repel

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From Middle English repellen, a borrowing from Old French *repeller, from Latin repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). Doublet of repeal.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: torjua — to turn away
• Bulgarian: отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) — to put off
• Catalan: rebutjar — to put off
• Catalan: refusar — to put off
• Dutch: afweren — to put off
• Dutch: verjagen — to put off
• Finnish: torjua — to put off
• French: rebuter — to put off
• French: repousser — to put off
• German: zurückweisen — to put off
• German: abweisen — to put off
• Latin: repellō — to put off
• Macedonian: о́дбие (ódbie) — to put off
• Russian: отка́зываться приня́ть (otkázyvatʹsja prinjátʹ) — to put off
• Russian: отверга́ть (otvergátʹ) — to put off
• Russian: отклоня́ть (otklonjátʹ) — to put off
• Arabic: دَفَعَ (dafaʕa) — to ward off
• Arabic: صَدَّ (ṣadda) — to ward off
• Arabic: دَرَأَ (daraʔa) — to ward off
• Bulgarian: отбивам (otbivam) — to ward off
• Catalan: repel·lir — to ward off
• Finnish: torjua — to ward off
• Finnish: karkottaa — to ward off
• German: abwehren — to ward off
• Latin: repellō — to ward off
• Latin: prōpulsō — to ward off
• Māori: kaikaro — to ward off
• Māori: ripa — to ward off
• Māori: taiari — to ward off
• Russian: ока́зывать сопротивле́ние (okázyvatʹ soprotivlénije) — to ward off
• Russian: противостоя́ть (protivostojátʹ) — to ward off
• Bulgarian: отблъсквам (otblǎskvam) — to drive away
• Catalan: repel·lir — to drive away
• Finnish: torjua — to drive away
• Finnish: karkottaa — to drive away
• German: zurückdrängen — to drive away
• German: abwehren — to drive away
• German: zurückwerfen — to drive away
• Irish: ruaig — to drive away
• Māori: pare — to drive away
• Māori: parepare — to drive away
• Māori: wawao — to drive away
• Māori: taiari — to drive away
• Russian: отбрасывать (otbrasyvatʹ) — to drive away
• Russian: отража́ть (otražátʹ) — to drive away
• Sanskrit: इङ्गति (iṅgati) — to drive away
• Bulgarian: отблъсквам (otblǎskvam) — physics: to force away
• Catalan: repel·lir — physics: to force away
• Czech: odpuzovat — physics: to force away
• Dutch: afstoten — physics: to force away
• Finnish: hylkiä — physics: to force away
• French: repousser — physics: to force away
• Georgian: განზიდვა (ganzidva) — physics: to force away
• German: abstoßen — physics: to force away
• Gujarati: અપાકર્ષવું (apākarṣavũ) — physics: to force away
• Hungarian: taszít — physics: to force away
• Portuguese: repelir — physics: to force away
• Russian: отталкивать (ottalkivatʹ) — physics: to force away
• Spanish: repeler — physics: to force away
• Swedish: repellera — physics: to force away
• Telugu: వికర్షించు (vikarṣiñcu) — physics: to force away
• Bulgarian: отвращавам (otvraštavam) — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Catalan: repel·lir — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Esperanto: mallogi — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Finnish: etoa — to cause repulsion or dislike
• German: abstoßen — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Polish: odpychać — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Russian: претить (pretitʹ) — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Russian: вызыва́ть отвраще́ние (vyzyvátʹ otvraščénije) — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Russian: вызыва́ть неприя́знь (vyzyvátʹ neprijáznʹ) — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Russian: отпугивать (otpugivatʹ) — to cause repulsion or dislike
• Russian: отталкивать (ottalkivatʹ) — to cause repulsion or dislike
• German: abwehren — to save a shot (sports)