trudge

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /tɹʌd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ʌdʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: T R AH1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þrúga (“snowshoe”), Norwegian truga (“snowshoe”) and dialectal Swedish trudja (“snowshoe”).

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дълъг път (dǎlǎg pǎt) — long and tiring walk
• Chinese Mandarin: 長途跋涉 /长途跋涉 (chángtúbáshè) — long and tiring walk
• Esperanto: marŝo — long and tiring walk
• Finnish: vaivalloinen matka — long and tiring walk
• French: marcher — long and tiring walk
• German: Stapfen — long and tiring walk
• German: Stapferei — long and tiring walk
• German: quälender Marsch — long and tiring walk
• Macedonian: долг пат (dolg pat) — long and tiring walk
• Portuguese: andar com dificuldade — long and tiring walk
• Spanish: marcha ardua — long and tiring walk
• Spanish: caminata fatigosa — long and tiring walk
• Tamil: உந்துதல் (untutal) — long and tiring walk
• Tamil: நகர்தல் (nakartal) — long and tiring walk
• Welsh: troediad — long and tiring walk
• Welsh: helcyd — long and tiring walk
• Bulgarian: стъпвам тежко (stǎpvam težko) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Bulgarian: влача се (vlača se) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃力地行走 (chīlì de xíngzǒu) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Czech: plahočit se — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Czech: vléci se — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Danish: traske — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Dutch: sloffen — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Finnish: laahustaa — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Finnish: tarpoa — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• French: crapahuter — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• German: sich schleppen — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• German: trotten — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• German: stapfen — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Hungarian: vánszorog — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Japanese: 重い足取りで歩く (omoi ashidori de aruku) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Japanese: とぼとぼと歩く (tobotobo to aruku) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Macedonian: се вле́че (se vléče) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Macedonian: ла́зи (lázi) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Norwegian Bokmål: stampe — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Norwegian Bokmål: traske — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Portuguese: arrastar-se — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Russian: тащи́ться (taščítʹsja) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Russian: волочи́ться (voločítʹsja) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Russian: ковыля́ть (kovyljátʹ) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Russian: идти́ с трудо́м (idtí s trudóm) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Russian: плести́сь (plestísʹ) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Russian: ча́пать (čápatʹ) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Swedish: elefanta — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Swedish: stövla — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Ukrainian: плентатися (plentatysja) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Ukrainian: плестися (plestysja) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Ukrainian: чалапати (čalapaty) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Ukrainian: ледве йти (ledve jty) — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Welsh: troedio — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
• Welsh: ymlwybro — to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps