Information about the word detain (English → Esperanto: aresti)

Synonyms: arrest, apprehend, nick

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/dɪˈteɪ̯n/
Shavian alphabet𐑛𐑦𐑑𐑱𐑯

Usage samples

Russian opposition leader and Vladimir Putin critic Aleksej Navalʹnyj has been detained by police after returning to Moscow five months after being poisoned by a nerve agent.

Translations

Afrikaansarresteer; in hegtenis neem; aankeer
Catalandetenir
Czechzatknout
Danisharrestere
Dutchaanhouden
Esperantoaresti
Faeroesehandtaka; seta fastan
Frencharrêter
Germanfestnehmen; verhaften; arrestieren
Hungarianletartóztat
Italianarrestare
Luxemburgishverhaften
Papiamentodetené
Portugueseapreender; apresar; capturar; prender
Russianарестовать; арествать
Saterland Frisianarrestierje; fäästnieme; ferhaftje
Spanishdetener
Swedishanhålla; arrestera; häkta
Welsharestio
West Frisianoppakke; oanhâlde