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106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَمْدًا (ʕamdan) — purposely, with intention
• Arabic: بِالعَمد (bi-l-ʕamd) — purposely, with intention
• Arabic: بِالقَصد (bi-l-gaṣd) — purposely, with intention
• Armenian: դիտմամբ (ditmamb) — purposely, with intention
• Basque: nahita — purposely, with intention
• Belarusian: наўмы́сна (nawmýsna) — purposely, with intention
• Belarusian: знаро́к (znarók) — purposely, with intention
• Belarusian: наўмы́сля (nawmýslja) — purposely, with intention
• Bulgarian: наро́чно (naróčno) — purposely, with intention
• Catalan: a propòsit — purposely, with intention
• Catalan: expressament — purposely, with intention
• Catalan: a posta — purposely, with intention
• Chinese Mandarin: 故意的 (gùyì-de) — purposely, with intention
• Czech: schválně — purposely, with intention
• Danish: med vilje — purposely, with intention
• Danish: med fuldt overlæg — purposely, with intention
• Dutch: expres — purposely, with intention
• Dutch: opzettelijk — purposely, with intention
• Dutch: met voorbedachten rade — purposely, with intention
• Dutch: met opzet — purposely, with intention
• Finnish: tarkoituksella — purposely, with intention
• Finnish: tahallisesti — purposely, with intention
• Finnish: tahallaan — purposely, with intention
• Finnish: tarkoituksellisesti — purposely, with intention
• French: exprès — purposely, with intention
• French: à dessein — purposely, with intention
• French: intentionnellement — purposely, with intention
• Georgian: განზრახ (ganzrax) — purposely, with intention
• Georgian: განგებ (gangeb) — purposely, with intention
• Georgian: სპეციალურად (sṗecialurad) — purposely, with intention
• German: mit Absicht — purposely, with intention
• German: absichtlich — purposely, with intention
• German: vorsätzlich — purposely, with intention
• German: extra — purposely, with intention
• German: bewusst — purposely, with intention
• German: mit Vorbedacht — purposely, with intention
• Greek: επίτηδες (epítides) — purposely, with intention
• Gujarati: જાણીજોઈને (jāṇījoīne) — purposely, with intention
• Hebrew: דַּוְקָא (dávka) — purposely, with intention
• Hungarian: szándékosan — purposely, with intention
• Hungarian: direkt — purposely, with intention
• Hungarian: szántszándékkal — purposely, with intention
• Hungarian: készakarva — purposely, with intention
• Icelandic: viljandi — purposely, with intention
• Icelandic: af ásettu ráði — purposely, with intention
• Icelandic: að yfirlögðu ráði — purposely, with intention
• Icelandic: vísvitandi — purposely, with intention
• Irish: d'aon toisc — purposely, with intention
• Italian: di proposito — purposely, with intention
• Italian: apposta — purposely, with intention
• Italian: intenzionalmente — purposely, with intention
• Japanese: 故意に (koi ni) — purposely, with intention
• Japanese: わざと (wazato) — purposely, with intention
• Korean: 일부러 (ilbureo) — purposely, with intention
• Latin: consultō — purposely, with intention
• Lower Tanana: srexuneya — purposely, with intention
• Norwegian: med vilje — purposely, with intention
• Norwegian: med overlegg — purposely, with intention
• Persian: عمدا ('amdan) — purposely, with intention
• Persian: از قصد (az qasd) — purposely, with intention
• Persian: دانسته (dâneste) — purposely, with intention
• Polish: specjalnie — purposely, with intention
• Polish: celowo — purposely, with intention
• Polish: umyślnie — purposely, with intention
• Polish: naumyślnie — purposely, with intention
• Polish: z rozmysłem — purposely, with intention
• Portuguese: de propósito — purposely, with intention
• Portuguese: propositadamente — purposely, with intention
• Portuguese: propositalmente — purposely, with intention
• Portuguese: intencionalmente — purposely, with intention
• Romanian: cu intenție — purposely, with intention
• Romanian: intențional — purposely, with intention
• Russian: наме́ренно (namérenno) — purposely, with intention
• Russian: наро́чно (naróčno) — purposely, with intention
• Russian: созна́тельно (soznátelʹno) — purposely, with intention
• Russian: специа́льно (speciálʹno) — purposely, with intention
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aon ghnothach — purposely, with intention
• Serbo-Croatian: на́мјерно — purposely, with intention
• Serbo-Croatian: на́мерно — purposely, with intention
• Serbo-Croatian: námjerno — purposely, with intention
• Serbo-Croatian: námerno — purposely, with intention
• Slovene: nalašč — purposely, with intention
• Slovene: namerno — purposely, with intention
• Slovene: namẹ̄noma — purposely, with intention
• Slovene: zanalašč — purposely, with intention
• Spanish: adrede — purposely, with intention
• Spanish: adredemente — purposely, with intention
• Spanish: a propósito — purposely, with intention
• Spanish: a conciencia — purposely, with intention
• Spanish: exprofeso — purposely, with intention
• Spanish: aposta — purposely, with intention
• Sranan Tongo: espresi — purposely, with intention
• Swahili: kwa kusudi — purposely, with intention
• Swedish: med flit — purposely, with intention
• Swedish: med vilje — purposely, with intention
• Swedish: med mening — purposely, with intention
• Swedish: avsiktlig — purposely, with intention
• Telugu: కావాలని (kāvālani) — purposely, with intention
• Turkish: bilerek — purposely, with intention
• Turkish: bile bile — purposely, with intention
• Turkish: kasten — purposely, with intention
• Turkish: kasıtlıca — purposely, with intention
• Ottoman Turkish: مخصوص (mahsus) — purposely, with intention
• Ukrainian: навми́сне (navmýsne) — purposely, with intention
• Ukrainian: наро́ком (narókom) — purposely, with intention
• Welsh: o fwriad — purposely, with intention