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/r/Word_of_The_Hour is a community to help you expand your vocabulary. Every hour, a new vocabulary word is featured along with translations into 10+ languages including French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and more.
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We share one vocabulary word every hour along with translations into French, German, Hindi, Italian, and Spanish.
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Disclaimer
This is the bare minimum to motivate people to learn new words. Our translations are sometimes good, often alright, but quite frequently bad!
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English: keeping
custody; guard; charge; care
a holding; restraint
harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art
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Translations
Catalan: mantenint
Esperanto: tenanta
French: tenant
Galician: mantendo
German: behaltend
Hindi: रख
Italian: tenendo
Portuguese: mantendo
Romanian: a păstra
Spanish: mantener
Welsh: cadw
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English: avoid
to emit or throw out
to quit or evacuate
to make void
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Translations
Catalan: evita
Chinese: 避免
Esperanto: evitas
French: éviter
Galician: evita
German: vermeiden
Hindi: रोक
Italian: evitare
Japanese: 避ける / さける
Portuguese: evitar
Romanian: a evita
Spanish: evita
Welsh: osgoi
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English: careless
free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful
not taking ordinary or proper care
negligent; unconcerned
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Translations
Catalan: distret
Chinese: 无心的
Esperanto: senatenta
French: inaperçu
Galician: inadvertido
German: sorglos
Hindi: लापरवाह
Italian: inavvertito
Portuguese: descuidado
Romanian: neglijent, fără griji
Spanish: inadvertido
Swedish: vårdslös
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English: passage
a going by, over, across, or through
journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like
transit from one place to another
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Translations
Catalan: passatge
Esperanto: trairejo
French: pas
Galician: pasaxe
German: die Passage
Hindi: पथ
Italian: passaggio
Portuguese: passagem
Romanian: pasaj
Spanish: pasaje
Swedish: passage
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English: employment
the act of employing or using
also, the state of being employed
that which consumes time or attention
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Translations
Catalan: ocupació
Chinese: 就業/就业
Esperanto: dungado
French: occupation
Galician: ocupación
Hindi: रोजगार
Italian: occupazione
Portuguese: emprego
Romanian: angajament, loc de muncă
Spanish: empleo
Swedish: anställning
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English: successful
resulting in success
assuring, or promotive of, success
accomplishing what was proposed
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Translations
Catalan: exitós
Esperanto: sukcesa
French: réussi
Galician: exitoso
German: erfolgreich
Hindi: सफल
Italian: di successo
Portuguese: exitoso
Romanian: de succes
Spanish: exitoso
Swedish: framgångsrik
Welsh: llwyddiannus
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English: moon
a secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system
the celestial orb which revolves round the earth
the satellite of the earth
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Translations
Catalan: lluna
Chinese: 月球
Esperanto: luno
French: lune
Galician: lúa
German: der Mond
Hindi: मास
Italian: luna
Japanese: 月 / つき
Portuguese: lua
Romanian: lună
Spanish: luna
Swedish: måne
Welsh: lleuad
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English: himself
an emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun
used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case
one's true or real character
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Translations
Catalan: ell
Esperanto: li mem
French: lui-même
Galician: el
German: sich selbst
Italian: lui / egli / lui stesso
Portuguese: ele mesmo
Romanian: el însuşi
Spanish: él mismo
Swedish: sig själv
Welsh: eu hun
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English: file
an orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference
the line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order
to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence
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Translations
Catalan: arxiu
Chinese: 文件、锉刀
Esperanto: dosiero
French: lime
Galician: ficheiro
German: die Datei
Hindi: फाइल
Italian: lima
Portuguese: pasta
Romanian: fişier, pilă, la rând
Spanish: archivo
Swedish: fil
Welsh: ffeil
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English: aspect
look, or particular appearance of the face
the act of looking; vision
gaze; glance
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Translations
Catalan: aspecte
Chinese: 方面
Esperanto: flanko
French: Aspects
Galician: aspecto
German: Aspekt
Hindi: दृष्टिकोण
Italian: aspetto
Japanese: 角度 / かくど
Portuguese: aspecto
Romanian: aspect
Spanish: aspecto
Swedish: aspekt
Welsh: agwedd
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See words and translations for the past 24 hours below.
English | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish |
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combat | >!combat!< | >!Kampf, Gefecht!< | Missing? | >!combate!< | >!combate!< |
however | >!pourtant!< | >!wie auch immer!< | >!comunque!< | >!no entanto!< | >!aun así!< |
adjacent | >!adjacent!< | >!anliegend!< | >!adiacente!< | >!adjacente!< | >!adyacente!< |
intention | >!intention!< | Missing? | >!intenzione!< | >!intenção!< | >!intención!< |
keen | >!enthousiaste!< | Missing? | >!entusiasta!< | >!entusiasmado!< | >!entusiasta!< |
insolvent | >!insolvable!< | >!zahlungsunfähig!< | >!insolvente!< | >!insolvente!< | >!insolvente!< |
horizontal | >!horizontal!< | >!waagerecht!< | >!orizzontale!< | >!horizontal!< | >!horizontal!< |
rigorous | >!rigoureuse!< | >!konsequent!< | >!rigoroso!< | >!rigoroso!< | >!riguroso!< |
brain | >!cerveau!< | >!das Gehirn!< | >!cervello!< | >!cérebro!< | >!cerebro!< |
player | Missing? | >!der Spieler!< | >!giocatore!< | >!jogador!< | >!jugador!< |
product | >!un produit!< | >!das Produkt!< | >!prodotto!< | >!produto!< | >!producto!< |
steel | >!acier!< | >!der Stahl!< | >!acciaio!< | >!aço!< | >!acero!< |
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English: combat
to struggle or contend, as with an opposing force
to oppose by force, argument, etc.
to contend against
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Translations
Catalan: combat
Chinese: 战斗
Esperanto: batalo
French: combat
Galician: combate
German: Kampf, Gefecht
Portuguese: combate
Romanian: luptă, bătaie
Spanish: combate
Swedish: strid
Welsh: ymladd
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English: however
in whetever manner, way, or degree
at all events; at least
notwithstanding; yet; still
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Translations
Catalan: tanmateix
Esperanto: tamen
French: pourtant
Galician: con todo
German: wie auch immer
Hindi: फिरभी
Italian: comunque
Japanese: それでも
Portuguese: no entanto
Romanian: deşi
Spanish: aun así
Swedish: däremot
Welsh: fodd bynnag
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English: adjacent
lying near, close, or contiguous
neighboring; bordering on
as, a field adjacent to the highway
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Translations
Catalan: adjacent
Chinese: 附近的、临近的
Esperanto: apuda
French: adjacent
Galician: adxacente
German: anliegend
Hindi: समीपवर्ती
Italian: adiacente
Japanese: 近接 / きんせつ
Portuguese: adjacente
Romanian: lângă, adiacent
Spanish: adyacente
Swedish: intill
Welsh: cyfagos
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English: intention
a stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object
closeness of application
fixedness of attention
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Translations
Catalan: intenció
Esperanto: intenco
French: intention
Galician: intención
Hindi: नीयत
Italian: intenzione
Portuguese: intenção
Romanian: intenție
Spanish: intención
Swedish: avsikt
Welsh: bwriad
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English: keen
having a fine edge or point
acute of mind; penetrating
having or expressing mental acuteness
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Translations
Catalan: delerós
Esperanto: fervora
French: enthousiaste
Galician: entusiasta
Hindi: इच्छुक
Italian: entusiasta
Portuguese: entusiasmado
Spanish: entusiasta
Welsh: blaenllym
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English: insolvent
not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts
unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business
not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner
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Translations
Catalan: insolvent
Esperanto: nesolventa
French: insolvable
Galician: insolvente
German: zahlungsunfähig
Hindi: दिवालिया
Italian: insolvente
Portuguese: insolvente
Romanian: insolvent
Spanish: insolvente
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English: horizontal
pertaining to, or near, the horizon
parallel to the horizon
measured or contained in a plane of the horizon
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Translations
Catalan: horitzontal
Esperanto: horizontalo
French: horizontal
Galician: horizontal
German: waagerecht
Hindi: क्षैतिज
Italian: orizzontale
Portuguese: horizontal
Romanian: orizontal
Spanish: horizontal
Swedish: liggande
Welsh: llorwedd
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English: rigorous
manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor
allowing no abatement or mitigation
exact; strict; severe
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Translations
Catalan: rigorós
Chinese: 严谨的
Esperanto: rigora
French: rigoureuse
Galician: rigoroso
German: konsequent
Italian: rigoroso
Portuguese: rigoroso
Romanian: riguros
Spanish: riguroso
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English: brain
the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain
the anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates
the organ or seat of intellect
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Translations
Catalan: cervell
Chinese: 脑子
Esperanto: cerbo
French: cerveau
Galician: cerebro
German: das Gehirn
Hindi: मगज
Italian: cervello
Japanese: 脳 / のう
Portuguese: cérebro
Romanian: creier
Spanish: cerebro
Swedish: hjärna
Welsh: ymenydd
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English: player
an idler; a trifler
one who plays, or amuses himself
one without serious aims
