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From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush.

From Old French de + Old English æsċ "(residing) near an ash tree".

353 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: verdorie — damn
• Finnish: samperi — damn
• Finnish: helkkari — damn
• German: verdammt — damn
• German: Mist — damn
• German: verflucht — damn
• Hungarian: a fene egye meg — damn
• Hungarian: a fenébe — damn
• Albanian: vizë — typographic symbol
• Albanian: vijë — typographic symbol
• Arabic: شَحْطَة (šaḥṭa) — typographic symbol
• Arabic: شَرْطَة (šarṭa) — typographic symbol
• Arabic: شَرْطَة (šarṭa) — typographic symbol
• Armenian: անջատման գիծ (anǰatman gic) — typographic symbol
• Azerbaijani: tire — typographic symbol
• Belarusian: праця́жнік (pracjážnik) — typographic symbol
• Belarusian: ры́ска (rýska) — typographic symbol
• Bengali: ড্যাশ (ḍêś) — typographic symbol
• Bulgarian: тире́ (tiré) — typographic symbol
• Burmese: တုံး (tum:) — typographic symbol
• Catalan: guió — typographic symbol
• Chinese Mandarin: 破折號 /破折号 (pòzhéhào) — typographic symbol
• Czech: pomlčka — typographic symbol
• Danish: tankestreg — typographic symbol
• Dutch: streepje — typographic symbol
• Dutch: koppelteken — typographic symbol
• Dutch: gedachtestreepje — typographic symbol
• Estonian: mõttekriips — typographic symbol
• Estonian: tiree — typographic symbol
• Finnish: ajatusviiva — typographic symbol
• Finnish: viiva — typographic symbol
• French: tiret — typographic symbol
• Georgian: ტირე (ṭire) — typographic symbol
• German: Bindestrich — typographic symbol
• German: Gedankenstrich — typographic symbol
• German: Querstrich — typographic symbol
• Greek: παύλα (pávla) — typographic symbol
• Hebrew: קו מפריד (kav mafríd) — typographic symbol
• Hindi: डैश (ḍaiś) — typographic symbol
• Hungarian: gondolatjel — typographic symbol
• Hungarian: nagykötőjel — typographic symbol
• Hungarian: párbeszédjel — typographic symbol
• Icelandic: þankastrik — typographic symbol
• Indonesian: tanda hubung — typographic symbol
• Indonesian: tanda pisah — typographic symbol
• Irish: dais — typographic symbol
• Irish: fleasc — typographic symbol
• Italian: lineetta — typographic symbol
• Japanese: ダッシュ (dasshu) — typographic symbol
• Kazakh: сызықша (syzyqşa) — typographic symbol
• Khmer: រជ្ជុសញ្ញា (raccusaññaa) — typographic symbol
• Khmer: ក្បៀសឆ្លងពាក្យ (kbiəh chlɑɑng piək) — typographic symbol
• Korean: 줄표 (julpyo) — typographic symbol
• Kyrgyz: тире (tire) — typographic symbol
• Lao: ຂີດຍາວ (khīt nyāo) — typographic symbol
• Latvian: domuzīme — typographic symbol
• Latvian: domuzīmes — typographic symbol
• Lithuanian: brūkšnys — typographic symbol
• Lithuanian: brūkšniai — typographic symbol
• Lithuanian: brūkšnė — typographic symbol
• Lithuanian: brūkšnės — typographic symbol
• Macedonian: цр́та (cŕta) — typographic symbol
• Macedonian: тире́ (tiré) — typographic symbol
• Malay: sengkang — typographic symbol
• Māori: pīhono — typographic symbol
• Mongolian: зураас (zuraas) — typographic symbol
• Norwegian Bokmål: tankestrek — typographic symbol
• Norwegian Bokmål: bindestrek — typographic symbol
• Iranian Persian: خَطِّ تیرِه — typographic symbol
• Iranian Persian: خَطِّ فاصِلِه (xatt-e fâsele) — typographic symbol
• Polish: myślnik — typographic symbol
• Polish: półpauza — typographic symbol
• Polish: pauza — typographic symbol
• Portuguese: travessão — typographic symbol
• Romanian: cratimă — typographic symbol
• Romanian: linie de pauză — typographic symbol
