shake hands

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63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَافَحَ (ṣāfaḥa) — grasp another person's hands
• Armenian: ձեռք սեղմել (jeṙkʻ seġmel) — grasp another person's hands
• Asturian: chocar la mano — grasp another person's hands
• Asturian: chocala — grasp another person's hands
• Azerbaijani: əl sıxmaq — grasp another person's hands
• Azerbaijani: əl vermək — grasp another person's hands
• Belarusian: ці́снуць ру́ку (císnucʹ rúku) — grasp another person's hands
• Belarusian: паці́снуць ру́ку (pacísnucʹ rúku) — grasp another person's hands
• Bulgarian: ръку́вам се (rǎkúvam se) — grasp another person's hands
• Cheyenne: -a'xaót — grasp another person's hands
• Chinese Cantonese: 握手 (ak1 sau2, aak1 sau2) — grasp another person's hands
• Hakka Chinese: 扼手 (ak-sú) — grasp another person's hands
• Chinese: 頓手 /顿手 (tùn-chhiú) — grasp another person's hands
• Chinese Mandarin: 握手 (wòshǒu) — grasp another person's hands
• Czech: potřást rukou — grasp another person's hands
• Dutch: handen schudden — grasp another person's hands
• Finnish: kätellä — grasp another person's hands
• French: serrer la main — grasp another person's hands
• Galician: apertar a man — grasp another person's hands
• German: Hände schütteln — grasp another person's hands
• Ancient Greek: δεξιὰν δίδωμι (dexiàn dídōmi) — grasp another person's hands
• Hebrew: ללחוץ ידיים — grasp another person's hands
• Hindi: हाथ दबाना (hāth dabānā) — grasp another person's hands
• Hungarian: kezet ráz — grasp another person's hands
• Hungarian: kezet fog — grasp another person's hands
• Hungarian: kezet szorít — grasp another person's hands
• Icelandic: takast í hendur — grasp another person's hands
• Indonesian: berjabat tangan — grasp another person's hands
• Indonesian: bersalaman — grasp another person's hands
• Italian: stringere la mano — grasp another person's hands
• Japanese: 握手する (akushu suru) — grasp another person's hands
• Japanese: ハンドシェークする (handoshēku suru) — grasp another person's hands
• Khmer: ចាប់ដៃ — grasp another person's hands
• Khmer: រលាក់ដៃ (rɔɔrɔlĕək day) — grasp another person's hands
• Korean: 악수하다 (aksuhada) — grasp another person's hands
• Lao: ຈັບມື (chap mư̄) — grasp another person's hands
• Latin: dextrās cōpulor — grasp another person's hands
• Lithuanian: paspausti rankas — grasp another person's hands
• Macedonian: се ракува (se rakuva) — grasp another person's hands
• Māori: harirū — grasp another person's hands
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndhilse — grasp another person's hands
• Norwegian Bokmål: handhilse — grasp another person's hands
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handhelsa — grasp another person's hands
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handhelse — grasp another person's hands
• Iranian Persian: دَسْت دادَن (dast dâdan) — grasp another person's hands
• Polish: uścisnąć dłoń — grasp another person's hands
• Portuguese: apertar as mãos — grasp another person's hands
• Russian: пожима́ть ру́ку (požimátʹ rúku) — grasp another person's hands
• Russian: пожа́ть ру́ку (požátʹ rúku) — grasp another person's hands
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̏ковати се — grasp another person's hands
• Serbo-Croatian: rȕkovati se — grasp another person's hands
• Slovak: potriasť rukou — grasp another person's hands
• Slovene: rokovati se — grasp another person's hands
• Spanish: darse la mano — grasp another person's hands
• Swedish: skaka hand — grasp another person's hands
• Tajik: даст фушурдан (dast fušurdan) — grasp another person's hands
• Thai: จับมือ (jàp-mʉʉ) — grasp another person's hands
• Turkish: el sıkışmak — grasp another person's hands
• Turkish: tokalaşmak — grasp another person's hands
• Ukrainian: поти́скувати ру́ку (potýskuvaty rúku) — grasp another person's hands
• Ukrainian: поти́снути ру́ку (potýsnuty rúku) — grasp another person's hands
• Unami: ànkunsi — grasp another person's hands
• Vietnamese: bắt tay — grasp another person's hands