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Translations
Catalan: jugador
Esperanto: ludisto
Galician: xogador
German: der Spieler
Hindi: वादक
Italian: giocatore
Portuguese: jogador
Romanian: jucător
Spanish: jugador
Swedish: spelare
Welsh: chwaraewr
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English: product
the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers
anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes
the number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number
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Translations
Catalan: producte
Esperanto: produkto
French: un produit
Galician: produto
German: das Produkt
Hindi: उत्पाद
Italian: prodotto
Portuguese: produto
Romanian: produs
Spanish: producto
Swedish: produkt
Welsh: cynnyrch
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English: steel
a weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc
an instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives
anything of extreme hardness
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Translations
Catalan: acer
Chinese: 鋼/钢
Esperanto: ŝtalo
French: acier
Galician: aceiro
German: der Stahl
Hindi: स्टील
Italian: acciaio
Portuguese: aço
Romanian: oțel
Spanish: acero
Swedish: stål
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English | French | German | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish |
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location | >!emplacement!< | Missing? | >!localizzazione!< | >!localização!< | >!ubicación!< |
mortgage | >!hypothèque!< | >!die Hypothek!< | >!ipoteca!< | >!hipoteca!< | >!hipoteca!< |
father | >!Père!< | >!der Vater!< | >!padre!< | >!pai!< | >!padre!< |
region | >!région!< | >!die Region!< | >!regione!< | >!região!< | >!región!< |
electrical | >!électrique!< | >!elektrisch!< | >!elettrico!< | >!elétrico!< | >!eléctrico!< |
outline | >!contour!< | Missing? | >!abbozzo!< | >!borda!< | >!esbozo!< |
seat | >!siège!< | >!der Sitz!< | Missing? | >!assento!< | >!escaño!< |
counsel | >!conseil!< | Missing? | >!consiglio!< | >!conselho!< | >!consejo!< |
truth | >!vérité!< | >!Die Wahrheit !< | >!verità!< | >!verdade!< | >!verdad!< |
closure | >!clôture!< | >!Verschluss!< | >!chiusura!< | >!fechamento!< | >!clausura!< |
degeneration | Missing? | >!die Gegenkopplung!< | >!degenerazione!< | >!degeneração!< | >!degeneración!< |
lift | >!Lever, soulever!< | Missing? | >!ascensore!< | >!levantar, elevador!< | >!levantar!< |
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English: location
the act or process of locating
a tract of land designated in place
situation; place; locality
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Translations
Catalan: ubicació
Esperanto: loko
French: emplacement
Galician: localización
Hindi: लोकेशन
Italian: localizzazione
Portuguese: localização
Romanian: locație
Spanish: ubicación
Swedish: plats
Welsh: lleoliad
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English: mortgage
also, the written instrument by which the conveyance is made
a conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or performance according to the stipulated terms
state of being pledged
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Translations
Catalan: hipoteca
Esperanto: hipoteko
French: hypothèque
Galician: hipotecario
German: die Hypothek
Hindi: गिरवी
Italian: ipoteca
Portuguese: hipoteca
Romanian: ipotecă
Spanish: hipoteca
Swedish: belåning
Welsh: morgais
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English: father
one who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter
one of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after christ
a male ancestor more remote than a parent
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Translations
Catalan: pare
Chinese: 父亲
Esperanto: patro
French: Père
Galician: pai
German: der Vater
Hindi: पिता
Italian: padre
Japanese: 父 / ちち
Portuguese: pai
Romanian: tată
Spanish: padre
Swedish: fader/pappa/far
Welsh: tad
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English: region
one of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided
hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent
tract, part, or space, lying about and including anything
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Translations
Catalan: regió
Esperanto: regiono
French: région
Galician: rexión
German: die Region
Hindi: क्षेत्र
Italian: regione
Portuguese: região
Romanian: regiune
Spanish: región
Swedish: region
Welsh: ardal
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English: electrical
consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity
as, electric power or virtue
an electric jar
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Translations
Catalan: elèctric
Esperanto: elektra
French: électrique
Galician: eléctrico
German: elektrisch
Hindi: विद्युत
Italian: elettrico
Portuguese: elétrico
Romanian: electric
Spanish: eléctrico
Swedish: elektrisk
Welsh: trydanol
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English: outline
the line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure
a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.
the exterior line or edge
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Translations
Catalan: esbós
Chinese: 框架
Esperanto: skizo
French: contour
Galician: esbozo
Hindi: खाका
Italian: abbozzo
Portuguese: borda
Romanian: contur
Spanish: esbozo
Swedish: utkast
Welsh: amlinell
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