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# curse — English to Ukrainian

How English *curse* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: curse (99), curses (16). By style: everyday 10 · biblical 105.

## прокляття

Used about 23 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 20). Forms: прокляття, прокляттє.

- I don't believe in **curses**.
  Я не вірю у **прокляття**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#2361109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2361109) [\#5748058](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5748058))

- Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a **curse**:
  Ось, я кладу сьогоднї перед вами благословеннє і **прокляттє**:
  ([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 · DEU 11:26)

- Wisdom is a **curse** when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.
  Мудрість - **прокляття**, якщо мудрість не приносить жодної користі людині, яка її має.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#446940](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/446940) [\#501604](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/501604))

- Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more **curse**; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
  І жити муть люде там, і не буде вже **прокляття**, а стояти буде Ерусалим безпеч.
  ([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 · ZEC 14:11)

- It's a **curse**.
  Це **прокляття**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1449619](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1449619) [\#5958170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5958170))

## проклинати

Used about 8 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 8).

- “You shall not blaspheme God, nor **curse** a ruler of your people.
  Не лаяти меш суддїв, і не **проклинати** меш князя народу твого.
  ([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 · EXO 22:28)

- “Anyone who **curses** his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
  І хто **проклинати** ме батька свого і матїр свою, того скарати смертю.
  ([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 · EXO 21:17)

- God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not **curse** the people, for they are blessed.”
  І каже Бог Білеамові: Не треба тобі йти з ними, не треба тобі **проклинати** люду; бо він благословений.
  ([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 22:12)

- Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog **curse** my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”
  І каже Абесса Саруєнко цареві: Як важиться сей здохлий пес **проклинати** пана мого царя? Пійду й зітну йому голову!
  ([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 · 2SA 16:9)

- The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he **curses**, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘**Curse** David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
  Царь же рече: Яке вам дїло до мене, Саруєнки? Нехай він проклинає, бо се Господь допустив йому, **проклинати** Давида. Хто ж тут скаже: Як важишся ти на се?
  ([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 · 2SA 16:10)

## благословеннє

Used about 3 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3).

- People **curse** someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
  Хто приховує вроджай, того клянуть люде, а на голову продаючого — **благословеннє**.
  ([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 · PRO 11:26)

- What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a **curse** on myself, and not a blessing.”
  Може, полапає мене панотець, і зроблюсь перед ним мантїєм, і наведу на себе клятьбу а не **благословеннє**.
  ([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 27:12)

## книзї

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- The LORD will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the **curses** of the covenant written in this book of the law.
  І Господь призначить його на погибіль зміж усїх поколїнь Ізрайлевих, по всїх прокляттях завіту, як написано в **книзї** закону сього.
  ([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 · DEU 29:21)

## More sentences

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

- He knows how to **curse** in Chinese.
  Він уміє лаятися китайською.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1762099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1762099) [\#5202144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5202144))

- Tom likes to **curse** in Romanian.
  Том любить лаятися румунською мовою.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7229733](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7229733) [\#7267497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7267497))

- Don't **curse** or I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
  Не лайся, чи я тобі вимою рота із милом!
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ari\_diary and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#1636181](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1636181) [\#3094183](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3094183))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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