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Meaning of owe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent

Definitions

  1. To be in debt: She still owes for the car.
  2. to be in debt to. I owe (him) $10. skuld, verskuldig wees يَكونُ مَدينا дължа dever dlužit schulden skylde οφείλω, χρωστώdeber võlgnema بدهکار بودن olla velkaa devoir לִהיוֹת חַייָב ऋणी होना dugovati tartozik vkinek vmivel meminjam, berhutang skulda dovere 借りている 금전상의 빚이 있다 būti skolingam būt parādā berhutang schuldig zijnskyldebyć winnym بد كار dever a datora быть должным, задолжать dlhovať, byť dlžný dolgovati dugovati vara skyldig เป็นหนี้ borcu olmak 欠債 бути винним, заборгувати مقروض ہونا ...
  3. still to be paid. There is some money still owing (to us). verskuldig, uitstaande, onbetaald مُسْتَحِق الدَّفْع дължим devido dlužný zu zahlen skyldig οφειλόμενος debido võlgu (olev) پرداخت نشده maksamaton dû מַגִיע देय koji treba platiti kintlevőség belum dibayar ógreiddur dovuto, da pagare 借りになっている 빚지고 있는 neišmokėtas nesamaksāts terhutang verschuldigdtil gode, skyldignależny نه پرداخت شوى devido datorat причитающийся dlžný dolžan dužan som skall betalas เป็นหนี้ ödenecek 未付的 належний, забор...
  4. because of. Owing to the rain, the football has been cancelled. weens, vanweë بِسَبب благодарение на devido a vzhledem k infolge på grund af εξαιτίας, λόγωdebido a, a causa de tõttu به دلیل takia en raison de בִּגלַל- हेतु से zbog, zahvaljujući vmi miatt karena vegna a causa di ~のために ...때문에 dėl sakarā ar; dēļ disebabkan wegenspå grunn avwskutek په دى دليل devido a din cauza из-за, по причине vzhľadom na, kvôli, pre zaradi zahvaljujući på grund av, med anledning av เนื่องจาก yüzünden, ...-den/...
  5. To be indebted to the amount of: He owes me five dollars.
  6. To have a moral or legal obligation to render or offer: I owe them an apology.
  7. To be in debt to: We owe the plumber for services rendered.
  8. To be indebted or obliged for: owed their riches to oil; owes her good health to diet and exercise.
  9. To bear (a certain feeling) toward a person or persons: You seem to owe your neighbors a grudge.
  10. Archaic To have as a possession; own.
    Archaic

Equivalents

العربية دن
Беларуская мусіць
Български дължа
Bosanski dever
Català deure
Čeština dlužit
Dansk skylde
Ελληνικά χρωστάω χρωστώ
Esperanto ŝuldi
Français devoir
Gaeilge bí ar
Galego deber
Hrvatski dever
Magyar tartozik
한국어 빚지고 있다
Kurdî dever
Latina debeo
Nederlands schuldig zijn
Português dever
Română datora
Српски dever
Українська винен винна мусити

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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