intimidate

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈthɪmɪdeɪ̯t]
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ɪnˈtɪmɪdɛjt/
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• Australian: /ənˈtɪmədæɪt/
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• New-Zealand: /ənˈtəmədæɪt/
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• Scotland: /ɪnˈtɪmɪdet/
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• Wales: /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeːt/
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From Medieval Latin intimidātus, perfect passive participle of Latin intimidō (“to intimidate, terrify”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see timid.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَخَافَ (ʔaḵāfa) — to make timid or fearful
• Arabic: أَرْعَبَ (ʔarʕaba) — to make timid or fearful
• Arabic: خَوَّفَ (ḵawwafa) — to make timid or fearful
• Arabic: أَرْهَبَ (ʔarhaba) — to make timid or fearful
• Armenian: վախեցնել (vaxecʻnel) — to make timid or fearful
• Azerbaijani: qorxutmaq — to make timid or fearful
• Azerbaijani: qorxuzmaq — to make timid or fearful
• Azerbaijani: xoflandırmaq — to make timid or fearful
• Azerbaijani: qorxuya salmaq — to make timid or fearful
• Azerbaijani: vəhmələndirmək — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: пало́хаць (palóxacʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: запало́хваць (zapalóxvacʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: спало́хаць (spalóxacʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: застра́шваць (zastrášvacʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: застрашы́ць (zastrašýcʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: пужа́ць (pužácʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Belarusian: спужа́ць (spužácʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Bulgarian: пла́ша (pláša) — to make timid or fearful
• Bulgarian: спла́швам (splášvam) — to make timid or fearful
• Bulgarian: спла́ша (spláša) — to make timid or fearful
• Bulgarian: изпла́швам (izplášvam) — to make timid or fearful
• Bulgarian: изпла́ша (izpláša) — to make timid or fearful
• Catalan: intimidar — to make timid or fearful
• Chinese Mandarin: 威脅 /威胁 (wēixié) — to make timid or fearful
• Chinese Mandarin: 恐嚇 /恐吓 (kǒnghè) — to make timid or fearful
• Czech: zastrašovat — to make timid or fearful
• Czech: zastrašit — to make timid or fearful
• Danish: skræmme — to make timid or fearful
• Dutch: intimideren — to make timid or fearful
• Dutch: inschuchteren — to make timid or fearful
• Esperanto: timigi — to make timid or fearful
• Estonian: hirmutama — to make timid or fearful
• Estonian: heidutama — to make timid or fearful
• Finnish: pelotella — to make timid or fearful
• Finnish: uhkailla — to make timid or fearful
• French: intimider — to make timid or fearful
• Galician: intimidar — to make timid or fearful
• Georgian: დაშინება (dašineba) — to make timid or fearful
• German: einschüchtern — to make timid or fearful
• Greek: εκφοβίζω (ekfovízo) — to make timid or fearful
• Ancient Greek: ἐκφοβέω (ekphobéō) — to make timid or fearful
• Hebrew: הפחיד (hifkhíd) — to make timid or fearful
• Hebrew: איים (iyém) — to make timid or fearful
• Hindi: धमकाना (dhamkānā) — to make timid or fearful
• Hungarian: megfélemlít — to make timid or fearful
• Ido: timidigar — to make timid or fearful
• Italian: intimidire — to make timid or fearful
• Japanese: 脅す (odosu) — to make timid or fearful
• Japanese: 威嚇する (ikaku suru) — to make timid or fearful
• Khmer: បំភ័យ (bɑmphɨy) — to make timid or fearful
• Korean: 협박하다 (hyeopbakhada) — to make timid or fearful
• Korean: 위협하다 (wihyeophada) — to make timid or fearful
• Lithuanian: įbauginti — to make timid or fearful
• Macedonian: заплашува (zaplašuva) — to make timid or fearful
• Macedonian: заплаши (zaplaši) — to make timid or fearful
• Macedonian: застрашува (zastrašuva) — to make timid or fearful
• Macedonian: застраши (zastraši) — to make timid or fearful
• Māori: whakaweti — to make timid or fearful
• Māori: whakahakahaka — to make timid or fearful
• Māori: kapatau — to make timid or fearful
• Mongolian: айлгах (ajlgax) — to make timid or fearful
• Norwegian Bokmål: skremme — to make timid or fearful
• Occitan: intimidar — to make timid or fearful
• Polish: zastraszać — to make timid or fearful
• Polish: zastraszyć — to make timid or fearful
• Portuguese: intimidar — to make timid or fearful
• Portuguese: amedrontar — to make timid or fearful
• Romanian: intimida — to make timid or fearful
• Russian: пуга́ть (pugátʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Russian: испуга́ть (ispugátʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Russian: запу́гивать (zapúgivatʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Russian: запуга́ть (zapugátʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Russian: устраша́ть (ustrašátʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Russian: устраши́ть (ustrašítʹ) — to make timid or fearful
• Serbo-Croatian: застраши́вати — to make timid or fearful
• Serbo-Croatian: за̀страшити — to make timid or fearful
• Serbo-Croatian: zastrašívati — to make timid or fearful
• Serbo-Croatian: zàstrašiti — to make timid or fearful
• Slovak: zastrašovať — to make timid or fearful
• Slovak: zastrašiť — to make timid or fearful
• Slovene: zastraševati — to make timid or fearful
• Slovene: zastrašiti — to make timid or fearful
• Spanish: intimidar — to make timid or fearful
• Spanish: amedrentar — to make timid or fearful
• Swedish: skrämma — to make timid or fearful
• Telugu: బెదిరించు (bediriñcu) — to make timid or fearful
• Telugu: భయపెట్టు (bhayapeṭṭu) — to make timid or fearful
• Thai: ขู่ (kùu) — to make timid or fearful
• Thai: ข่มขู่ (kòm-kùu) — to make timid or fearful
• Turkish: sindirmek — to make timid or fearful
• Turkish: yıldırmak — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: поло́хати (polóxaty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: споло́хувати (spolóxuvaty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: споло́хати (spolóxaty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: страха́ти (straxáty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: страши́ти (strašýty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: застраши́ти (zastrašýty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: ляка́ти (ljakáty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: заля́кувати (zaljákuvaty) — to make timid or fearful
• Ukrainian: заляка́ти (zaljakáty) — to make timid or fearful
• Urdu: دھمکانا (dhamkānā) — to make timid or fearful
• Vietnamese: dọa nạt — to make timid or fearful
• Vietnamese: hăm dọa — to make timid or fearful
• Vietnamese: trộ — to make timid or fearful
• Zazaki: tersanen — to make timid or fearful
• Zazaki: xof kerden — to make timid or fearful