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English
Verb
set sail (third-person singular simple present sets sail, present participle setting sail, simple past and past participle set sail)
- To depart on a voyage by boat.
We set sail for the Caribbean.
Translations
to embark on a voyage by boat
- Basque: itsasoratu
- Catalan: salpar (ca), partir (ca), fer-se a la mar
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 啟航 / 启航 (zh) (qǐháng)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: lähteä purjehtimaan
- French: prendre la mer (fr), partir en mer, appareiller (fr), mettre à la voile (fr), mettre les voiles (fr)
- German: abfahren (de)
- Greek: αποπλέω (el) (apopléo)
- Latin: velificor
- Polish: wypływać (pl) impf, wypłynąć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: zarpar (pt)
- Spanish: zarpar (es), hacerse a la mar, avelar, partir (es)
- Swahili: kutweka matanga
- Turkish: yelken açmak (tr)
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