engage

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• /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
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From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Old French en- (“in, under”) + gage (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedh- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ангажирам (angažiram) — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Catalan: cridar l'atenció — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Catalan: atreure l'atenció — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Finnish: viedä mielenkiinto — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Finnish: työllistää — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• French: attirer l'attention — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• German: beschäftigen — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Hungarian: leköt — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Italian: attirare — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Italian: convergere — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Polish: angażować — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Polish: zaangażować — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Serbo-Croatian: angažirati — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Spanish: embebecer — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Spanish: embelesar — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Spanish: sugestionar — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Spanish: enganchar — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Swedish: engagera — to engross or hold the attention of someone
• Finnish: vetää keskusteluun — to draw into conversation
• German: anstellen — to draw into conversation
• Hungarian: megszólít — to draw into conversation
• Italian: ingaggiare — to draw into conversation
• Italian: intavolare — to draw into conversation
• Polish: angażować — to draw into conversation
• Polish: zaangażować — to draw into conversation
• Spanish: trabar conversación con — to draw into conversation
• Spanish: entablar — to draw into conversation
• Catalan: atreure — to attract, to please
• Finnish: kiehtoa — to attract, to please
• Italian: irretire — to attract, to please
• Italian: attirare — to attract, to please
• Italian: convogliare — to attract, to please
• Latin: fruor — to attract, to please
• Polish: angażować — to attract, to please
• Polish: zaangażować — to attract, to please
• Czech: napadnout — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Danish: angribe — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Danish: imødegå — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Finnish: hyökätä — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Finnish: ryhtyä taisteluun — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• German: angreifen — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• German: anlegen — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Italian: ingaggiare — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Serbo-Croatian: upustiti se — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Spanish: trabar batalla contra — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Spanish: reñir contra — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Spanish: entablar combate contra — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Spanish: pugnar contra — to enter into conflict with an enemy
• Finnish: joutua taisteluun — intransitive: to enter into battle
• French: engager — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Hungarian: harcba bocsátkozik — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Italian: ingaggiare — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Spanish: trabar batalla — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Spanish: entablar combate — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Spanish: reñir — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Spanish: pugnar — intransitive: to enter into battle
• Bulgarian: наемам (naemam) — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Esperanto: engaĝi — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Finnish: palkata — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Finnish: työllistää — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Finnish: vuokrata — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• French: engager — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Ido: engajar — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Italian: ingaggiare — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Portuguese: contratar — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Scottish Gaelic: fastaidh — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Serbo-Croatian: angažirati — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Ukrainian: заді́ювати (zadíjuvaty) — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Ukrainian: найма́ти (najmáty) — to employ or obtain the services of someone
• Bulgarian: зацепвам (zacepvam) — to mesh or interlock
• Finnish: käyttää — to mesh or interlock
• French: embrayer — to mesh or interlock
• German: einrasten — to mesh or interlock
• German: ineinander greifen — to mesh or interlock
• Italian: impegolarsi — to mesh or interlock
• Serbo-Croatian: uplesti — to mesh or interlock
• Spanish: embragar — to mesh or interlock
• Spanish: engranar — to mesh or interlock
• Spanish: acoplar — to mesh or interlock
• Spanish: enclochar — to mesh or interlock
• Spanish: endentar — to mesh or interlock
• Spanish: encastrar — to mesh or interlock
• Finnish: luvata — to guarantee or promise to do something
• German: verpflichten — to guarantee or promise to do something
• Italian: assicurare — to guarantee or promise to do something
• Italian: garantire — to guarantee or promise to do something
• Italian: dare la parola — to guarantee or promise to do something
• Portuguese: comprometer-se — to guarantee or promise to do something
• Armenian: նշանել (nšanel) — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Bulgarian: задължавам (zadǎlžavam) — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Dutch: verloven — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Finnish: sitoutua — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Finnish: lupautua — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Finnish: mennä kihloihin — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Italian: fidanzarsi — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Italian: impegnarsi — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Portuguese: engajar — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Swedish: förlova — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Thai: หมั้น (mân) — to bind through legal or moral obligation
• Finnish: pantata — to pledge one's property
• Italian: impegnare — to pledge one's property
• Swedish: spänna — to tense one's muscles such as the core