be called

See also: becalled

English

English phrasebook

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See the verb to be

to have a specific name

Arabic: سُمِّيَ‎‎ (summiya) (passive of سمى)
Azerbaijani: adlanmaq (az), adlandırılmaq
Belarusian: называ́цца impf (nazyvácca)
Bulgarian: ка́звам се impf (kázvam se), нари́чам се (bg) impf (naríčam se)
Burmese: ခေါ် (my) (hkau)
Catalan: dir-se (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 叫 (giu³)

Dungan: җё (ži͡o)

Hakka: 叫 (kieu)

Mandarin: 叫 (zh) (jiào), 稱為 (zh), 称为 (zh) (chēngwéi)

Min Dong: 叫 (giú)

Min Nan: 叫 (zh-min-nan) (kiò)

Wu: 叫 (qiau)
Czech: jmenovat se (cs) impf
Danish: hedde (da)
Dutch: heten (nl)
Esperanto: nomiĝi
Finnish: kutsutaan (general); (of people, animals, books, etc.) olla nimeltään (fi), olla nimeltä
French: s'appeler (fr), se nommer (fr)
Galician: chamarse
German: heißen (de), sich nennen (de)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan)
Greek: λέγομαι (el) (légomai)
Hungarian: hívják (he/she/it is called, you [formal] are called), hívnak (I am called, you [informal] are called)
Icelandic: heita (is)

Ido: nomesar (io)
Italian: chiamarsi
Japanese: ...と言う (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...という (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...と申す (ja) (...ともうす, ... to mōsu) (humble)
Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmŭəh)
Korean: ...(이)라고 부르다 (ko) (...(i)rago bureuda)
Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄)
Ligurian: ciamâse
Macedonian: се вика impf (se vika)
Norwegian: hete (no)
Old English: hātan
Old Norse: heita
Persian: گفته شدن‎ (gofté šodán)
Polish: nazywać się (pl) impf
Portuguese: chamar-se
Russian: называ́ться (ru) impf (nazyvátʹsja), именова́ться (ru) impf (imenovátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: звати се impf

Latin: zvati se (sh) impf
Slovak: volať sa impf
Slovene: imenovati se (sl) impf
Spanish: llamarse (es)
Swedish: heta (sv)
Thai: ชื่อ (th) (chʉ̂ʉ), เรียกว่า (rîiak-wâa)
Turkish: çağrılabilir
Ukrainian: назива́тися impf (nazyvátysja)
Vietnamese: được gọi là (vi)
Volapük: panemön (vo)

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