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• Received-Pronunciation: lûn
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• Received-Pronunciation: /lɜːn/
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• General-American: lûrn
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• General-American: /lɝn/
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• dialectal: lä(r)n
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• dialectal: /lɑː(ɹ)n/
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• Early, Modern: /lɛːrn/
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• Early, Modern: /lɛrn/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
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• CMU ARPABET: L ER1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Possibly a reduced form of McLaren.

From Middle English lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach"”), from Old English leornian (“to learn", rarely also, "to teach”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). The spelling with ⟨ea⟩ is of Early Modern English origin and reflects a lengthening of /ɛ~e/ to /eː/ before /rn/ in Late Old English or Early Middle English, then later lowering to /ɛː/; the modern pronunciation reflects still later reshortening. Cognate with Old Frisian lernia, lerna (“to learn”), Middle Low German lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”), Middle Dutch leernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”) (whence Dutch lernen (“to study scripture”)), German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore and lear.

364 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аҵара (acʼara) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Afrikaans: leer — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ahom: 𑜇𑜢𑜤𑜀𑜫 (phük) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Albanian: mësoj — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Albanian: nxë — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Southern Altai: ӱренер (ürener) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Amharic: መማር (mämar) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Amharic: ተማረ (tämarä) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Arabic: تَعَلَّمَ (taʕallama) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Arabic: اتعلم (itʕallim) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Arabic: تعلم (tʕallam) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Arabic: تعلم (tʕallam) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Armenian: սովորել (sovorel) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Armenian: ուսանել (usanel) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Aromanian: nvetsu — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Aromanian: anvetsu — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Assamese: শিকা (xika) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Asturian: aprender — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Avar: цӏалдезе (cʼaldeze) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Azerbaijani: öyrənmək — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Bangi: yekola — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Bashkir: өйрәнеү (öyrənew) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Basque: ikasi — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Belarusian: вучы́цца (vučýcca) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Bengali: শেখা (śekha) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Breton: deskiñ — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Bulgarian: у́ча се (úča se) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Burmese: သင်ကြား (sangkra:) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Burmese: သင် (sang) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Catalan: aprendre — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵎⴷ (lmd) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Chechen: деша (deša) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Cherokee: ᎠᏕᏠᏆᎠ (adetloquaa) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Chinese Cantonese: 學 /学 (hok6 zaap6) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Chinese Cantonese: 學 /学 (hok6) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Eastern Min Chinese: 學 /学 (ŏ̤h, hŏk) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 學習 /学习 (xuéxí) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 學 /学 (xué) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• West Circassian: еджэ́н (jedžɛ́n) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Maore Comorian: ufundria — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ngazidja Comorian: ufunɗishia — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Cornish: dyski — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Cornish: deski — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Czech: učit se — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Danish: lære — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Dutch: leren — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: lerni — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: instruiĝi — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Estonian: õppima — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Estonian: omandama — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Faroese: læra — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Fijian: vuli — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Finnish: oppia — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Finnish: opetella — to acquire knowledge or ability
• French: apprendre — to acquire knowledge or ability
• French: étudier — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Old French: aprandre — to acquire knowledge or ability
