Was heißt »ent­ge­gen­set­zen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »ent­ge­gen­set­zen« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • oppose
  • reply
  • counter

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom schrie verzweifelt "Mary! Wo bist du?" vom linken Satzende. "Ich fürchte, dass ich dir nun vollkommen entgegengesetzt gegenüberstehe.", war die trockene Antwort Marys.

Tom, desperate, howled: "Mary! Where are you?" from the very left edge of the sentence. "I fear I'm from now on, fully at the opposite from you" drily retorted Mary.

Sie sagen etwas und dann handeln Sie genau entgegengesetzt.

You say one thing and then act just the opposite.

In der Regel hatte sie eine Meinung, die der allgemein üblichen gänzlich entgegengesetzt war.

Her opinion was often completely at odds with the one generally held.

Tom lief entgegengesetzt die Rolltreppe hoch.

Tom ran up the down escalator.

Synonyme

ein­neh­men:
adopt
capture
cover
earn
ingest
occupy
span
take up
win over
ent­ge­gen­tre­ten:
come across
encounter
walk towards
walk up
schei­den:
separate
spal­ten:
cleave
split
tren­nen:
separate

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Have you had a reply?

  • Have you received a reply?

  • The last time Dave saw Danielle was one summer evening through the window of a chip shop: she was inside, squinting at the price list on the wall behind the counter, and he was in the street on his way to the pub with Teresa, his new girlfriend.

  • And what was your reply?

  • And how did you reply?

  • The reply shocked Tom.

  • Did he reply to all your letters?

  • Should I reply to this letter?

  • The stranger didn't reply.

  • The stranger gave no reply.

  • Did you reply to them?

  • Tom's reply got me thinking.

  • The ticket machine is out of order. We'll have to queue up at the counter.

  • One squirrel asked another squirrel, "Shall we meet in my drey today?" "Cracking idea," was the reply. "I'll bring a few nuts with me."

  • Could someone else reply?

  • Please reply soon.

  • Please write a reply soon.

  • Her reply was one of icy silence.

  • The reply will be dealt with in confidence.

  • Tom lost possession, and the opposition launched a counter-attack.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

blo­ckie­ren:
barricade
block
interlock
obstruct
ver­hin­dern:
avert
inhibit
prevent

Entgegensetzen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: entgegensetzen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: entgegensetzen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1081248, 1847979, 3392250, 10007089, 11473094, 11473093, 11406460, 11205387, 11205386, 11124098, 11124082, 11101838, 11063889, 11063886, 10744302, 10729468, 10654897, 10596533, 10585128, 10515891, 10515889, 10506057, 10329945 & 10314443. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR