Pronunciation SAMPA: /'/ IPA: /ri:d/ (infinitive and present tense) Homophones reed SAMPA: /'/ IPA: /rεd/ (past tense and past participle) Homophones red Transitive verb to read /ri:d/ (read, read) /rεd/ look at and interpret letters or other information that is written speak from a written book is interpreted (Arabic reads backwards) hear (especially in CB parlance) Do you read me? Translations Catalan: llegir Dutch: lezen Esperanto: legi Finnish: lukea French: lire German: lesen Greek: Guaraní: moñe'ẽ Hebrew: לקרוא Hungarian: olvas Indonesian: baca, membaca Interlingua: leger Italian: leggere Japanese: 読む (よむ, yomu) Latin: legere Polish: czytać, przeczytać, odczytać Portuguese: ler Romanian: citi Russian: читать imperf, прочитать perf Spanish: leer Swedish: läsa Tagalog: basa Turkish: Verb read past tense of to read Translations Dutch: las, lazen Esperanto: legis Verb read past participle of to read Translations Dutch: gelezen
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Transitive verb to read /ri:d/ (read, read) /rεd/ look at and interpret letters or other information that is written speak from a written book is interpreted (Arabic reads backwards) hear (especially in CB parlance) Do you read me? Translations Catalan: llegir Dutch: lezen Esperanto: legi Finnish: lukea French: lire German: lesen Greek: Guaraní: moñe'ẽ Hebrew: לקרוא Hungarian: olvas Indonesian: baca, membaca Interlingua: leger Italian: leggere Japanese: 読む (よむ, yomu) Latin: legere Polish: czytać, przeczytać, odczytać Portuguese: ler Romanian: citi Russian: читать imperf, прочитать perf Spanish: leer Swedish: läsa Tagalog: basa Turkish: Verb read past tense of to read Translations Dutch: las, lazen Esperanto: legis Verb read past participle of to read Translations Dutch: gelezen
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