marry off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

marry off (third-person singular simple present marries off, present participle marrying off, simple past and past participle married off)

1. (idiomatic) To successfully arrange the marriage of someone, especially a relative.

Translations

successfully arrange the marriage of someone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (of a female) 把……嫁出去 (bǎ... jià chūqù), 把……嫁給……／把……嫁给……, 把……嫁给…… (bǎ... jià gěi...), (of a male) 讓……娶親成家／让……娶亲成家, 让……娶亲成家 (ràng... qǔqīn chéngjia)

• Dutch: uithuwelijken (nl)
• Finnish: naittaa (fi)
• French: marier (fr)
• Greek: παντρεύω (el) (pantrévo)
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• Hungarian: kiházasít (hu), férjhez ad
• Italian: sistemare (it)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: жени́ть (ru) impf or pf (ženítʹ), пожени́ть (ru) pf (poženítʹ) (of a male), выдава́ть за́муж (ru) impf (vydavátʹ zámuž), вы́дать за́муж (ru) pf (výdatʹ zámuž) (of a female)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: gifta bort (sv)
• Turkish: evlendirmek (tr)