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# afraid — English to Ukrainian

How English *afraid* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 8 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [afraid in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/afraid/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: afraid (973). By style: everyday 734 · biblical 239.

## боюся

Used about 260 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 260).

- I'm not **afraid** of ghosts.
  Я не **боюся** привидів.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2545359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2545359) [\#8221336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8221336))

- I'm **afraid** Tom won't come.
  **Боюся**, Том не приїде.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#10093726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10093726) [\#10098514](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10098514))

- I'm **afraid** you're wrong.
  **Боюся**, ти не маєш рації.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2546037](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2546037) [\#7272831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7272831))

- I'm no longer **afraid** of you.
  Я вас більше не **боюся**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3911771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3911771) [\#6398614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6398614))

- I'm **afraid** I have no choice.
  **Боюся**, я не маю вибору.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2543619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2543619) [\#6954058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6954058))

## боїться

Used about 173 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 168 · biblical ≈ 5).

- Tom is very **afraid** of Mary.
  Том дуже **боїться** Мері.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6358357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6358357) [\#7978995](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7978995))

- His heart is established. He will not be **afraid** in the end when he sees his adversaries.
  Безпечне серце його; він не **боїться**, поки не побачить погибелї ворогів своїх.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 112:8)

- She isn't **afraid** of death.
  Вона не **боїться** смерті.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Alina · checked, community translation · [\#801771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/801771) [\#849737](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/849737))

- He is very **afraid** of dogs.
  Він дуже **боїться** собак.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and iceman · checked, community translation · [\#612086](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/612086) [\#737421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/737421))

- Mary said she was **afraid**.
  Мері сказала, що **боїться**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CF and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6429159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6429159) [\#6465492](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6465492))

## бійся

Used about 56 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 10).

- Don't be **afraid**, I'm with you.
  Не **бійся**, я з тобою.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by aandrusiak and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#2637355](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2637355) [\#2637353](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2637353))

- You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be **afraid**.”
  Так, ти зближувався, як я молився до тебе, й казав менї: Не **бійся**!
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LAM 3:57)

- Don't be **afraid** to fail.
  Не **бійся** зазнати невдачі.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#4889716](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4889716) [\#8927764](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8927764))

- Now, my daughter, don’t be **afraid**. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.
  Тепер, небого, не **бійся**, я вчиню задля тебе усе, що ти сказала, бо у всїх воротях народа мого знають, що ти добра жінка.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · RUT 3:11)

- Never be **afraid** to make mistakes.
  Ніколи не **бійся** робити помилки.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3662409](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3662409) [\#7957626](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7957626))

## боїшся

Used about 51 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 46 · biblical ≈ 5).

- You're **afraid** to sleep, aren't you?
  Ти **боїшся** спати, так?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3177820](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3177820) [\#7209383](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7209383))

- But if you are **afraid** to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp.
  Коли ж **боїшся** туди вибратись, так ійди з твоїм слугою Фурою в табір;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 7:10)

- Are you **afraid** of being abandoned?
  Ти **боїшся** бути покинутою?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#10186228](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10186228) [\#11061463](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11061463))

- Aren't you **afraid** of getting hurt?
  Хіба ти не **боїшся** зазнати болі?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6099554](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6099554) [\#6283859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6283859))

## полякались

Used about 25 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 25).

- When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly **afraid**.
  Почувши Саул і ввесь Ізраїль сї Филистієві речі, вжахнулись і **полякались** вельми.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 17:11)

- While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were **afraid** as they entered into the cloud.
  Як же він се говорив, постала хмара, та й отїнила їх, і **полякались**, як вони увійшли в хмару.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 9:34)

- “Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were **afraid**, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
  Ті ж, що були зо мною, видїли сьвітло і **полякались**; голосу ж не чули, що глаголав менї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 22:9)

- They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were **afraid**.
  І приходять до Ісуса, й бачять біснуватого; сидить одягнений і при розумі, того, що мав Легиона, та й **полякались**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 5:15)

- When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were **afraid**.
  Одпливши ж гоней на двайцять і пять або трийцять, бачять, що Ісус ходить по морю, і до човна наближуєть ся, і **полякались**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 6:19)

## вельми

Used about 20 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 20).

- David laid up these words in his heart, and was very **afraid** of Achish the king of Gath.
  Слова сї прийняв Давид у серце, та й збоявся **вельми** царя Гетського Анхуза.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1SA 21:12)

- Moab was very **afraid** of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
  І боялись **вельми** Моабії того люду, бо багацько було його, і великий пострах пійшов між Моабіями перед синами Ізраїля.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 22:3)

- The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much **afraid**.
  Але царь промовив до мене: Чого ти сумний на виду; ти не слабий, сього не видко, а певно смуток на серцї? Я злякався **вельми**,
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 2:2)

- After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be **afraid**, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
  Після того, як се сталось, було слово Господнє до Аврама у видїнню: Не бійсь, Авраме; я тобі щит, нагорода твоя велика буде **вельми**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 15:1)

## менї

Used about 20 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 20).

- I have put my trust in God. I will not be **afraid**. What can man do to me?
  На Бога вповаю, не побоюся; що заподїє **менї** чоловік?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 56:11)

- The LORD is on my side. I will not be **afraid**. What can man do to me?
  Господь зо мною, не злякаюсь; що зможе чоловік заподїяти **менї**?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 118:6)

- David was **afraid** of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”
  І злякався Давид Бога в той день, і промовив: Як же ж то **менї** внести до себе скриню Божу?
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CH 13:12)

- Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be **afraid**; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
  Оце Бог — спаситель мій: я вповаю на його й не збоюся; Господь бо — сила моя, й пісня моя — Господь; він стався **менї** спасеннєм.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 12:2)

## ніколи

Used about 15 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15).

- I was **afraid** I'd never see you again.
  Я боялася, що **ніколи** більше вас не побачу.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3114227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3114227) [\#7423163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7423163))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Aren't you **afraid** of heights?
  Хіба ви не боїтеся висоти?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6102488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6102488) [\#6279970](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6279970))

- She was **afraid** to travel alone.
  Вона боялася подорожувати сама.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#312563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/312563) [\#6045201](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6045201))

- I was **afraid** of looking stupid.
  Я боявся, що матиму дурний вигляд.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and older · checked, community translation · [\#4895532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4895532) [\#4936674](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4936674))

## Grammar

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