• Romanian: linie de dialog — typographic symbol
• Russian: тире́ (tirɛ́) — typographic symbol
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìob — typographic symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: цр̏та — typographic symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: цр̏тица — typographic symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: cȑta — typographic symbol
• Serbo-Croatian: cȑtica — typographic symbol
• Slovak: pomlčka — typographic symbol
• Slovene: pomišljaj — typographic symbol
• Spanish: raya — typographic symbol
• Spanish: guion largo — typographic symbol
• Swahili: kistariungio — typographic symbol
• Swedish: tankstreck — typographic symbol
• Tajik: тире (tire) — typographic symbol
• Thai: ยัติภาค (yát-dtì-pâak) — typographic symbol
• Thai: ยัติภังค์ (yát-dtì-pang) — typographic symbol
• Thai: ขีดยาว — typographic symbol
• Turkish: çizgi — typographic symbol
• Turkmen: çyzyk — typographic symbol
• Ukrainian: тире́ (tyré) — typographic symbol
• Ukrainian: ри́ска (rýska) — typographic symbol
• Urdu: ڈَیش (ḍaiś) — typographic symbol
• Uyghur: سىزىق (siziq) — typographic symbol
• Uzbek: tire — typographic symbol
• Uzbek: chiziq — typographic symbol
• Vietnamese: dấu gạch ngang — typographic symbol
• Welsh: ystremp — typographic symbol
• Welsh: ystrempiau — typographic symbol
• Bulgarian: тире́ (tiré) — Morse code symbol
• Catalan: ratlla — Morse code symbol
• Finnish: viiva — Morse code symbol
• French: trait — Morse code symbol
• French: ta — Morse code symbol
• German: Strich — Morse code symbol
• Greek: μακρόν (makrón) — Morse code symbol
• Greek: παύλα (pávla) — Morse code symbol
• Hungarian: tá — Morse code symbol
• Italian: linea — Morse code symbol
• Japanese: 長点 (chōten) — Morse code symbol
• Macedonian: тире́ (tiré) — Morse code symbol
• Polish: kreska — Morse code symbol
• Portuguese: traço — Morse code symbol
• Romanian: linie — Morse code symbol
• Russian: тире́ (tirɛ́) — Morse code symbol
• Spanish: raya — Morse code symbol
• Bulgarian: втурване (vturvane) — short run
• Bulgarian: спринт (sprint) — short run
• Czech: sprint — short run
• Dutch: sprint — short run
• Esperanto: sprinto — short run
• Finnish: spurtti — short run
• Finnish: pinkaisu — short run
• Finnish: kipaisu — short run
• French: sprint — short run
• German: Spurt — short run
• German: Sprint — short run
• German: Sprung — short run
• German: Blitzstart — short run
• Greek: εξόρμηση (exórmisi) — short run
• Greek: έφοδος (éfodos) — short run
• Hungarian: nekiiramodás — short run
• Hungarian: vágta — short run
• Hungarian: hajrá — short run
• Hungarian: sprint — short run
• Italian: scatto — short run
• Japanese: 疾走 (shissō) — short run
• Japanese: ダッシュ (dasshu) — short run
• Polish: sprint — short run
• Portuguese: corridinha — short run
• Romanian: sprint — short run
• Russian: спринт (sprint) — short run
• Russian: бросо́к (brosók) — short run
• Scottish Gaelic: deann — short run
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — short run
• Spanish: carrerita — short run
• Ottoman Turkish: قوشی (koşu) — short run
• Ukrainian: спринт (sprynt) — short run
• Bulgarian: пли́сък (plísǎk) — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Bulgarian: пли́сване (plísvane) — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Dutch: scheutje — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Finnish: tilkka — small quantity of liquid etc.
• French: soupçon — small quantity of liquid etc.
• German: Schuss — small quantity of liquid etc.
• German: Tropfen — small quantity of liquid etc.
