Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word nou
Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(tans) | at present ; | |
🔗 Berlyn was nou een van die belangrikste stede van die wêreld en die grootste nywerheidsentrum van Europa. | ||
(smal; eng) | ||
🔗 Die historiese stadsentrum is by die nouste punt van hierdie riviervallei geleë. | ||
🔗 Die geskiedenis van die land is nou verbind met die van sy hoofstad. | ||
; a minute ago |
Afrikaans | English |
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nou | ⇆ at present; ⇆ by now; ⇆ confined; ⇆ constricted; ⇆ cramped; ⇆ here and now; ⇆ narrow; ⇆ now; ⇆ strait; ⇆ tight |
die nie so nou neem nie | ⇆ stretch a point |
in die nou dryf | ⇆ corner |
in die nou gebring | ⇆ driven into a corner |
in die nou gedryf | ⇆ driven to the wall; ⇆ pushed to the wall; ⇆ with one’s back to the wall |
’n noue ontkoming hê | ⇆ have a narrow escape |
nou en dan | ⇆ ever and anon; ⇆ occasional; ⇆ now and then; ⇆ occasionally; ⇆ off and on; ⇆ between whiles |
nou net | ⇆ a minute ago; ⇆ just |
nou of nooit | ⇆ now or never |
nou sluit | ⇆ fit closely |
so nou en dan | ⇆ at intervals; ⇆ at odd times; ⇆ off and on; ⇆ once in a way; ⇆ once in a while; ⇆ at times |
tot nou toe | ⇆ till now; ⇆ up to now |
noudat | ⇆ now that |
nou‐nou | ⇆ presently; ⇆ soon |
nousluitend | ⇆ clinging; ⇆ close‐fitting; ⇆ tight‐fitting; ⇆ skin‐tight; ⇆ a snug fit |
noute | ⇆ straightness |
nouverwant | ⇆ near |
vernou | ⇆ choke; ⇆ constringe; ⇆ narrow; ⇆ take in |