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See also: prépare, préparé, and preparé

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PREPARE Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-#PREPARE

Partially a back-formation from preparationCategory:English back-formations#PREPARE; and partially borrowed from Middle French Category:English terms borrowed from Middle French#PREPARE Category:English terms derived from Middle French#PREPARE preparer, from Classical Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#PREPARE praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

Pronunciation

Verb

prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)Category:English lemmas#PREPARE Category:English verbs#PREPARE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#PREPARE Category:Pages with entries#PREPARE Category:Pages with 6 entries#PREPARE

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#PREPARE) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.Category:English terms with usage examples#PREPARE
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 107:36:
  that they may prepare a city for habitation
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- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
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(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#PREPARE) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
We prepared a fish for dinner.Category:English terms with usage examples#PREPARE
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#PREPARE) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
Synonym: get

We prepared for a bumpy ride.Category:English terms with usage examples#PREPARE
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
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- 2023 April 10, “Taiwan's frontline islanders resigned in face of Chinese military might”, in France 24‎, archived from the original on 10 April 2023‎:
  Tourists visited a memorial hall adorned by a slogan in the handwriting of Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan's divisive former nationalist leader: "Stay alert and prepare for battle."
  Category:English terms with quotations#PREPARE
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#PREPARE) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.Category:English terms with usage examples#PREPARE

Usage notes

This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Conjugation

Conjugation of *prepare*
	present tense	past tense
infinitive	(to) prepare

1st-person singular	prepare	prepared
2nd-person singular	prepare, preparest^†	prepared, preparedst^†
3rd-person singular	prepares, prepareth^†	prepared
plural	prepare	prepared

subjunctive	prepare	prepared

imperative	prepare	—

participles	preparing	prepared

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

busk (obsolete), graith (obsolete), ready, yark (obsolete)
(To make oneself ready): get ready

Related terms

Translations

to make ready for a specific future purpose

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Albanian: përgatisCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#PREPARE Bë pa raCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#PREPARE
Altai:
Southern Altai: белендеер (belendeer)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#PREPARE
Arabic: جَهَّزَ (jahhaza)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PREPARE, حَضَّرَ (ḥaḍḍara)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PREPARE, أَعَدَّ (ʔaʕadda)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PREPARE
Egyptian Arabic: جهز (gahhiz)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#PREPARE, حضر (ḥaḍḍar)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#PREPARE

