be called

See also: becalled

English

English phrasebook

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Verb

be called

1. To have a specific name.

Usage notes

• This is the passive of call.

Translations

to have a specific name

• Belarusian: называ́цца impf (nazyvácca)
• Bulgarian: ка́звам се impf (kázvam se), нари́чам се (bg) impf (naríčam se)
• Burmese: ခေါ် (my) (hkau)
• Catalan: dir-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叫 (zh) (jiào), 稱為 (zh), 称为 (zh) (chēngwéi)

• Czech: jmenovat se (cs) impf
• Danish: hedde (da)
• Dutch: heten (nl)
• Esperanto: nomiĝi
• Finnish: kutsutaan
• French: s'appeler (fr), se nommer (fr)
• Galician: chamarse
• German: heißen (de), sich nennen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan)
• Greek: λέγομαι (el) (légomai)
• Icelandic: heita (is)
• Ido: nomesar (io)
• Italian: chiamarsi
• Japanese: ...と言う (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...という (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...と申す (ja) (...ともうす, ... to mōsu) (humble)
• Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmʊəh)
• Korean: ...(이)라고 부르다 (ko) (...(i)rago bureuda)

• Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄)
• Macedonian: се вика impf (se vika)
• Norwegian: hete (no)
• Old English: hātan
• Old Norse: heita
• Persian: گفته شدن‎ (gofté šodán)
• Polish: nazywać się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: chamar-se
• Russian: называ́ться (ru) impf (nazyvátʹsja), именова́ться (ru) impf (imenovátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: zvati se (sh) impf

  Cyrillic: звати се impf

• Slovak: volať sa impf
• Slovene: imenovati se (sl) impf
• Spanish: llamarse (es)
• Swedish: heta (sv)
• Thai: ชื่อ (th) (chʉ̂ʉ)
• Turkish: çağrılabilir
• Ukrainian: назива́тися impf (nazyvátysja)
• Vietnamese: được gọi là (vi)
• Volapük: panemön (vo)

Conjugation

See the verb to be