• West-Frisian: leare — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Galician: aprender — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Georgian: სწავლა (sc̣avla) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Georgian: შესწავლა (šesc̣avla) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• German: lernen — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Greek: μαθαίνω (mathaíno) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ancient Greek: μανθάνω (manthánō) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Haitian Creole: aprann — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Hawaiian: aʻo — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Hebrew: למד (lamád) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Higaonon: tu-un — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Hindi: सीखना (sīkhnā) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• White Hmong: kawm — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Hungarian: megtanul — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Hungarian: elsajátít — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Icelandic: læra — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Icelandic: nema — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ido: lernar — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Indonesian: belajar — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Interlingua: apprender — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Irish: foghlaim — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Old Irish: fo·gleinn — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Old Irish: múinid do — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Istro-Romanian: ănmeţå — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Italian: imparare — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Italian: apprendere — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Italian: scoprire — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Japanese: 習う (narau) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Japanese: 学ぶ (manabu) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Javanese: sinau — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Kalmyk: сурх (surx) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Khmer: រៀន (riən) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Komi-Permyak: велавны (velavny) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Korean: 배우다 (bae'uda) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Central Kurdish: فێربوون (fêrbûn) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Northern Kurdish: hîn bûn — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Northern Kurdish: fêr bûn — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Northern Kurdish: elimîn — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Kyrgyz: үйрөнүү (üyrönüü) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ladino: ambezar — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lak: лахьхьин (lax̂:in) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lao: ຮຽນ (hīan) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lao: ຮຽນຮູ້ (hīan hū) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Latin: discō — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Latin: sciscō — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Latin: resciscō — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Latin: reperiō — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Latin: inaudiō — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Latvian: mācīties — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lezgi: кӏелун (ḳelun) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ligurian: imprende — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lingala: yekola — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lingala: ekola — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lithuanian: išmokti — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lithuanian: mokytis — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lü: ᦵᦣᧃ (hen) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Malagasy: mianatra — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Malay: belajar — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Maltese: tgħallem — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Manchu: ᡨᠠᠴᡳᠮᠪᡳ (tacimbi) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Māori: ako — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Marathi: शिकणे (śikṇe) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Middle English: lernen — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Mòcheno: learnen — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Moksha: тонафнемс (tonafnems) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Mongo: ekola — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Mongolian: сурах (surax) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Navajo: íhoołʼaah — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Nepali: सिक्नु (siknu) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Norman: apprendre — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Norwegian: lære — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Occitan: aprendre — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Southern Ohlone: urse — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Old Tupi: nhembo'e — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Oromo: barachuu — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ossetian: ахуыр кӕнын — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Persian: یاد گرفتن (yâd gereftan) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Persian: آموختن (âmuxtan) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Polish: uczyć się — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Polish: nauczyć się — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Portuguese: aprender — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Quechua: yachay — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Romanian: învăța — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Russian: учи́ться (učítʹsja) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Russian: учи́ть (učítʹ) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Sanskrit: शिक्षति (śikṣati) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: učiti — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: naučiti — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Shan: ႁဵၼ်း (háen) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Shan: လဵပ်ႈႁဵၼ်း (lāep háen) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Sherpa: སློབ (slob) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Sinhalese: ඉගෙනගන්නවා (igenagannawā) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Slovak: učiť sa — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Slovene: učiti se — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Slovene: naučiti se — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Somali: barasho — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Lower Sorbian: wuknuś — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Upper Sorbian: