Meaning of forbid | Babel Free

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1. To refuse to allow:ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, taboo.
2. to tell (someone) not to do something. She forbade him to go. belet يَمْنَع забранявам proibir zakázat verbieten forbyde απαγορεύωprohibir keelama ممنوع کردن kieltää défendre לֶאֱסוֹר मना करना zabraniti, priječiti (meg)tilt melarang banna vietare, proibire 禁じる 금지하다 uždrausti aizliegt; neatļaut melarang verbiedenforby, nektezakazać منع كول proibir a interzice запрещать zakázať prepovedati zabraniti förbjuda ห้าม yasaklamak 不許，禁止 забороняти روکنا، باز رکھنا không cho phép; cấm 不许，禁止
3. not allowed. Smoking is forbidden. verbode مَمْنوع забранен proibido zakázaný verboten forbudt απαγορευμένοςprohibido keelatud ممنوع kielletty interditאסור वर्जित, निषिद्ध zabranjen, nedopušten tiltott dilarang bannaður vietato, proibito 禁じられた 금지된 draudžiamas aizliegts; neatļauts dilarang verbodenforbudtzakazany منع proibido interzis запрещённый zakázaný prepovedan zabranjen förbjuden ที่ไม่ได้รับอนุญาต yasak 被禁止的 заборонений ممنوع cấm 被禁止的
4. rather frightening. a forbidding appearance. streng; kwaai voorkoms بَغيض، مُنَفِّر، كَريه страшен assustador odpuzující abstoßend skræmmende απειλητικός, αποκρουστικόςsevero, imponente peletav ناخوشایند luotaantyöntävä rébarbatif מְאַייֵם अप्रीतिकर odbojan, ružan félelmes menakutkan ógnvekjandi sgradevole 近づきがたい 무서운 grėsmingas atbaidošs; briesmīgs menakutkan afschrikwekkendavskrekkende, uhyggeligodpychający نا خواخوږه assustador respingător отталкивающий odpudzujúci mrk zabranjujući frånstöt...
5. vi. prohibir, impedir;God ___! → ¡No lo permita Dios!
6. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.
7. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.
8. To have the effect of preventing; preclude: Discretion forbids a reply.
9. to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something)
10. to make impossible; hinder

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