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To eat

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Amharic አማርኛ am

መብላት (mäblat)

Me-BLAT

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Amharic.

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Arabic العربية ar

يأكل

Yah-KUL

This is the masculine singular present tense form of 'to eat'.

Bangla বাংলা bn

খাওয়া

KHA-wa

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Bengali.

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Catalan català ca

Menjar

Men-ZHAR

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Catalan.

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Czech čeština cs

Jíst

Yist

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Czech.

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Danish dansk da

At spise

O spEE-seh

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Danish.

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German Deutsch de

Essen

ESS-en

Use 'essen' in everyday conversations about eating.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Τρώω

TRO-oh

This is the present tense form of 'to eat' in Greek (I eat).

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Spanish Español es

Comer

Ko-MER

Use 'comer' in any context where you're talking about the act of eating.

Estonian eesti et

Süüa

SOO-ah

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Estonian.

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Basque Basque eu

Jateko

Yah-TEH-ko

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Basque.

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Persian فارسی fa

خوردن

Khor-DAN

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Persian.

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Finnish suomi fi

Syödä

SYO-deh

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Finnish.

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French Français fr

Manger

Man-ZHAY

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in French.

Galician Galician gl

Comer

Ko-MER

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Galician.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

ખાવું

Khaa-voom

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Gujarati.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Chee

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Hausa.

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Hebrew עברית he

לאכול

Leh-EH-khol

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Hebrew.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

खाना

KHA-na

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Hindi.

Hungarian magyar hu

Enni

EN-nee

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Hungarian.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Makan

MA-kan

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Indonesian.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Að borða

Oth BOR-tha

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Icelandic.

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Italian Italiano it

Mangiare

Man-JAH-ray

This is the basic verb for 'to eat' in Italian.

Japanese 日本語 ja

食べる (taberu)

Tah-BEH-roo

This is the basic verb for 'to eat' in Japanese.

Korean 한국어 ko

먹다 (meokda)

Meok-DA

This is the basic verb for 'to eat' in Korean.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Valgyti

Val-GHEE-tee

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Lithuanian.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Ēst

EEST

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Latvian.

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Marathi मराठी mr

खाणे

Khaa-ṇay

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Marathi.

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Malay Melayu ms

Makan

MA-kan

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Malay.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Eten

AY-ten

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Dutch.

Norwegian norsk no

Å spise

Ooh SPEE-seh

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Norwegian.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਖਾਣਾ

Khaa-naa

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Punjabi.

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Polish polski pl

Jeść

Yeshch

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Polish.

Portuguese Português pt

Comer

Ko-MER

Use 'comer' in any context where you're talking about the act of eating.

Romanian română ro

A mânca

Ah mın-KAH

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Romanian.

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Russian русский ru

Есть

YEST

This is the basic verb for 'to eat' in Russian.

Swedish svenska sv

Äta

EH-ta

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Swedish.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Kula

Koo-LA

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Swahili.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

சாப்பிடுவது

Saa-pee-du-va-thu

This is the gerund form of 'to eat' in Tamil.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

తినడం

Ti-na-dam

This is the gerund form of 'to eat' in Telugu.

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Thai ไทย th

กิน (gin)

Gin

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Thai.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Kumain

Koo-MA-een

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Filipino/Tagalog.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Yemek yemek

Yeh-MEK yeh-MEK

Literally means 'to eat food' in Turkish.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Їсти

YEE-stee

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Ukrainian.

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Urdu اردو ur

کھانا

Khaa-naa

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Urdu.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Ăn

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Vietnamese.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Jẹ

Jeh

This is the standard verb for 'to eat' in Yoruba.

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Chinese 中文 zh

吃 (chī)

Ch-ee

This is the standard word for 'to eat' in Mandarin Chinese.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

食 (sik6)

Seek

This is the standard word for 'to eat' in Cantonese.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Ukudla

Oo-KOOD-la

This is the infinitive form of 'to eat' in Zulu.

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