Semantic Atlas: 'Across' in Different Languages and Regional Contexts
Across
əˈkrɔːs , adverb
From one side to the other
Example of usage:
She walked across the street.
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across on other languages
| Languages | Translation | Transcription | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
English (British) | across | /əˈkrɒs/ | The bridge goes across the river. |
English (American) | across | əˈkrɔːs | She walked across the street. |
Hungarian | át | aːt | Átmegyünk a hídon. |
French | à travers | a tʁavɛʁ | Il marche à travers le parc. |
Spanish | a través | a tɾaˈβɾes | Caminamos a través del parque. |
Portuguese (European) | através | ɐtɾɐˈvɛʃ | Vamos atravessar a rua. |
Italian | attraverso | /attraˈvɛrso/ | Passiamo attraverso il parco. |
Slovak | cez | t͡ses | Prejdeme cez most. |
Slovenian | čez | tʃɛz | Gremo čez most. |
Dutch | over | ˈoːvər | We lopen over de brug. |
Danish | over | ˈoːʌʁ | Vi går over vejen. |
Norwegian | over | ˈoːvər | Vi går over veien. |
Swedish | över | ˈøːvɛr | Vi går över bron. |
Latvian | pāri | /pāri/ | Mēs ejam pāri tiltam. |
Lithuanian | per | pɛr | Mes einame per tiltą. |
Romanian | peste | /ˈpɛste/ | Trecem peste pod. |
Croatian | preko | prɛːko | Idemo preko mosta. |
Czech | přes | /pr̝ɛs/ | Jdeme přes ulici. |
Polish | przez | pʃɛs | Przechodzimy przez most. |
Esperanto | trans | /trans/ | Ni iras trans la ponton. |
German | über | /ˈyːbɐ/ | Wir gehen über die Straße. |
Estonian | üle | /ˈylɛ/ | Me läheme üle silla. |
Finnish | yli | /ˈylɪ/ | Kävelemme yli sillan. |
Greek | απέναντι | /apénandi/ | Περνάμε απέναντι από το δρόμο. |
Bulgarian | през | prɛz | Тя минава през парка. |
Ukrainian | через | /ˈt͡ʃɛrɛz/ | Ми йдемо через міст. |