testify

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• /ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: T EH1 S T AH0 F AY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *tréyes From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dëshmoj — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Arabic: شَهِدَ (šahida) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Armenian: վկայել (vkayel) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Armenian: վկայություն տալ (vkayutʻyun tal) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Bulgarian: свидетелствам (svidetelstvam) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Catalan: declarar — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Catalan: testificar — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Catalan: testimoniar — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Chinese Mandarin: 作證 /作证 (zuòzhèng) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Czech: svědčit — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Danish: bevidne — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Dutch: getuigen — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Egyptian: mt:t:r-Dba-Dba-A2 (mtr) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Finnish: todistaa — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• French: témoigner — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• French: attester — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• German: bezeugen — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (weitwōdjan) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Ancient Greek: μαρτυρέω (marturéō) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Higaonon: saksi — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Hungarian: tanúvallomást tesz — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Hungarian: tanúskodik — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Hungarian: vall — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Italian: deporre — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Italian: testimoniare — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Japanese: 証言する (shōgen suru) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Korean: 증언하다 (jeung'eonhada) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Latin: testificor — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Māori: taunaki — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Norwegian Bokmål: bevitne — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Persian: شهادت دادن — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Polish: zeznawać — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Portuguese: declarar — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Portuguese: depor — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Romanian: atesta (jurând) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Romanian: declara (jurând) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Romanian: adeveri — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Russian: свиде́тельствовать (svidételʹstvovatʹ) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Russian: засвиде́тельствовать (zasvidételʹstvovatʹ) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Russian: дава́ть показа́ния (davátʹ pokazánija) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Russian: дать показа́ния (datʹ pokazánija) — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Serbo-Croatian: svjedòčiti — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Spanish: testificar — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Swedish: vittna — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Tagalog: manaksi — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Turkish: ifade vermek — to make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath
• Bulgarian: изразявам (izrazjavam) — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Ancient Greek: μαρτυρέω (marturéō) — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Hungarian: tanúsít — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Hungarian: tanúskodik — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Hungarian: tanúságot tesz — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Norwegian Bokmål: bevitne — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Portuguese: atestar — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Romanian: atesta — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Russian: свиде́тельствовать (svidételʹstvovatʹ) — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Russian: засвиде́тельствовать (zasvidételʹstvovatʹ) — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Serbo-Croatian: svjedòčiti — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Spanish: atestiguar — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Spanish: aseverar — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Swedish: vittna — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith
• Tagalog: manaksi — to make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith