haggle

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• UK, US: /ˈhæɡəl/
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• rhymes with -æɡəl
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen (“to chop”), variant of hacken (“to hack”), equivalent to hack + -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَاوَمَ (sāwama) — to argue for a better deal
• Armenian: սակարկել (sakarkel) — to argue for a better deal
• Asturian: recamariar — to argue for a better deal
• Asturian: recatiar — to argue for a better deal
• Belarusian: таргава́цца (tarhavácca) — to argue for a better deal
• Bulgarian: пазаря́ се (pazarjá se) — to argue for a better deal
• Catalan: regatejar — to argue for a better deal
• Chinese Cantonese: 殺價 /杀价 (saat3 gaa3) — to argue for a better deal
• Chinese Mandarin: 討價還價 /讨价还价 (tǎojià-huánjià) — to argue for a better deal
• Chinese Mandarin: 計較 /计较 (jìjiào) — to argue for a better deal
• Czech: smlouvat — to argue for a better deal
• Czech: handrkovat se — to argue for a better deal
• Czech: dohadovat — to argue for a better deal
• Danish: prutte — to argue for a better deal
• Danish: købslå — to argue for a better deal
• Dutch: afdingen — to argue for a better deal
• Esperanto: marĉandi — to argue for a better deal
• Estonian: tingima — to argue for a better deal
• Finnish: tinkiä — to argue for a better deal
• French: marchander — to argue for a better deal
• Galician: regatear — to argue for a better deal
• Galician: relear — to argue for a better deal
• German: feilschen — to argue for a better deal
• German: markten — to argue for a better deal
• German: schachern — to argue for a better deal
• Greek: διαπραγματεύομαι (diapragmatévomai) — to argue for a better deal
• Greek: παζαρεύω (pazarévo) — to argue for a better deal
• Hungarian: alkudozik — to argue for a better deal
• Icelandic: prútta — to argue for a better deal
• Indonesian: tawar — to argue for a better deal
• Ingrian: tinkiä — to argue for a better deal
• Ingrian: tiukata — to argue for a better deal
• Italian: contrattare — to argue for a better deal
• Italian: tirare sul prezzo — to argue for a better deal
• Italian: mercanteggiare — to argue for a better deal
• Japanese: 値切る (negiru) — to argue for a better deal
• Japanese: 〔値段などで〕押し問答する (oshimondō suru) — to argue for a better deal
• Khmer: ដេញថ្លៃ (dəñ thlay) — to argue for a better deal
• Korean: 깎다 (kkakda) — to argue for a better deal
• Lao: ຕໍ່ (tǭ) — to argue for a better deal
• Macedonian: се ценка (se cenka) — to argue for a better deal
• Malay: tawar-menawar — to argue for a better deal
• Norwegian Bokmål: prute — to argue for a better deal
• Iranian Persian: چانِه زَدَن (čâne zadan) — to argue for a better deal
• Polish: targować się — to argue for a better deal
• Portuguese: pechinchar — to argue for a better deal
• Portuguese: regatear — to argue for a better deal
• Portuguese: barganhar — to argue for a better deal
• Romanian: tocmi — to argue for a better deal
• Romanian: negocia — to argue for a better deal
• Romanian: târgui — to argue for a better deal
• Romanian: neguța — to argue for a better deal
• Romanian: țigăni — to argue for a better deal
• Russian: торгова́ться (torgovátʹsja) — to argue for a better deal
• Serbo-Croatian: ценкати се — to argue for a better deal
• Serbo-Croatian: цјенкати се — to argue for a better deal
• Serbo-Croatian: cenkati se — to argue for a better deal
• Serbo-Croatian: cjenkati se — to argue for a better deal
• Slovene: barantati — to argue for a better deal
• Lower Sorbian: wikowaś — to argue for a better deal
• Upper Sorbian: wikować — to argue for a better deal
• Spanish: regatear — to argue for a better deal
• Spanish: recatear — to argue for a better deal
• Swedish: pruta — to argue for a better deal
• Swedish: köpslå — to argue for a better deal
• Tamil: பேரம் பேசு (pēram pēcu) — to argue for a better deal
• Thai: ต่อรอง (dtɔ̀ɔ-rɔɔng) — to argue for a better deal
• Turkish: pazarlık etmek — to argue for a better deal
• Turkish: pazarlık yapmak — to argue for a better deal
• Ukrainian: торгува́тися (torhuvátysja) — to argue for a better deal
• Vietnamese: mặc cả — to argue for a better deal
• Wolof: waxaale — to argue for a better deal
• Bulgarian: заяждам се (zajaždam se) — to stick at small matters
• French: chipoter — to stick at small matters
• Lithuanian: leistis į smulkmenas — to stick at small matters
• Spanish: detener en pequeñeces — to stick at small matters