avenge

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
2. (reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.
4. (archaic, transitive) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

Noun

An act of vengeance; a revenge.

Conceptes

venjar

revenjar-se

Sinònims

revenge

retaliate

requite

take revenge

take vengeance

avenge oneself

vindicate

take vengeance on

revenge oneself

punish

get even with

pay back

attack

👊

retribution

redeem

strike back

pay out

retribute

get

destroy

wreak

defeat

give tit for tat

hit back

countercharge

revevge

revenge oneself upon

get back at someone

ertaliate

venge

counterattack

wreak vengeance

get revenge

Traduccions

venger

vengar

rächen

vingar

vendicare

wreken

εκδικούμαι

wraak nemen

se venger

ahnden

punio

desforrar

ulciscor

vindico

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: avengen

In summary

From Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- (“upon”) + vengier, from Latin vindicō, vindicāre.