HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Dare | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
dɛə

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A challenge to prove courage.
  3. A small fish, the dace
  4. Acronym of Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
    US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  5. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
  6. Acronym of Dictionary of American Regional English.
  7. Defiance; challenge.
  8. In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.

Equivalents

العربية تجاسر تحدى جرؤ واجه
Azərbaycanca cəsarət etmək
Bosanski dare izazov vaga изазов
Català gosar
Cymraeg beiddio meiddio
Dansk turde vove
Deutsch herausfordern Mutprobe trotzen Wagen
Ελληνικά τολμώ
Esperanto aŭdaci
Euskara ausartu
فارسی جرأت داشتن
Suomi haastaa haaste uhmata uskaltaa
Français Affronter dare Darè défi défier oser
Gaeilge dúshlán leomh
עברית העז
Hrvatski dare izazov vaga изазов
Magyar dacol kihív mer merészel
Bahasa Indonesia jurit malam
Íslenska voga þora
Kurdî dam dare mêr
Latina audeo
Latviešu drīkstēt
Bahasa Melayu berani cabar
Српски dare izazov vaga изазов
Svenska riskera töras utmana väga
Tiếng Việt dam thạch

Examples

“I did it just for a dare.”
“It lends a lustre […] / A large dare to our great enterprise.”
“Childish, unworthy dares / Are not enough to part our powers.”
“Sextus Pompeius / Hath given the dare to Caesar.”
“When asked truth or dare, she picked dare.”
“The Dare is not unlike a Chub, but proportionably less; his Body is more white and flatter, and his Tail more forked.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
See all A2 English words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See Dare used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free