• German: Spritzer — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Greek: στάλα (stála) — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Hungarian: csepp — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Hungarian: csipet — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Italian: spruzzo — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Italian: pizzico — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Italian: goccio — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: anstrøk — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: dash — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dash — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Polish: kropla — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Polish: kapka — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Romanian: strop — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: chin — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: ostugo — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: chichota — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: grisma — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: ñinga — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: mirringa — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Spanish: mirrusca — small quantity of liquid etc.
• Finnish: voitelu — bribe, gratuity; gift
• Finnish: pikkulahja — bribe, gratuity; gift
• Finnish: viiva — euphemistic: stand-in for a censored word
• Bulgarian: втурвам се (vturvam se) — to run short distance
• Bulgarian: втурна се (vturna se) — to run short distance
• Bulgarian: спринтирам (sprintiram) — to run short distance
• Catalan: esprintar — to run short distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 沖 /冲 (chōng) — to run short distance
• Chinese Mandarin: 闖 /闯 — to run short distance
• Czech: sprintovat — to run short distance
• Dutch: sprinten — to run short distance
• Dutch: spurten — to run short distance
• Esperanto: sprinti — to run short distance
• Finnish: pinkoa — to run short distance
• Finnish: pinkaista — to run short distance
• Finnish: pyrähtää — to run short distance
• Finnish: syöksähtää — to run short distance
• Finnish: syöksyä — to run short distance
• French: se précipiter — to run short distance
• French: sprinter — to run short distance
• French: bondir — to run short distance
• French: se ruer — to run short distance
• German: spurten — to run short distance
• German: sprinten — to run short distance
• German: rennen — to run short distance
• German: sausen — to run short distance
• German: düsen — to run short distance
• German: rasen — to run short distance
• German: flitzen — to run short distance
• German: pesen — to run short distance
• German: hereinstürzen — to run short distance
• German: hinausstürzen — to run short distance
• Hungarian: nekiiramodik — to run short distance
• Hungarian: sprintel — to run short distance
• Hungarian: rohan — to run short distance
• Hungarian: vágtázik — to run short distance
• Hungarian: száguld — to run short distance
• Hungarian: hasít — to run short distance
• Hungarian: dönget — to run short distance
• Italian: saltare — to run short distance
• Macedonian: се вле́та (se vléta) — to run short distance
• Macedonian: се вту́рна (se vtúrna) — to run short distance
• Macedonian: вр́ви (vŕvi) — to run short distance
• Macedonian: спри́нтува (spríntuva) — to run short distance
• Māori: karapetapeta — to run short distance
• Māori: tuoma — to run short distance
• Russian: нести́сь (nestísʹ) — to run short distance
• Russian: мча́ться (mčátʹsja) — to run short distance
• Scottish Gaelic: leum — to run short distance
• Spanish: lanzarse — to run short distance
• Swedish: sprinta — to run short distance
• Swedish: spurta — to run short distance
• Swedish: rusa — to run short distance
• Swedish: störta (iväg) — to run short distance
• Swedish: jaga (iväg) — to run short distance
• Swedish: sno (iväg) — to run short distance
• Bulgarian: напускам (napuskam) — informal: to leave
• Bulgarian: напусна (napusna) — informal: to leave
• Finnish: kiitää — informal: to leave
• Finnish: häipyä — informal: to leave
• French: se barrer — informal: to leave
• French: se tirer — informal: to leave
• Macedonian: на́пушти (nápušti) — informal: to leave
• Polish: spadać — informal: to leave
• Polish: lecieć — informal: to leave
• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: разбия (razbija) — to destroy
• Finnish: lyödä — to destroy
• Finnish: iskeä — to destroy
• German: schlagen — to destroy
• German: zerschmettern — to destroy
• German: zerschlagen — to destroy
• Macedonian: ра́збие (rázbie) — to destroy
• Māori: tātā — to destroy
• Māori: taitai — to destroy
• Russian: разбива́ть (razbivátʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: разби́ть (razbítʹ) — to destroy
• Spanish: romper — to destroy
• Tamil: இடாசு (iṭācu) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: хвърлям (hvǎrljam) — to throw violently
