English Pronunciation Phrase (deprecated template usage ) about to
( idiomatic , only with bare infinitive) Indicates something that will happen very soon ; indicates that something is imminent . He's standing at the edge, and I think he's about to jump. Translations indicating imminence
Arabic: عَلَى وَشْك ( ʕalā wašk ) ( followed by a verbal noun in the definite form )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( for both forms, particle 了 ( le ) is used after verb ) 就要 (zh) ( jiùyào ) , 快要 (zh) ( kuàiyào ) , 剛要 ／ 刚要 ( gāngyào ) , 刚要 ( gāngyào )
Min Dong: 欲 ( buóh )
Min Nan: 欲 (zh-min-nan) ( beh )
Cornish: parys dhe
Dutch: op het punt staan (om ) te
Esperanto: ( expressed by the future participle of the verb )
Finnish: fifth infinitive of the verb ( different grammatical structure; see usex in tekemäisillään )
French: sur le point de (fr) , aller (fr) ( auxiliary verb ‘to be about to’ )
Galician: a punto de
Georgian: თითქმის მზად ( titkmis mzad )
German: gleich (de) ( adverb modifying the verb ) , wollen (de) ( auxiliary verb ‘to be about to’ )
Greek:
Ancient Greek: μέλλω ( méllō )
Irish: ar tí
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: in procinto di (it) ( followed by infinitive ) , sul punto di (it) ( + inf. ) , stare per (it) ( + inf. )
Japanese: ( after verbs in the basic form ) ... ところ (ja) ( ...tokoro ) , まさに...しようとしている ( masa ni ... shiyō to shite iru )
Khmer: ស្ទើរតែ ( stəə tae )
Korean: (으 )려고 하다 ( (eu)ryeogo hada ) , (please verify ) 막 ...하려고 하다 ( mak...haryeogo hada )
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ( expressed by the future participle of the verb )
Maori: whano hono
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: no limiar de prestes a a ponto de (pt)
Russian: собира́ться (ru) ( sobirátʹsja )
Scottish Gaelic: an impis
Spanish: a punto de (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: ཁད ( khad ) , ཁད་པ ( khad pa ) , ཆོག་ཆོག ( chog chog ) , verb + གྲབས ( verb + grabs )
Vietnamese: sắp (vi)
Welsh: ar (cy) , ar fin
Yiddish: האַלטן בײַם ( haltn baym )