translate

verb

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • simple present : translate
  • simple present, singular, third person : translates
  • simple past : translated
  • present participle : translating
  • past participle : translated

Senses

  • to change words from one language to their counterparts in another and retain the correct meaning
  • (of a cell) to decode genetic information and convert it into amino acids and then make a protein
  • to move, translocate, or transform spatially