strengthen

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• /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
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From rare Middle English strengthenen (14th c.), from earlier strengthen (12th c.), where -en is the infinitive ending. Probably the original form was reinterpreted as strength + -en around the time when the infinitive ending was being apocopated in late Middle English.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: versterk — to make strong or stronger
• Albanian: forcoj — to make strong or stronger
• Arabic: قَوَّى (qawwā) — to make strong or stronger
• Arabic: عَزَّزَ (ʕazzaza) — to make strong or stronger
• Aragonese: fortaleixer — to make strong or stronger
• Aragonese: fortalexer — to make strong or stronger
• Aragonese: enfortir — to make strong or stronger
• Armenian: զորացնել (zoracʻnel) — to make strong or stronger
• Armenian: ուժեղացնել (užeġacʻnel) — to make strong or stronger
• Bulgarian: уси́лвам (usílvam) — to make strong or stronger
• Catalan: enfortir — to make strong or stronger
• Catalan: reforçar — to make strong or stronger
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏗᎠ (asdayidia) — to make strong or stronger
• Chinese Mandarin: 加強 /加强 (jiāqiáng) — to make strong or stronger
• Crimean Tatar: pekitmek — to make strong or stronger
• Czech: posílit — to make strong or stronger
• Dutch: versterken — to make strong or stronger
• Esperanto: fortigi — to make strong or stronger
• Esperanto: plifortigi — to make strong or stronger
• Estonian: tugevdama — to make strong or stronger
• Finnish: vahvistaa — to make strong or stronger
• French: renforcer — to make strong or stronger
• French: affermir — to make strong or stronger
• French: raffermir — to make strong or stronger
• French: fortifier — to make strong or stronger
• Galician: fortalecer — to make strong or stronger
• Georgian: გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba) — to make strong or stronger
• Georgian: გამაგრება (gamagreba) — to make strong or stronger
• German: verstärken — to make strong or stronger
• German: stärken — to make strong or stronger
• Greek: ενισχύω (enischýo) — to make strong or stronger
• Ancient Greek: ἰσχυρόω (iskhuróō) — to make strong or stronger
• Ancient Greek: ῥώννυμι (rhṓnnumi) — to make strong or stronger
• Hawaiian: hoʻoikaika — to make strong or stronger
• Hebrew: חִזֵּק (khizék) — to make strong or stronger
• Hindi: दृढ़ाना (dŕṛhānā) — to make strong or stronger
• Hungarian: megerősít — to make strong or stronger
• Hungarian: erősít — to make strong or stronger
• Ido: fortigar — to make strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahvistaa — to make strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahventaa — to make strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahvenoittaa — to make strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahvita — to make strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahvissuttaa — to make strong or stronger
• Irish: neartaigh — to make strong or stronger
• Italian: rinforzare — to make strong or stronger
• Italian: rafforzare — to make strong or stronger
• Italian: corroborare — to make strong or stronger
• Japanese: 強くする (tsuyoku suru) — to make strong or stronger
• Japanese: 強める (tsuyomeru) — to make strong or stronger
• Kannada: ಬಲಗೊಳ್ಳು (balagoḷḷu) — to make strong or stronger
• Ladino: enfuerteser — to make strong or stronger
• Ladino: enforteser — to make strong or stronger
• Ladino: enreziar — to make strong or stronger
• Ladino: arreziar — to make strong or stronger
• Latin: rōborō — to make strong or stronger
• Latin: corrōborō — to make strong or stronger
• Latin: firmō — to make strong or stronger
• Latvian: stiprināt — to make strong or stronger
• Lü: ᦶᦏᧄᦶᦃᧂᦶᦣᧂ (ṫhaemẋaenghaeng) — to make strong or stronger
• Māori: whakakaha — to make strong or stronger
• Māori: whakamarohi — to make strong or stronger
• Middle English: strengthen — to make strong or stronger
• Polish: wzmacniać — to make strong or stronger
• Polish: wzmocnić — to make strong or stronger
• Polish: pokrzepiać — to make strong or stronger
• Portuguese: fortalecer — to make strong or stronger
• Portuguese: reforçar — to make strong or stronger
• Romanian: întări — to make strong or stronger
• Russian: уси́ливать (usílivatʹ) — to make strong or stronger
• Russian: уси́лить (usílitʹ) — to make strong or stronger
• Serbo-Croatian: оја̀чати — to make strong or stronger
• Serbo-Croatian: ojàčati — to make strong or stronger
• Spanish: fortalecer — to make strong or stronger
• Spanish: fortificar — to make strong or stronger
• Spanish: reforzar — to make strong or stronger
• Swedish: förstärka — to make strong or stronger
• Swedish: stärka — to make strong or stronger
• Tagalog: lakasan — to make strong or stronger
• Tok Pisin: strongim — to make strong or stronger
• Turkish: güçlendirmek — to make strong or stronger
• Turkish: kuvvetlendirmek — to make strong or stronger
• Welsh: cryfhau — to make strong or stronger
• Dutch: bezielen — to animate
• Dutch: tot leven wekken — to animate
• Dutch: versterken — to animate
• Finnish: vahvistaa — to animate
• Finnish: innostaa — to animate
• French: fortifier — to animate
• German: bestärken — to animate
• German: stärken — to animate
• Italian: animare — to animate
• Latin: animo — to animate
• Middle English: strengthen — to animate
• Serbo-Croatian: potàknuti — to animate
• Serbo-Croatian: osokòliti — to animate
• Spanish: animar — to animate
• Swahili: kuimarisha — to animate
• Turkish: yüreklendirmek — to animate
• Bulgarian: засилвам (zasilvam) — to augment
• Dutch: kracht geven — to augment
• Finnish: vahvistaa — to augment
• Finnish: voimistaa — to augment
• German: verstärken — to augment
• Italian: intensificare — to augment
• Italian: aumentare — to augment
• Latin: augeo — to augment
• Māori: whakamarohi — to augment
• Middle English: strengthen — to augment
• Turkish: pekiştirmek — to augment
• Armenian: ամրանալ (amranal) — to grow strong or stronger
• Bulgarian: усилвам се (usilvam se) — to grow strong or stronger
• Finnish: vahvistua — to grow strong or stronger
• Finnish: voimistua — to grow strong or stronger
• German: stärker werden — to grow strong or stronger
• Hungarian: megerősödik — to grow strong or stronger
• Hungarian: erősödik — to grow strong or stronger
• Ingrian: ramoittua — to grow strong or stronger
• Ingrian: voimistua — to grow strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahveta — to grow strong or stronger
• Ingrian: vahvistua — to grow strong or stronger
• Italian: rinforzarsi — to grow strong or stronger
• Italian: rafforzarsi — to grow strong or stronger
• Latin: firmor — to grow strong or stronger
• Polish: wzmacniać się — to grow strong or stronger
• Polish: wzmocnić się — to grow strong or stronger
• Polish: stawać się mocniejszym — to grow strong or stronger
• Polish: stawać się coraz silniejszym — to grow strong or stronger
• Romanian: deveni mai puternic — to grow strong or stronger
• Serbo-Croatian: оја̀чати — to grow strong or stronger
• Serbo-Croatian: ojàčati — to grow strong or stronger
• Tok Pisin: strongim — to grow strong or stronger
• Turkish: güçlenmek — to grow strong or stronger
• Turkish: kuvvetlenmek — to grow strong or stronger