English–Afrikaans dictionary
Afrikaans translation of the English word loss
English | Afrikaans (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(toll; write‐off; wastage) | ||
🔗 We have suffered a loss! | ||
(damage) | ||
🔗 That’s a loss of £ 65 billion to the economy. | ||
(defeat) | ; | |
🔗 Trump’s loss has been reaffirmed by courts and state election officials dozens of times since the election. | ||
(fall away; lose flesh; lose in weight) | ||
🔗 As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labour dispute in 1893. | ||
🔗 Johnson’s speech on Wednesday night reflects the Brexiteers’ growing fears that, while they won the referendum battle, they might be losing the war. |
English | Afrikaans |
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loss | ⇆ derwing; ⇆ nadeel; ⇆ ondergang; ⇆ skade; ⇆ skadepos; ⇆ verlies |
at a loss | ⇆ in die middel van ’n wêreld; ⇆ teen ’n verlies; ⇆ verleë |
be at a loss | ⇆ buite raad wees |
cut one’s losses | ⇆ die verlies maar dra |
dead loss | ⇆ dooie verlies |
loss of memory | ⇆ amnesie; ⇆ geheueverlies |
loss of time | ⇆ tydverlies |
one man’s loss is another man’s gain | ⇆ die een se dood is die ander se brood |
profit and loss account | ⇆ wins‐en‐verliesrekening |
sell at a loss | ⇆ teen ’n verlies verkoop |
sustain a loss | ⇆ verlies ly |
lose | ⇆ agterloop; ⇆ inboet; ⇆ kwytraak; ⇆ laat verloor; ⇆ mis; ⇆ misloop; ⇆ nie haal nie; ⇆ uitval; ⇆ verbeur; ⇆ verloor; ⇆ verspeel; ⇆ weggooi |
operating‐loss | ⇆ bedryfsverlies |