imprecate

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• /ˈɪmpɹəkeɪt/
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Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: проклинам (proklinam) — to call down by prayer
• Finnish: manata — to call down by prayer
• Finnish: kirota — to call down by prayer
• Polish: złorzeczyć — to call down by prayer
• Polish: przekląć — to call down by prayer
• Russian: проклина́ть (proklinátʹ) — to call down by prayer
• Spanish: imprecar — to call down by prayer
• Bulgarian: пожелавам зло (poželavam zlo) — to invoke evil upon
• Finnish: manata — to invoke evil upon
• Finnish: kirota — to invoke evil upon
• Latin: imprecor — to invoke evil upon
• Latin: exsecror — to invoke evil upon
• Occitan: imprecar — to invoke evil upon
• Occitan: escomenjar — to invoke evil upon
• Polish: przeklinać — to invoke evil upon
• Polish: przekląć — to invoke evil upon
• Russian: проклина́ть (proklinátʹ) — to invoke evil upon
• Spanish: imprecar — to invoke evil upon