English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word lose
English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(fall away; lose flesh; lose in weight) | ||
🔗 As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labour dispute in 1893. | ||
🔗 Johnson’s speech on Wednesday night reflects the Brexiteers’ growing fears that, while they won the referendum battle, they might be losing the war. | ||
lose flesh (fall away; lose; lose in weight) | ||
lose one’s life (perish) | ||
lose one’s way (go astray; stray off; aberrate) | ||
loser | ||
(toll; write‐off; wastage) | ||
🔗 We have suffered a loss! | ||
(damage) | ||
🔗 That’s a loss of £ 65 billion to the economy. | ||
(defeat) | ; | |
🔗 Trump’s loss has been reaffirmed by courts and state election officials dozens of times since the election. |
English | Afrikaans |
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lose | ⇆ agterloop; ⇆ inboet; ⇆ kwytraak; ⇆ laat verloor; ⇆ mis; ⇆ misloop; ⇆ nie haal nie; ⇆ uitval; ⇆ verbeur; ⇆ verloor; ⇆ verspeel; ⇆ weggooi |
be lost | ⇆ afgaan; ⇆ omkom; ⇆ verdwaal wees; ⇆ vergaan; ⇆ verlore wees |
lose colour | ⇆ bleek word; ⇆ verbleik |
lose count | ⇆ die tel kwytraak |
lose face | ⇆ sy prestige verloor |
lose flesh | ⇆ afval; ⇆ maer word |
lose ground | ⇆ agteruitgaan; ⇆ grond verloor; ⇆ veld verloor |
lose heart | ⇆ moed verloor; ⇆ tou opgooi |
lose oneself | ⇆ verdwaal |
lose oneself in | ⇆ opgaan in; ⇆ verward raak in |
lose one’s head | ⇆ die kluts kwytraak; ⇆ onthoof word; ⇆ sy kop verloor |
lose one’s heart | ⇆ sy hart verloor; ⇆ verlief word |
lose one’s nerve | ⇆ bang word |
lose one’s rag | ⇆ sy herkoutjie kwyt wees |
lose one’s reason | ⇆ sy verstand kwytraak |
lose one’s senses | ⇆ sy besinning verloor |
lose one’s temper | ⇆ kwaad word; ⇆ uit sy humeur raak |
lose one’s voice | ⇆ die stem verloor |
lose one’s way | ⇆ van die pad afraak; ⇆ verdwaal |
lose one’s wool | ⇆ kwaad word |
lose patience | ⇆ geduld verloor; ⇆ sy geduld verloor |
lose sight of | ⇆ uit die oog verloor |
lose the day | ⇆ die stryd verloor |
lose the thread | ⇆ afdwaal; ⇆ die draad kwytraak |
lose the thread of | ⇆ afraak van |
lose the way | ⇆ verdwaal |
lose track of | ⇆ uit die oog verloor |
lose weight | ⇆ gewig verloor |
play a losing game | ⇆ stadig maar seker die onderspit delf |
there is no love lost between them | ⇆ hulle kan mekaar nie verdraag nie; ⇆ hulle sit nie langs dieselfde vuur nie |
loser | ⇆ verloorder |
losing | ⇆ hopeloos; ⇆ verlies; ⇆ verliesend; ⇆ verloor; ⇆ verlorend |
loss | ⇆ derwing; ⇆ nadeel; ⇆ ondergang; ⇆ skade; ⇆ skadepos; ⇆ verlies |
lost | ⇆ geskore; ⇆ na sy grootjie; ⇆ verdwaal; ⇆ verlore; ⇆ versonke |