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English
Verb
be called (third-person singular simple present is called, present participle being called, simple past was called, past participle been called)
- To have a specific name.
Usage notes
- This is the passive of call.
Conjugation
See the verb to be
Translations
to have a specific name
- Arabic: سُمِّيَ (summiya) (passive of سمى)
- Armenian: կոչվել (hy) (kočʻvel)
- Azerbaijani: adlanmaq (az), adlandırılmaq
- Belarusian: называ́цца impf (nazyvácca)
- Bulgarian: ка́звам се (bg) impf (kázvam se), нари́чам се (bg) impf (naríčam se)
- Burmese: ခေါ် (my) (hkau)
- Catalan: dir-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 叫 (yue) (giu3)
- Dungan: җё (ži͡o)
- Eastern Min: 叫 (giú)
- Hakka: 叫 (kieu)
- Hokkien: 叫 (zh-min-nan) (kiò)
- Mandarin: 叫 (zh) (jiào), 稱為/称为 (zh) (chēngwéi)
- Wu: 叫 (5ciau)
- Czech: jmenovat se (cs) impf
- Danish: hedde (da)
- Dutch: heten (nl)
- Esperanto: nomiĝi
- Finnish: kutsutaan (general); (of people, animals, books, etc.) olla nimeltään (fi), olla nimeltä
- French: s’appeler (fr), se nommer (fr)
- Galician: chamarse
- German: heißen (de), sich nennen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan)
- Greek: λέγομαι (el) (légomai), ονομάζομαι (el) (onomázomai)
- Hungarian: hívják (hu) (he/she/it is called, you are called), hívnak (I am called, you are called)
- Icelandic: heita (is)
- Ido: nomesar (io)
- Italian: chiamarsi (it)
- Japanese: ...と言う (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...という (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...と申す (ja) (...ともうす, ... to mōsu) (humble)
- Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmŭəh)
- Korean: ...(이)라고 불리다 (ko) (...(i)rago bullida)
- Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄)
- Latin: nominor (la)
- Ligurian: ciamâse
- Macedonian: се вика impf (se vika)
- Mòcheno: hoasn
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hete (no)
- Nynorsk: heita
- Occitan: se sonar
- Old English: hātan
- Old Norse: heita
- Persian: گفته شدن (gofte šodan)
- Polish: nazywać się (pl) impf
- Portuguese: chamar-se
- Romanian: se numi, se chema
- Russian: называ́ться (ru) impf (nazyvátʹsja), именова́ться (ru) impf (imenovátʹsja)
- Sardinian: (please verify) narrersi
- Sassarese: ciamassi
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: зва̏ти се impf
- Latin: zvȁti se (sh) impf
- Slovak: volať sa impf, menovať sa impf
- Slovene: imenovati se (sl) impf
- Spanish: llamarse (es), decirse
- Swedish: heta (sv)
- Thai: ชื่อ (th) (chʉ̂ʉ), เรียกว่า (rîiak-wâa)
- Turkish: çağrılabilir
- Ukrainian: назива́тися impf (nazyvátysja)
- Uzbek: atalmoq (uz), aytilmoq (uz)
- Venetian: ciamarse
- Vietnamese: được gọi là (vi)
- Volapük: panemön (vo)
- Walloon: lomer (wa)
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