• Bulgarian: хвърля (hvǎrlja) — to throw violently
• Bulgarian: захвърлям (zahvǎrljam) — to throw violently
• Bulgarian: захвърля (zahvǎrlja) — to throw violently
• Dutch: smijten — to throw violently
• Dutch: gooien — to throw violently
• Finnish: paiskata — to throw violently
• Finnish: singota — to throw violently
• Galician: guindar — to throw violently
• Galician: lanzar — to throw violently
• Galician: botar — to throw violently
• German: schleudern — to throw violently
• German: werfen — to throw violently
• German: schmettern — to throw violently
• German: prallen — to throw violently
• German: hinschleudern — to throw violently
• Macedonian: фр́ли (fŕli) — to throw violently
• Polish: cisnąć — to throw violently
• Polish: śmignąć — to throw violently
• Polish: ciepnąć — to throw violently
• Russian: швыря́ть (švyrjátʹ) — to throw violently
• Russian: швырну́ть (švyrnútʹ) — to throw violently
• Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to throw violently
• Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to throw violently
• Spanish: arrojar — to throw violently
• Spanish: lanzar — to throw violently
• Bulgarian: плисвам (plisvam) — to sprinkle
• Bulgarian: плисна (plisna) — to sprinkle
• Bulgarian: поръсвам (porǎsvam) — to sprinkle
• Bulgarian: поръся (porǎsja) — to sprinkle
• Bulgarian: посипвам (posipvam) — to sprinkle
• Bulgarian: посипя (posipja) — to sprinkle
• Finnish: roiskuttaa — to sprinkle
• Finnish: roiskua — to sprinkle
• German: streuen — to sprinkle
• German: spritzen — to sprinkle
• Russian: бры́згать (brýzgatʹ) — to sprinkle
• Russian: побры́згать (pobrýzgatʹ) — to sprinkle
• Spanish: salpicar — to sprinkle
• Dutch: wegsmijten — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• Finnish: paiskata — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• Finnish: roiskauttaa — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• Finnish: lorauttaa — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• French: jeter — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• French: balancer — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• German: bespritzen — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• German: hinwerfen — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• German: stürzen — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• German: herunterstürzen — to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner
• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Bulgarian: разбия (razbija) — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Dutch: verwoesten — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Finnish: murskata — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Finnish: murskaantua — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• French: doucher — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• German: zerstören — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• German: zunichtemachen — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• German: auslöschen — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Hungarian: meghiúsít — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Hungarian: romba dönt — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Macedonian: у́ништи (úništi) — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Macedonian: по́пари (pópari) — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Russian: разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Russian: разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Spanish: romperse — of hopes or dreams: to ruin
• Bulgarian: обезкуражавам (obezkuražavam) — to dishearten
• Finnish: lannistaa — to dishearten
• Finnish: lannistua — to dishearten
• German: entmutigen — to dishearten
• German: bedrücken — to dishearten
• Macedonian: обеску́ражи (obeskúraži) — to dishearten
• Portuguese: frustrar — to dishearten
• Russian: приводи́ть в уны́ние (privodítʹ v unýnije) — to dishearten
• Russian: привести́ в уны́ние (privestí v unýnije) — to dishearten
• Russian: расхола́живать (rasxoláživatʹ) — to dishearten
• Russian: расхолоди́ть (rasxolodítʹ) — to dishearten
• Spanish: frustrar — to dishearten
• Bulgarian: нахвърлям (nahvǎrljam) — to complete hastily
• Bulgarian: нахвърля (nahvǎrlja) — to complete hastily
• Dutch: snel afhaspelen — to complete hastily
• Dutch: snel afmaken — to complete hastily
• Finnish: hutaista — to complete hastily
• Finnish: huitaista — to complete hastily
• French: bâcler — to complete hastily
• German: herunterreissen — to complete hastily
• German: herunterstürzen — to complete hastily
• Hungarian: összecsap — to complete hastily
• Spanish: hacer rápidamente — to complete hastily
• Bulgarian: драсвам (drasvam) — to draw quickly
• Bulgarian: драсна (drasna) — to draw quickly
• Dutch: kribbelen — to draw quickly
• Finnish: sutaista — to draw quickly
• German: skizzieren — to draw quickly
• German: stricheln — to draw quickly