beckon
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The meaning (definition) of the word beckon
to wave your hand to tell someone to come closer
The word beckon used in a sentence
“Mom beckoned me to come sit next to her on the couch.”
Words that mean the same as beckon (synonyms)
wavesignal
How the word beckon is said around the world
| French | faire signe (fer seeny) |
| Spanish | llamar (lyahmahr) |
| Mandarin | 招手 (zhāo shǒu) |
| Hindi | इशारा करना (ishahrah kurnah) |
| Arabic | إشارة (eeshahrah) |
| Russian | манить (manit') |
| Portuguese (EU) | acenar (uhsinahr) |
| Portuguese (BR) | acenar (ahsaynahr) |
| Japanese | 手招きする (temaneki suru) |
| German | winken (vingkuhn) |
| Urdu | اشارہ کرنا (ishahrah kahrnah) |
| Punjabi | ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰਨਾ (ishahrah kuruhnah) |
| Korean | 꾀어 부르다 (ggoeeo bureuda) |
| Hebrew | לְאוֹתֵת (lohtayt) |
| Greek | γνέφω (gnepho) |
| Dutch | wenken (vengkuhn) |
| Tagalog | mag-aanya (mahgahnyah) |
| Vietnamese | vẫy gọi (vuhi ghawy) |
| Turkish | çağırmak (chahurmahk) |
| Persian | اشاره کردن (ayshahray kahrdahn) |
| Polish | kiwać (keevahch) |
| Ukrainian | манити (manyty) |
| Bengali | ইশারা করা (eeshahrah kawrah) |
| Swedish | locka (lawkah) |
| Italian | fare cenno (fahray chaynnoh) |
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