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From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَخَيَّلَ (taḵayyala) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Arabic: تَصَوَّرَ (taṣawwara) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Arabic: تخيل (tḵayyal) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Arabic: تصور (tṣawwar) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Armenian: պատկերացնել (patkeracʻnel) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Azerbaijani: təsəvvür etmək — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Belarusian: уяўля́ць — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Belarusian: уяві́ць — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Bulgarian: предста́вям си (predstávjam si) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Bulgarian: предста́вя си (predstávja si) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Catalan: imaginar — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Chinese Cantonese: 想像 (soeng2 zoeng6) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 想像 (xiǎngxiàng) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Czech: představovat si — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Czech: představit si — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Danish: forestille sig — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Dutch: zich inbeelden — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Dutch: zich verbeelden — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Dutch: zich voorstellen — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Esperanto: imagi — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Estonian: kujutlema — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Finnish: kuvitella — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• French: imaginer — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Galician: imaxinar — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• German: vorstellen — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• German: einbilden — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Greek: φαντάζομαι (fantázomai) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Hebrew: תאר (teer) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Hindi: कल्पना करना (kalpanā karnā) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Hindi: तसव्वुर करना (tasavvur karnā) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Hungarian: képzel — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Hungarian: elképzel — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Indonesian: bayangkan — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Italian: immaginarsi — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Italian: figurarsi — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Japanese: 想像する (sōzō suru) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Kazakh: елестету (elestetu) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Korean: 상상하다 (sangsanghada) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Kyrgyz: элестетүү (elestetüü) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Latin: opīnor — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Latin: imaginor — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Latvian: iedomāties — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Lithuanian: įsivaizduoti — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Macedonian: замислува (zamisluva) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Macedonian: замисли (zamisli) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Macedonian: се вообразува (se voobrazuva) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Macedonian: се вообрази (se voobrazi) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Māori: pohewa — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Middle English: ymagynen — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Mirandese: eimaginar — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: forestille seg — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Old English: hīwian — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Persian: تصور کردن (tasavvor kardan) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Polish: wyobrażać sobie — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Polish: wyobrazić sobie — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Portuguese: imaginar — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Romanian: imagina — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Romanian: închipui — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Russian: представля́ть — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Russian: предста́вить — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Russian: вообража́ть (voobražátʹ) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Russian: вообрази́ть (voobrazítʹ) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Serbo-Croatian: zamišljati — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Serbo-Croatian: zamisliti — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Slovak: predstavovať si — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Slovak: predstaviť si — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Slovene: predstavljati si — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Slovene: predstaviti si — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Spanish: imaginar — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Spanish: flashear — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Swedish: föreställa sig — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Tajik: тасаввур кардан (tasavvur kardan) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Telugu: భావించు (bhāviñcu) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Thai: จินตนาการ (jin-dtà-naa-gaan) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Thai: จินตนา (jin-dtà-naa) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Turkish: tasavvur etmek — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Ukrainian: уявля́ти — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Ukrainian: уяви́ти — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Urdu: تصور کرنا (tasavvur karnā) — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Uzbek: tasavvur qilmoq — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Vietnamese: tưởng tượng — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Walloon: mådjiner — (transitive) to form a mental image of something
• Bulgarian: вя́рвам (vjárvam) — (transitive) to believe
• Catalan: imaginar — (transitive) to believe
• Dutch: zich inbeelden — (transitive) to believe
• Dutch: zich voorstellen — (transitive) to believe
• Esperanto: imagi — (transitive) to believe
• Esperanto: bildigi — (transitive) to believe
• Finnish: kuvitella — (transitive) to believe
• Finnish: luulotella — (transitive) to believe
• French: imaginer — (transitive) to believe
• Italian: immaginare — (transitive) to believe
• Italian: scommettere — (transitive) to believe
• Latin: crēdō — (transitive) to believe
• Middle English: ymagynen — (transitive) to believe
• Portuguese: imaginar — (transitive) to believe
• Russian: ве́рить (véritʹ) — (transitive) to believe
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich — (transitive) to believe
• Scottish Gaelic: saoil — (transitive) to believe
• Bulgarian: предпола́гам (predpolágam) — (transitive) to assume
• Bulgarian: предполо́жа (predpolóža) — (transitive) to assume
• Catalan: imaginar — (transitive) to assume
• Dutch: veronderstellen — (transitive) to assume
• Finnish: luulla — (transitive) to assume
• Finnish: arvata — (transitive) to assume
• Finnish: arvella — (transitive) to assume
• Finnish: kuvitella — (transitive) to assume
• French: imaginer — (transitive) to assume
• Greek: φαντάζομαι (fantázomai) — (transitive) to assume
• Italian: immaginare — (transitive) to assume
• Italian: ritenere — (transitive) to assume
• Middle English: ymagynen — (transitive) to assume
• Portuguese: crer — (transitive) to assume
• Portuguese: achar — (transitive) to assume
• Portuguese: pensar — (transitive) to assume
• Russian: предполага́ть (predpolagátʹ) — (transitive) to assume
• Russian: предположи́ть (predpoložítʹ) — (transitive) to assume
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich — (transitive) to assume
• Scottish Gaelic: saoil — (transitive) to assume
• Spanish: imaginar — (transitive) to assume
• Spanish: imaginarse — (transitive) to assume
• Catalan: imaginar — (transitive) to conjecture
• Dutch: zich inbeelden — (transitive) to conjecture
• Dutch: zich voorstellen — (transitive) to conjecture
• Esperanto: antaŭvidi — (transitive) to conjecture
• Finnish: arvella — (transitive) to conjecture
• Finnish: kuvitella — (transitive) to conjecture
• French: imaginer — (transitive) to conjecture
• Italian: prevedere — (transitive) to conjecture
• Latin: opīnor — (transitive) to conjecture
• Māori: pohewa — (transitive) to conjecture
• Middle English: ymagynen — (transitive) to conjecture
• Bulgarian: въобразя́вам си (vǎobrazjávam si) — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Catalan: imaginar — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Dutch: fantaseren — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Finnish: kuvitella — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• French: imaginer — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Greek: φαντάζομαι (fantázomai) — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Italian: pensare — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Portuguese: fantasiar — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Russian: представля́ть — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Russian: предста́вить — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Russian: вообража́ть (voobražátʹ) — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Russian: вообрази́ть (voobrazítʹ) — (intransitive) to use one's imagination
• Catalan: imaginar — (intransitive) to guess
• Dutch: raden — (intransitive) to guess
• Dutch: speculeren — (intransitive) to guess
• Finnish: arvata — (intransitive) to guess
• Finnish: kuvitella — (intransitive) to guess
• French: imaginer — (intransitive) to guess
• Middle English: ymagynen — (intransitive) to guess
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoinich — (intransitive) to guess
• Scottish Gaelic: saoil — (intransitive) to guess