English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word hit the nail on the head
English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(pate) | ||
🔗 She almost took my head off. | ||
(direct; guide; manage; steer; conduct; drive; lead; refer; address) | ||
(govern; restrain; cover; master; be in charge; be in charge of; be at the head of) | ||
🔗 The most obvious recent example is the president’s nomination of Budi Gunawan to head the national police. | ||
(boss; chief; leader; governor; master; prefect) | ||
🔗 Inflation in Russia could reach between 17% and 20% this year, Aleksej Kudrin, the head of Russia’s audit chamber, said on Wednesday. | ||
(boss; chief; leader; headman; kingpin) | ||
🔗 Ukrainians have now largely turned their backs on the Russian Orthodox Church whose head patriarch Kirill has backed the invasion. | ||
(beat; strike; wallop; jab; belabour; belt) | ||
(strike; smack; stub; poke) | ||
(catch; strike; attain; encounter; find; run up against; befall; betide; ravage) | ||
(blow; strike; whack; stroke; jab; lash) | ||
(pummel) | ||
🔗 Europe’s possible agricultural import duties on corn would also hit red rural regions more than blue urban ones. | ||
English | Afrikaans |
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hit the nail on the head | ⇆ die spyker op die kop slaan |
head | ⇆ aantal; ⇆ aanvoer; ⇆ afwend; ⇆ beeldenaar; ⇆ bestuurder; ⇆ bopunt; ⇆ borsbeeld; ⇆ bos; ⇆ bo‐aan staan; ⇆ bron; ⇆ brughoof; ⇆ deksel; ⇆ die hoof bied aan; ⇆ die kop afsny; ⇆ dop; ⇆ eerste wees; ⇆ gerig wees na; ⇆ gewei; ⇆ hoof; ⇆ hoofman; ⇆ kaap; ⇆ kap; ⇆ kapsel; ⇆ knop; ⇆ knot; ⇆ koers vat na; ⇆ kop; ⇆ kop aan maak; ⇆ kophare; ⇆ koppenent; ⇆ krop; ⇆ kruin; ⇆ laat koers neem; ⇆ lei; ⇆ leier; ⇆ met die kop stamp; ⇆ myngang; ⇆ oorsprong; ⇆ oortref; ⇆ optrek; ⇆ posseël; ⇆ prinsipaal; ⇆ room; ⇆ rubriek; ⇆ skuim; ⇆ stoomdruk; ⇆ string; ⇆ struik; ⇆ stuk; ⇆ top; ⇆ trop; ⇆ van ’n opskrif voorsien; ⇆ verstand; ⇆ voorstewe |
hit | ⇆ aanslaan; ⇆ gelukkige set; ⇆ hou; ⇆ moker; ⇆ raak; ⇆ raakstoot; ⇆ raps; ⇆ slaan; ⇆ slag; ⇆ steek; ⇆ sukses; ⇆ suksesstuk; ⇆ teenkom; ⇆ toeval; ⇆ tref; ⇆ treffer; ⇆ vind; ⇆ voltreffer; ⇆ ’n hou gee |
nail | ⇆ betrap; ⇆ bind; ⇆ inslaan; ⇆ inspyker; ⇆ kluister; ⇆ nael; ⇆ spyker; ⇆ vang; ⇆ vaspyker |