veto

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈviːtəʊ/
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• US: /ˈvi.toʊ/
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• US: [ˈviɾoʊ]
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• US: /ˈviˌtoʊ/
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• US: [ˈviˌthoʊ]
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• rhymes with -iːtəʊ
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: V IY1 T OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin vetō (“to forbid”).

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَقْضْ (naqḍ) — political right
• Belarusian: права вета (prava vjeta) — political right
• Bulgarian: ве́то (véto) — political right
• Catalan: vet — political right
• Chinese Mandarin: 否決權 /否决权 (fǒujuéquán) — political right
• Czech: veto — political right
• Danish: veto — political right
• Dutch: veto — political right
• Esperanto: vetoo — political right
• Finnish: veto — political right
• Finnish: veto-oikeus — political right
• French: veto — political right
• Galician: veto — political right
• Georgian: ვეტო (veṭo) — political right
• Georgian: ვეტოს უფლება (veṭos upleba) — political right
• German: Veto — political right
• German: Einspruch — political right
• Greek: αρνησικυρία (arnisikyría) — political right
• Greek: βέτο (véto) — political right
• Hungarian: vétójog — political right
• Icelandic: neitunarvald — political right
• Indonesian: hak veto — political right
• Irish: cros — political right
• Japanese: 拒否権 (kyohiken) — political right
• Korean: 거부권 (geobugwon) — political right
• Latin: veto — political right
• Latin: vetare — political right
• Latin: vetui — political right
• Latin: vetitum — political right
• Norwegian Bokmål: veto — political right
• Polish: weto — political right
• Portuguese: veto — political right
• Romanian: veto — political right
• Russian: ве́то (véto) — political right
• Russian: пра́во ве́то (právo véto) — political right
• Serbo-Croatian: zabrana — political right
• Serbo-Croatian: veto — political right
• Serbo-Croatian: zabranjenje — political right
• Spanish: veto — political right
• Swahili: veto — political right
• Swahili: kura ya turufu — political right
• Swedish: veto — political right
• Tagalog: angsol — political right
• Ukrainian: пра́во ве́то (právo véto) — political right
• Armenian: վետո (veto) — invocation of that right
• Belarusian: ве́та (vjéta) — invocation of that right
• Bulgarian: ве́то (véto) — invocation of that right
• Chinese Mandarin: 否決 /否决 (fǒujué) — invocation of that right
• Finnish: veto — invocation of that right
• French: veto — invocation of that right
• Galician: veto — invocation of that right
• Georgian: ვეტო (veṭo) — invocation of that right
• German: Veto — invocation of that right
• Greek: αρνησικυρία (arnisikyría) — invocation of that right
• Greek: βέτο (véto) — invocation of that right
• Hungarian: vétó — invocation of that right
• Indonesian: veto — invocation of that right
• Irish: cros — invocation of that right
• Irish: crosadh — invocation of that right
• Japanese: 拒否 (kyohi) — invocation of that right
• Korean: 금지 (geumji) — invocation of that right
• Korean: 거부 (geobu) — invocation of that right
• Polish: weto — invocation of that right
• Portuguese: veto — invocation of that right
• Russian: ве́то (véto) — invocation of that right
• Russian: запреще́ние (zapreščénije) — invocation of that right
• Russian: запре́т (zaprét) — invocation of that right
• Swahili: veto — invocation of that right
• Swahili: kura ya turufu — invocation of that right
• Tagalog: angsol — invocation of that right
• Ukrainian: ве́то (véto) — invocation of that right
• German: Einspruch — an authoritative prohibition or negative
• Hungarian: tiltás — an authoritative prohibition or negative
• Hungarian: megtiltás — an authoritative prohibition or negative
• Bulgarian: налагам ве́то (nalagam véto) — to use a veto against
• Esperanto: vetoi — to use a veto against
• Finnish: käyttää veto-oikeutta (nsa) — to use a veto against
• Finnish: eittää — to use a veto against
• Finnish: vetota — to use a veto against
• Galician: vetar — to use a veto against
• Georgian: ვეტოს ადებს (veṭos adebs) — to use a veto against
• Georgian: ვეტოს დაადებს (veṭos daadebs) — to use a veto against
• Greek: προβάλλω αρνησικυρία (provállo arnisikyría) — to use a veto against
• Greek: προβάλλω βέτο (provállo véto) — to use a veto against
• Hungarian: vétóz — to use a veto against
• Hungarian: megvétóz — to use a veto against
• Hungarian: vétót emel — to use a veto against
• Hungarian: tilt — to use a veto against
• Hungarian: megtilt — to use a veto against
• Icelandic: beita neitunarvaldi — to use a veto against
• Indonesian: memveto — to use a veto against
• Irish: cros — to use a veto against
• Japanese: 拒否権を発動する (kyohiken o hatsudō suru) — to use a veto against
• Japanese: 拒否権を行使する (kyohiken o kōshi suru) — to use a veto against
• Polish: wetować — to use a veto against
• Polish: zawetować — to use a veto against
• Portuguese: vetar — to use a veto against
• Russian: накла́дывать ве́то (nakládyvatʹ véto) — to use a veto against
• Russian: наложи́ть ве́то (naložítʹ véto) — to use a veto against
• Russian: вети́ровать (vetírovatʹ) — to use a veto against
• Spanish: vetar — to use a veto against