English [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
hand over (third-person singular simple present hands over , present participle handing over , simple past and past participle handed over )
( transitive , idiomatic ) To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
I handed over the controls to the copilot.
2023 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport [1] :Liverpool still have a game in hand but City have made up most of that lost ground and this was a resounding message that they will not be handing over the title.
( transitive , idiomatic ) To deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.).
Synonyms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
to relinquish control or possession
Assamese: গতোৱা ( gotüa )
Cebuano: dunol , tunol , duhol
Chinese:
Mandarin: 交出 (zh) ( jiāochū ) , 移交 (zh) ( yíjiāo )
Czech: předat (cs)
Dutch: overhandigen (nl)
Esperanto: transdoni
Finnish: antaa (fi) , luovuttaa (fi)
French: remettre (fr) , donner (fr) , transmettre (fr) , passer (fr)
German: übergeben (de) , überreichen (de) , aushändigen (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 ( galēwjan )
Greek:
Ancient: παρέχω ( parékhō )
Hungarian: átad (hu) , átnyújt (hu) , odaad (hu) , ( transfer, assign ) átruház (hu) , ( relinquish ) lemond (hu) , ( give up ) felad (hu) , ( abandon, deposit ) lead (hu)
Icelandic: afhenda
Italian: cedere (it) , trasferire (it)
Japanese: 引き渡す ( ひきわたす, hikiwatasu ) , 手渡す ( てわたす, tewatasu )
Latin: trādō , dedo
Persian: از دست دادن ( az dast dâdan ) , واگذاشتن (fa) ( vâgozâštan )
Polish: przekazać (pl) pf
Portuguese: entregar (pt) , transferir (pt) , passar (pt)
Russian: передава́ть (ru) impf ( peredavátʹ ) , переда́ть (ru) pf ( peredátʹ ) , вруча́ть (ru) impf ( vručátʹ ) , вручи́ть (ru) ( vručítʹ ) , сдава́ть (ru) impf ( sdavátʹ ) , сдать (ru) pf ( sdatʹ )
Spanish: devolver (es) , entregar (es) , abandonar (es) , pasar el mando
Swedish: överlämna (sv)
Telugu: అందించు (te) ( andiñcu )
Yiddish: אַהערגעבן ( ahergebn )
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