage
• Ukrainian: дерза́ти (derzáty) — to have courage
• Ukrainian: нава́жуватися (navážuvatysja) — to have courage
• Ukrainian: нава́житися (navážytysja) — to have courage
• Venetan: olsar — to have courage
• Venetan: onsar — to have courage
• Vietnamese: dám — to have courage
• Welsh: beiddio — to have courage
• Afrikaans: daag — to defy or challenge
• Afrikaans: uitdaag — to defy or challenge
• Arabic: تَحَدَّى (taḥaddā) — to defy or challenge
• Bulgarian: предизвиквам (predizvikvam) — to defy or challenge
• Czech: vyzvat — to defy or challenge
• Dutch: uitdagen — to defy or challenge
• Dutch: tarten — to defy or challenge
• Finnish: haastaa — to defy or challenge
• French: défier — to defy or challenge
• Galician: arretar — to defy or challenge
• Galician: desfiar — to defy or challenge
• Galician: alouparse — to defy or challenge
• German: herausfordern — to defy or challenge
• Hungarian: kihív — to defy or challenge
• Interlingua: defiar — to defy or challenge
• Irish: tabhair dúshlán — to defy or challenge
• Italian: sfidare — to defy or challenge
• Latin: audeō — to defy or challenge
• Malay: cabar — to defy or challenge
• Norwegian: utfordre — to defy or challenge
• Polish: wyzywać — to defy or challenge
• Polish: wyzwać — to defy or challenge
• Portuguese: desafiar — to defy or challenge
• Russian: броса́ть вы́зов (brosátʹ výzov) — to defy or challenge
• Russian: подзадо́ривать (podzadórivatʹ) — to defy or challenge
• Russian: подзадо́рить (podzadóritʹ) — to defy or challenge
• Swedish: utmana — to defy or challenge
• Vietnamese: thách — to defy or challenge
• Welsh: beiddio — to defy or challenge
• Welsh: meiddio — to defy or challenge
• Afrikaans: waag — to brave or face up to
• Arabic: وَاجَهَ (wājaha) — to brave or face up to
• Bulgarian: осмелявам се (osmeljavam se) — to brave or face up to
• Chinese Mandarin: 冒險 /冒险 (màoxiǎn) — to brave or face up to
• Czech: riskovat — to brave or face up to
• Czech: odvažovat se — to brave or face up to
• Dutch: trotseren — to brave or face up to
• Finnish: uhmata — to brave or face up to
• French: affronter — to brave or face up to
• Galician: enfrontar — to brave or face up to
• Galician: defrontar — to brave or face up to
• Galician: entestar — to brave or face up to
• German: trotzen — to brave or face up to
• Hungarian: dacol — to brave or face up to
• Italian: affrontare — to brave or face up to
• Japanese: 冒す (okasu) — to brave or face up to
• Japanese: 堪える (kotaeru) — to brave or face up to
• Latin: audeo — to brave or face up to
• Norwegian: risikere — to brave or face up to
• Persian: جرأت داشتن (jor'at dâštan) — to brave or face up to
• Polish: ośmielać się — to brave or face up to
• Polish: ośmielić się — to brave or face up to
• Portuguese: enfrentar — to brave or face up to
• Russian: сме́ло смотре́ть в лицо́ (smélo smotrétʹ v licó) — to brave or face up to
• Russian: рискова́ть (riskovátʹ) — to brave or face up to
• Russian: рискну́ть (risknútʹ) — to brave or face up to
• Swedish: riskera — to brave or face up to