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

Synonyms: arrest, apprehend, nick

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/dɪˈteɪ̯n/
Shavian alphabet𐑛𐑦𐑑𐑱𐑯
Deseret alphabet𐐼𐐮𐐻𐐩𐑌

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) detain(I) detained
(thou) detainest(thou) detainedst
(he) detains, detaineth(he) detained
(we) detain(we) detained
(you) detain(you) detained
(they) detain(they) detained
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) detain (I) detained
(thou) detain(thou) detained
(he) detain(he) detained
(we) detain(we) detained
(you) detain(you) detained
(they) detain(they) detained
Imperative mood
detain
Participles
Present participlePast participle
detainingdetained

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.
More trouble came in 1991, when police in California detained Swaggart with another prostitute.

Translations

Afrikaansin hegtenis neem; arresteer; aankeer; aanhou
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