wuknyć — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Spanish: aprender — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Spanish: escarmentar — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Sranan Tongo: leri — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Swahili: -jifunza — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Swedish: lära sig — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠇꠣ (hika) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tai Dam: ꪵꪮꪚ — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tai Nüa: ᥜᥫᥐᥱ (fǒek) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tajik: ёд гирифтан (yod giriftan) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tajik: омӯхтан (omüxtan) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tamil: கல் (kal) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Telugu: నేర్చుకొను (nērcukonu) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Thai: เรียน (riian) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Thai: ศึกษา (sʉ̀k-sǎa) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Thai: เรียนรู้ (riian-rúu) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tibetan: སློབ (slob) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tibetan: སྦྱོང་བ (sbyong ba) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tocharian B: ākl- — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tsez: тӏетӏра (t’et’ra) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Turkish: öğrenmek — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ottoman Turkish: اوگرنمك (öğrenmek) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Tuvan: өөренир (öörenir) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: вчи́тися (včýtysja) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: навчи́тися (navčýtysja) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: навча́тися (navčátysja) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: вивча́ти (vyvčáty) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Umbundu: okulilongisa — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Urdu: سیکھنا (sīkhnā) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Vietnamese: học — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Vietnamese: học tập — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Volapük: lärnön — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Walloon: aprinde — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Welsh: dysgu — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Yiddish: לערנען זיך (lernen zikh) — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Zhuang: hag — to acquire knowledge or ability
• Arabic: تَعَلَّمَ (taʕallama) — to attend educational activity
• Arabic: قرا (qra) — to attend educational activity
• Armenian: սովորել (sovorel) — to attend educational activity
• Armenian: ուսանել (usanel) — to attend educational activity
• Armenian: կրթվել (krtʻvel) — to attend educational activity
• Bashkir: уҡыу (uqıw) — to attend educational activity
• Basque: ikasi — to attend educational activity
• Bulgarian: уча (uča) — to attend educational activity
• Catalan: aprendre — to attend educational activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 學習 /学习 (xuéxí) — to attend educational activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 學 /学 (xué) — to attend educational activity
• Czech: učit se — to attend educational activity
• Danish: lære — to attend educational activity
• Estonian: õppima — to attend educational activity
• Finnish: oppia — to attend educational activity
• Finnish: opiskella — to attend educational activity
• French: faire des études — to attend educational activity
• French: étudier — to attend educational activity
• West-Frisian: studearre — to attend educational activity
• German: studieren — to attend educational activity
• German: lernen — to attend educational activity
• Greek: μαθαίνω (mathaíno) — to attend educational activity
• Hungarian: tanul — to attend educational activity
• Hungarian: tanulmányokat folytat — to attend educational activity
• Indonesian: belajar — to attend educational activity
• Italian: imparare — to attend educational activity
• Italian: apprendere — to attend educational activity
• Japanese: 勉強する (benkyō suru) — to attend educational activity
• Northern Kurdish: xwandin — to attend educational activity
• Northern Kurdish: xwendin — to attend educational activity
• Latin: disco — to attend educational activity
• Portuguese: estudar — to attend educational activity
• Russian: учи́ться (učítʹsja) — to attend educational activity
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich — to attend educational activity
• Spanish: aprender — to attend educational activity
• Ukrainian: вчи́тися (včýtysja) — to attend educational activity
• Ukrainian: навча́тися (navčátysja) — to attend educational activity
• Ukrainian: вчи́ти (včýty) — to attend educational activity
• Ukrainian: вивча́ти (vyvčáty) — to attend educational activity
• Walloon: aler a scole — to attend educational activity
• Walloon: studyî — to attend educational activity
• Arabic: اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) — to make use of a bad experience
• Arabic: اِتَّعَظَ (ittaʕaẓa) — to make use of a bad experience
• Arabic: تعلم (tʕallem) — to make use of a bad experience
• Bashkir: һабаҡ алыу (habaq alıw) — to make use of a bad experience
• Basque: ikasi — to make use of a bad experience
• Bulgarian: уча се (uča se) — to make use of a bad experience
• Catalan: aprendre — to make use of a bad experience
• Czech: učit se — to make use of a bad experience
• Czech: poučit se — to make use of a bad experience
• Danish: lære — to make use of a bad experience
• Esperanto: instruiĝi — to make use of a bad experience
• Estonian: õppima — to make use of a bad experience
• Fijian: vuli — to make use of a bad experience
• Finnish: oppia — to make use of a bad experience
• French: apprendre — to make use of a bad experience
• Greek: μαθαίνω (mathaíno) — to make use of a bad experience
• Hungarian: tanul — to make use of a bad experience
• Hungarian: okul — to make use of a bad experience
• Italian: imparare — to make use of a bad experience
• Central Kurdish: فێر بوون (fêr bûn) — to make use of a bad experience
• Northern Kurdish: hîn bûn — to make use of a bad experience
• Northern Kurdish: fêr bûn — to make use of a bad experience
• Northern Kurdish: elimîn — to make use of a bad experience
• Latin: disco — to make use of a bad experience
