# translate

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɹɑːnzˈleɪt/ · frequency rank #7,991

## Definitions
1. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
2. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
3. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
4. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
5. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
6. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
7. Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
8. Senses relating to a change of position.
9. Senses relating to a change of position.
10. Senses relating to a change of position.
11. Senses relating to a change of position.
12. Senses relating to a change of position.
13. Senses relating to a change of position.
14. Senses relating to a change of position.
15. Senses relating to a change of position.
16. Senses relating to a change of position.
17. Senses relating to a change of position.
18. To entrance (“place in a trance”), to cause to lose recollection or sense.
19. To repair (used shoes, boots or other clothing) for resale.

## Etymology
From Middle English translaten (“to transport, translate, transform”), from Anglo-Norman translater, from Latin trānslātus, perfect passive participle of trānsferō (“to transport, carry across, translate”). See also -ate (verb-forming suffix). Distant doublet of transfer, see collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
In this sense, displaced Old English wendan (“to translate,” also the word for “to turn” and “to change”).

## Easily confused with
- **translated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translate-vs-translated)
- **translator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/translate-vs-translator)

## Common misspellings (14)
`rtanslate`, `tarnslate`, `tranlsate`, `trannslate`, `transalte`, `translaet`, `translatte`, `transllate`, `transltae`, `transslate`, `trasnlate`, `trnaslate`, `trranslate`, `ttranslate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/translate