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Pronunciation / Transliteration: retaliação
"O ataque foi uma retaliação direta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The action of harming someone because they have harmed you; revenge.
"The strike was in retaliation for the pay cuts."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'retaliare', formed from the prefix re- (back) and 'talis' (such, like), meaning to pay back in kind. Entering English in the 17th century, it evolved to describe the act of harming someone in return for an injury or wrong received.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Retaliation" is said worldwide
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représailles
Transliteration: représailles
"Ils ont agi par peur de représailles."
Vergeltung
Transliteration: Vergeltung
"Sie fürchteten Rache und Vergeltung."
ritorsione
Transliteration: ritorsione
"Il governo ha promesso una pronta ritorsione."
represalia
Transliteration: represalia
"Temían sufrir represalias por su denuncia."
retaliação
Transliteration: retaliação
"O ataque foi uma retaliação direta."
प्रतिशोध
Transliteration: pratishodh
"यह कार्रवाई प्रतिशोध की भावना से की गई थी।"
报复
Transliteration: bàofù
"他们担心会遭到报复。"
보복
Transliteration: bobok
"그들은 보복을 두려워하지 않았다."
報復
Transliteration: hōfuku
"その攻撃は報復として行われた。"
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