Translation examples
verb
Se väite onnistui loukkaamaan Japania, Ranskaa ja Venäjää ja ennen kaikkea brittejä.
Wilhelm thus managed to offend Japanese, French, Russian and especially British, sensibilities.
verb
Koska hän kuului 'huippuklaanin huipputaloon' (arvovallan suhteen), häntä ei salamurhattu tehtävänsä ensimmäisinä vuosina, sillä hänen setänsä eivät sallineet klaanin kunnian loukkaamista.
His membership of the 'top house, of the top clan' (in terms of prestige and power) was a factor (according to Islamic tradition) through which God kept him safe from assassination during the early years of his mission, as a number of his uncles would not countenance any such insult to their so-called clan honour.
verb
Vietnamissa vaikuttaneet ranskalaiset antoivat vastineeksi siamilaisille nootin, jossa he varoittivat loukkaamasta Vietnamin keisarin oikeuksia.
During the 19th century Franco-Spanish attacks on Vietnam, a large number of Vietnamese Catholics had obeyed their missionaries' calls to support the European invaders against their emperor.
verb
Palvelija varoittaa häntä loukkaamasta Afroditea, mutta Hippolytos kieltäytyy kuuntelemasta varoituksia.
A servant warns him about slighting Aphrodite, but Hippolytus refuses to listen.
How many English words do you know?
Test your English vocabulary size, and measure how many words you know.
Online Test