resist

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• /ɹɪˈzɪst/
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• /ɹəˈzɪst/
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From Middle English resisten, from Middle French resister and Old French resistre, and their source, Latin resistere, from re- + sistere (“cause to stand”).

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предпазен пласт (predpazen plast) — protective coating or covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 抗蝕劑 /抗蚀剂 (kàngshíjì) — protective coating or covering
• Chinese Mandarin: 防染劑 /防染剂 (fángrǎnjì) — protective coating or covering
• Finnish: suojapinnoite — protective coating or covering
• French: vernis — protective coating or covering
• German: Deckmittel — protective coating or covering
• Irish: friotán — protective coating or covering
• Albanian: Qëndrro — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Azerbaijani: müqavimət göstərmək — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Bulgarian: съпротивлявам се (sǎprotivljavam se) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Catalan: resistir — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵制 (dǐzhì) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Esperanto: rezisti — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Finnish: vastustaa — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• French: résister — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• German: widerstreben — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Greek: ανθίσταμαι (anthístamai) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Ancient Greek: ἀνθίστημι (anthístēmi) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Hungarian: szembeszegül — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Hungarian: szembeszáll — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Latin: renītor — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Latin: adversor — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Latin: refrāgor — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Persian: تاوستن (tāvestan) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Russian: ока́зывать сопротивле́ние (okázyvatʹ soprotivlénije) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Russian: оказа́ть сопротивле́ние (okazátʹ soprotivlénije) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Slovene: upirati se — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Spanish: resistir — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Swedish: göra motstånd — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Thai: ต้าน (dtâan) — to attempt to counter actions or effects of
• Arabic: قَاوَمَ (qāwama) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Armenian: դիմադրել (dimadrel) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Armenian: դիմակայել (dimakayel) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Azerbaijani: tab gətirmək — to withstand actions or effects of
• Azerbaijani: davam gətirmək — to withstand actions or effects of
• Belarusian: супраціўля́цца (supraciwljácca) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Belarusian: процістая́ць (procistajácʹ) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Belarusian: праці́віцца (pracívicca) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Bulgarian: устоявам (ustojavam) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Catalan: resistir — to withstand actions or effects of
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵抗 (dǐkàng) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Chinese Mandarin: 反抗 (fǎnkàng) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Chinese Mandarin: 抵制 (dǐzhì) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Czech: odolat — to withstand actions or effects of
• Danish: modstå — to withstand actions or effects of
• Dutch: weerstaan — to withstand actions or effects of
• Dutch: zich verzetten — to withstand actions or effects of
• Esperanto: rezisti — to withstand actions or effects of
• Finnish: kestää — to withstand actions or effects of
• Finnish: vastustaa — to withstand actions or effects of
• French: résister — to withstand actions or effects of
• German: widerstehen — to withstand actions or effects of
• Greek: αντιστέκομαι (antistékomai) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Greek: ανθίσταμαι (anthístamai) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Ancient Greek: ἀνθίστημι (anthístēmi) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Hebrew: התנגד (hitnagéd) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Hebrew: עמד ב־ (amád be-) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Hungarian: ellenáll — to withstand actions or effects of
• Irish: seas — to withstand actions or effects of
• Japanese: 抗う (aragau) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Japanese: 抵抗する (teikō suru) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Japanese: 反抗する (hankō suru) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Japanese: 耐える (kotaeru) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Latin: obnitor — to withstand actions or effects of
• Macedonian: издржи (izdrži) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Māori: ātete — to withstand actions or effects of
• Māori: whakawhena — to withstand actions or effects of
• Norwegian: motstå — to withstand actions or effects of
• Occitan: resistir — to withstand actions or effects of
• Old Saxon: witharstandan — to withstand actions or effects of
• Polish: opierać się — to withstand actions or effects of
• Portuguese: resistir — to withstand actions or effects of
• Portuguese: aguentar — to withstand actions or effects of
• Romanian: rezista — to withstand actions or effects of
• Russian: сопротивля́ться (soprotivljátʹsja) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Russian: противостоя́ть (protivostojátʹ) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Russian: проти́виться (protívitʹsja) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Scottish Gaelic: cum ri — to withstand actions or effects of
• Slovak: odolávať — to withstand actions or effects of
• Slovak: odolať — to withstand actions or effects of
• Slovene: upirati se — to withstand actions or effects of
• Slovene: zoperstavljati se — to withstand actions or effects of
• Spanish: resistir — to withstand actions or effects of
• Swedish: motstå — to withstand actions or effects of
• Swedish: stå emot — to withstand actions or effects of
• Thai: ต่อต้าน (dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Thai: ต้านทาน (dtâan-taan) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Turkish: direnmek — to withstand actions or effects of
• Ukrainian: опира́тися (opyrátysja) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Ukrainian: проти́витися (protývytysja) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Ukrainian: протистоя́ти (protystojáty) — to withstand actions or effects of
• Vietnamese: chống cự — to withstand actions or effects of
• Welsh: gwrthsefyll — to withstand actions or effects of
• Azerbaijani: əks olmaq — to oppose
• Azerbaijani: qarşı durmaq — to oppose
• Azerbaijani: qarşı olmaq — to oppose
• Azerbaijani: zidd getmək — to oppose
• Bulgarian: противопоставям се (protivopostavjam se) — to oppose
• Catalan: abstenir — to oppose
• Chinese Mandarin: 反對 /反对 (fǎnduì) — to oppose
• Finnish: vastustaa — to oppose
• French: s'opposer — to oppose
• French: rejeter — to oppose
• French: empêcher — to oppose
• German: widerstreiten — to oppose
• Greek: αντιστέκομαι (antistékomai) — to oppose
• Greek: εναντιώνομαι (enantiónomai) — to oppose
• Ancient Greek: ἀνθίστημι (anthístēmi) — to oppose
• Hungarian: ellenkezik — to oppose
• Hungarian: ellenáll — to oppose
• Italian: resistere — to oppose
• Italian: trattenere — to oppose
• Italian: astenere — to oppose
• Latin: abstineō — to oppose
• Latin: resistō — to oppose
• Māori: ātete — to oppose
• Portuguese: abster — to oppose
• Portuguese: resistir — to oppose
• Spanish: abstener — to oppose
• Spanish: resistir — to oppose
• Thai: ต่อต้าน (dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan) — to oppose
• Thai: คัดค้าน (kát-káan) — to oppose
• Thai: ค้าน (káan) — to oppose
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人厭惡 /令人厌恶 (lìngrén yànwù) — to be distasteful to
• Finnish: etoa — to be distasteful to
• French: dégoûter — to be distasteful to
• German: zuwider sein — to be distasteful to
• Russian: при́торный (prítornyj) — to be distasteful to