pave

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From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: plavei — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Azerbaijani: daşlamaq — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Bulgarian: павирам (paviram) — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Catalan: pavimentar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Catalan: empedrar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Chinese Mandarin: 鋪砌 /铺砌 (pūqì) — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Danish: brolægge — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Dutch: bestraten — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Dutch: betegelen — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Esperanto: pavimi — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Finnish: kivetä — (British) to cover with paving stones
• French: paver — (British) to cover with paving stones
• German: mit Platten auslegen — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Italian: lastricare — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Italian: pavimentare — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Japanese: 敷く (shiku) — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Latin: pavīmentō — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Lithuanian: grįsti — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Lithuanian: išgrįsti — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Occitan: caladar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Occitan: pavar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Occitan: pasimentar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Occitan: pavimentar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Portuguese: pavimentar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Quechua: khallkiy — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Russian: мости́ть (mostítʹ) — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Russian: вы́мостить (výmostitʹ) — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Scottish Gaelic: ùrlaraich — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Spanish: pavimentar — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Ottoman Turkish: دوشهمك (döşemek) — (British) to cover with paving stones
• Bulgarian: настилам (nastilam) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Catalan: pavimentar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Catalan: empedrar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Danish: asfaltere — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Dutch: bestraten — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Dutch: asfalteren — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Finnish: päällystää — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Finnish: kivetä — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• French: paver — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Galician: pavimentar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• German: pflastern — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• German: bepflastern — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Japanese: 敷く (shiku) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Japanese: 舗装する (hosō suru) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Malay: turap — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Norwegian: asfaltere — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Norwegian: steinlegge — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Occitan: pasimentar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Occitan: pavimentar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Pohnpeian: peipih — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Portuguese: pavimentar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Russian: мости́ть (mostítʹ) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Russian: вы́мостить (výmostitʹ) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Russian: асфальти́ровать (asfalʹtírovatʹ) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Russian: заасфальти́ровать (zaasfalʹtírovatʹ) — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Spanish: pavimentar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Spanish: asfaltar — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Swedish: asfaltera — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc
• Swedish: stenlägga — (North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc