set sail

English

Verb

set sail (third-person singular simple present sets sail, present participle setting sail, simple past and past participle set sail)

1. To depart on a voyage by boat.

   We set sail for the Caribbean.

Translations

to embark on a voyage by boat

• Basque: itsasoratu
• Catalan: salpar (ca), partir (ca), fer-se a la mar
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: lähteä purjehtimaan
• French: prendre la mer (fr), partir en mer, appareiller (fr), mettre à la voile (fr), mettre les voiles (fr)
• German: abfahren (de)
• Greek: αποπλέω (el) (apopléo)
• Latin: velificor
• Polish: wypływać (pl) impf, wypłynąć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: zarpar (pt)
• Spanish: zarpar (es), hacerse a la mar
• Swahili: kutweka matanga
• Turkish: yelken açmak (tr)

See also

• put to sea

Anagrams

• sailest, salties