Information about the word bow (English → Esperanto: riverenci)

Synonyms: curtsy, curtsy to, do a curtsy, drop a curtsy

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/baʊ̯/
Hyphenationbow
Shavian alphabet𐑚𐑬

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) bow(I) bowed
(thou) bowest(thou) bowedst
(he) bows, boweth(he) bowed
(we) bow(we) bowed
(you) bow(you) bowed
(they) bow(they) bowed
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) bow (I) bowed
(thou) bow(thou) bowed
(he) bow(he) bowed
(we) bow(we) bowed
(you) bow(you) bowed
(they) bow(they) bowed
Imperative mood
bow
Participles
Present participlePast participle
bowingbowed

Usage samples

He then bowed and departed the room, and after him, the footmen and then the heralds.

Translations

Catalanfer la reverència
Dutchbuigen; nijgen
English (Old English)onlutan
Esperantoriverenci
Faeroeseníga; bukka
Germansich verneigen
Portuguesereverenciar
Saterland Frisianbeegje; niegje
Spanishinclinarse