curse — English to Ukrainian

How English curse is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: curse in the Elamur Dictionary.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: curse (99), curses (16). By style: everyday 10 · biblical 105.

прокляття

Used about 23 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 20). Forms: прокляття, прокляттє.

• I don't believe in curses.

  Я не вірю у прокляття.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · #2361109 #5748058

• Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

  Ось, я кладу сьогоднї перед вами благословеннє і прокляттє:

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 11:26

• Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.

  Мудрість - прокляття, якщо мудрість не приносить жодної користі людині, яка її має.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and deniko · checked, community translation · #446940 #501604

• Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.

  І жити муть люде там, і не буде вже прокляття, а стояти буде Ерусалим безпеч.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ZEC 14:11

• It's a curse.

  Це прокляття.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · #1449619 #5958170

проклинати

Used about 8 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8).

• “You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

  Не лаяти меш суддїв, і не проклинати меш князя народу твого.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 22:28

• “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  І хто проклинати ме батька свого і матїр свою, того скарати смертю.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 21:17

• God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

  І каже Бог Білеамові: Не треба тобі йти з ними, не треба тобі проклинати люду; бо він благословений.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 22:12

• Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

  І каже Абесса Саруєнко цареві: Як важиться сей здохлий пес проклинати пана мого царя? Пійду й зітну йому голову!

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 16:9

• The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

  Царь же рече: Яке вам дїло до мене, Саруєнки? Нехай він проклинає, бо се Господь допустив йому, проклинати Давида. Хто ж тут скаже: Як важишся ти на се?

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 16:10

благословеннє

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3).

• People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

  Хто приховує вроджай, того клянуть люде, а на голову продаючого — благословеннє.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 11:26

• What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”

  Може, полапає мене панотець, і зроблюсь перед ним мантїєм, і наведу на себе клятьбу а не благословеннє.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 27:12

книзї

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

• The LORD will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

  І Господь призначить його на погибіль зміж усїх поколїнь Ізрайлевих, по всїх прокляттях завіту, як написано в книзї закону сього.

  World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 29:21

More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

• He knows how to curse in Chinese.

  Він уміє лаятися китайською.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and deniko · checked, community translation · #1762099 #5202144

• Tom likes to curse in Romanian.

  Том любить лаятися румунською мовою.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and deniko · checked, community translation · #7229733 #7267497

• Don't curse or I'll wash your mouth out with soap.

  Не лайся, чи я тобі вимою рота із милом!

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ari_diary and shanghainese · checked, community translation · #1636181 #3094183

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