• Marathi: शिकणे (śikṇe) — to make use of a bad experience
• Portuguese: aprender — to make use of a bad experience
• Romanian: învăța — to make use of a bad experience
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich — to make use of a bad experience
• Spanish: aprender — to make use of a bad experience
• Walloon: aprinde — to make use of a bad experience
• Arabic: اِتَّعَظَ (ittaʕaẓa) — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Arabic: اِعْتَبَرَ (iʕtabara) — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Catalan: aprendre — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Czech: učit se — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Czech: zlepšovat se — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Czech: zdokonalovat se — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Estonian: arenema — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Finnish: oppia — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Italian: migliorare — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Latin: disco — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Portuguese: aprender — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Slovak: učiť sa — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Spanish: aprender — to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve
• Arabic: قرا (qra) — to be studying
• Basque: ikasi — to be studying
• Bulgarian: изучавам (izučavam) — to be studying
• Catalan: estudiar — to be studying
• Czech: učit se — to be studying
• Czech: studovat — to be studying
• Danish: lære — to be studying
• Danish: studere — to be studying
• Dutch: leren — to be studying
• Dutch: studeren — to be studying
• Esperanto: studi — to be studying
• Estonian: õppima — to be studying
• Finnish: opiskella — to be studying
• Finnish: opetella — to be studying
• French: étudier — to be studying
• West-Frisian: studearre — to be studying
• Greek: μελετώ (meletó) — to be studying
• Greek: σπουδάζω (spoudázo) — to be studying
• Hungarian: tanul — to be studying
• Indonesian: belajar — to be studying
• Italian: imparare — to be studying
• Italian: studiare — to be studying
• Japanese: 勉強する (benkyō suru) — to be studying
• Central Kurdish: خوێندن (xwêndin) — to be studying
• Central Kurdish: سەعی کردن (se'î kirdin) — to be studying
• Northern Kurdish: xwandin — to be studying
• Northern Kurdish: xwendin — to be studying
• Latin: studeo — to be studying
• Latin: disco — to be studying
• Māori: ako — to be studying
• Middle English: lernen — to be studying
• Polish: uczyć się — to be studying
• Portuguese: aprender — to be studying
• Portuguese: estudar — to be studying
• Romanian: învăța — to be studying
• Romanian: studiu — to be studying
• Russian: изуча́ть (izučátʹ) — to be studying
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich — to be studying
• Spanish: estudiar — to be studying
• Walloon: studyî — to be studying
• Walloon: aprinde — to be studying
• Armenian: իմանալ (imanal) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Bulgarian: узнавам (uznavam) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Catalan: aprendre — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Czech: zjistit — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Czech: dovědět se — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Czech: dozvědět se — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Danish: lære — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Danish: erfare — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Dutch: ervaren — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Dutch: vernemen — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Dutch: te weten komen — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Dutch: op de hoogte gesteld worden — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Esperanto: informiĝi — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Esperanto: ekscii — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Estonian: õppima — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Finnish: saada tietää — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Finnish: saada selville — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• French: apprendre — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• West-Frisian: leare — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• German: erfahren — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Greek: μαθαίνω (mathaíno) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Greek: πληροφορούμαι (pliroforoúmai) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Hungarian: megtud — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Hungarian: értesül — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Italian: apprendere — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Japanese: 知る (shiru) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Northern Kurdish: hay jê bûn — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Northern Kurdish: jê haydar bûn — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Latin: disco — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Latin: scisco — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Latin: rescisco — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Latin: cognosco — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Marathi: कळणे (kaḷṇe) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Middle English: lernen — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Old English: ġeāscian — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Portuguese: descobrir que — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Portuguese: ficar sabendo — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Romanian: afla — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Russian: узна́ть (uznátʹ) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Scottish Gaelic: faigh a-mach — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Slovak: dozvedieť sa — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Spanish: aprender — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Spanish: enterarse — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Swahili: kupata habari — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Swedish: få reda på — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Telugu: తెలుసుకొను (telusukonu) — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
• Walloon: aprinde — to come to know; to become informed of; to find out