English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'foɻbɪd/
audio|en-us-forbid.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|forbids|forbidding|forbade or forbad|forbidden

1. To disallow
2. To proscribe

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

Chinese: �止(Jin4 Zhi3)
Czech: zakázat
Danish: forbyde
Dutch: verbieden
Esperanto: malpermesi
Finnish: kieltää
French: interdire
German: verbieten, untersagen
Hebrew: �סר
Hungarian: tilt, megtilt
Ido: interdiktar
Indonesian: larang, larang|melarang
mid
Italian: proibire, vietare
Japanese: ��� (����, kinjiru), ��� (����, kinzuru), �止�� (�����, kinshi-suru)
Norwegian: forby
Portuguese: proibir
Romanian: interzice
Russian: зап�е�и��
Serbian: zabraniti
Spanish: prohibir (prohíbo)
Swedish: förbjuda

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:English irregular verbs

et:forbid
el:forbid
fr:forbid
gl:forbid
ko:forbid
io:forbid
id:forbid
it:forbid
hu:forbid
pl:forbid
ro:forbid
fi:forbid
ta:forbid
vi:forbid
tr:forbid
uk:forbid
zh:forbid

• 2007-12-06 08:46 - AutoFormat - trans link [[Ido]]

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