Moroccan Arabic: وْجّد (wajjad)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#PREPARE
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܕܸܪ (hādir)Category:Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#PREPARE Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#PREPARE
Armenian: պատրաստել (hy) (patrastel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PREPARE
Azerbaijani: hazırlamaqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PREPARE
Basque: prestatuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PREPARE, atonduCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PREPARE, gertatuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#PREPARE
Belarusian: гатава́ць impf (hatavácʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE, прыгатава́ць pf (pryhatavácʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE, рыхтава́ць impf (ryxtavácʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE, падрыхтава́ць pf (padryxtavácʹ)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE
Bulgarian: подго́твям (bg) (podgótvjam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PREPARE
Burmese: ပြင် (my) (prang)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#PREPARE, ကိုင် (my) (kuing)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#PREPARE, ရင် (my) (rang)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#PREPARE, စီစဉ် (my) (cicany)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#PREPARE
Catalan: preparar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#PREPARE
Cebuano: andamCategory:Terms with Cebuano translations#PREPARE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 準備 / 准备 (zh) (zhǔnbèi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#PREPARE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PREPARE
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: upangaCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#PREPARE
Czech: připravit (cs) pfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PREPARE, chystat (cs) impfCategory:Terms with Czech translations#PREPARE
Danish: beredeCategory:Terms with Danish translations#PREPARE
Dutch: voorbereiden (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#PREPARE, prepareren (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#PREPARE, klaarmaken (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#PREPARE
Esperanto: prepariCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#PREPARE
Estonian: valmistadaCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#PREPARE, valmistamaCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#PREPARE
Finnish: valmistella (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, varustaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, laittaa valmiiksiCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE
French: préparer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#PREPARE
Old French: apresterCategory:Terms with Old French translations#PREPARE
Galician: preparar (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#PREPARE
Georgian: მომზადება (momzadeba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#PREPARE, ამზადებს (amzadebs)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#PREPARE
German: vorbereiten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#PREPARE, präparieren (de)Category:Terms with German translations#PREPARE
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (manwjan)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#PREPARE
Greek: προετοιμάζω (el) (proetoimázo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PREPARE, ετοιμάζω (el) (etoimázo)Category:Terms with Greek translations#PREPARE
Ancient Greek: σκευάζω (skeuázō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#PREPARE
Haitian Creole: prepareCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#PREPARE
Hawaiian: hoʻomākaukauCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#PREPARE
Hebrew: הכין (hekhín)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PREPARE
Hiligaynon: handaCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#PREPARE, amanCategory:Terms with Hiligaynon translations#PREPARE
Hindi: तैयार करना (hi) (taiyār karnā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#PREPARE
Hungarian: előkészít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PREPARE, elkészít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PREPARE
Icelandic: undirbúa (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#PREPARE
Ilocano: agsaganaCategory:Terms with Ilocano translations#PREPARE
Irish: ullmhaighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PREPARE, réitighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PREPARE, deasaighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PREPARE
Istriot: parparàCategory:Terms with Istriot translations#PREPARE
Italian: preparare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#PREPARE
Japanese: 準備する (ja) (じゅんびする, jumbi suru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PREPARE
Kazakh: дайындау (daiyndau)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PREPARE, әзірлеу (äzırleu)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PREPARE, даярлау (daärlau)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#PREPARE
Khmer: រៀប (km) (riəp)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE, សំរួច (sɑmruəc)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE
Kongo: bongisaCategory:Terms with Kongo translations#PREPARE
Korean: 준비하다 (ko) (junbihada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PREPARE, 마견하다 (magyeonhada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PREPARE
Kyrgyz: даярдоо (ky) (dayardoo)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#PREPARE, белендөө (ky) (belendöö)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#PREPARE
Lao: ກຽມ (kīam)Category:Terms with Lao translations#PREPARE, ຄາດ (lo) (khāt)Category:Terms with Lao translations#PREPARE
Latgalian: gatavētCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#PREPARE, rūstCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#PREPARE, taiseitCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#PREPARE
Latin: parō (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#PREPARE
Latvian: gatavotCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PREPARE, taisītCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PREPARE
Lingala: bongisaCategory:Terms with Lingala translations#PREPARE
Lithuanian: ruoštiCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#PREPARE
Lombard: preparàCategory:Terms with Lombard translations#PREPARE
Macedonian: подготвува impf (podgotvuva)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PREPARE, подготви pf (podgotvi)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#PREPARE
Malay: sediakanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#PREPARE, mempersiapkanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#PREPARE, mempersediakanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#PREPARE
Māori: whakareriCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PREPARE
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#PREPARE
Middle English: forgreithenCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#PREPARE
Mongolian: бэлтгэх (mn) (beltgex)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#PREPARE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forberedeCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PREPARE

Nynorsk: førebuCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#PREPARE
Old English: æfnanCategory:Terms with Old English translations#PREPARE
Oromo: qopphaa'uuCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#PREPARE
Persian: آماده کردن (fa) (âmâde kardan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#PREPARE, تیار کردن (tayyâr kardan)Category:Terms with Persian translations#PREPARE, آمودن (fa)Category:Terms with Persian translations#PREPARE
Polish: przygotować (pl) pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PREPARE, przygotowywać (pl) impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PREPARE
Portuguese: preparar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PREPARE
Quechua: allichay (qu)Category:Terms with Quechua translations#PREPARE
Romanian: prepara (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#PREPARE, pregăti (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#PREPARE
Russian: гото́вить (ru) impf (gotóvitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE, подгото́вить (ru) pf (podgotóvitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE, пригото́вить (ru) pf (prigotóvitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE, подгота́вливать (ru) impf (podgotávlivatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE
Sami:
Northern Sami: gárvvistitCategory:Terms with Northern Sami translations#PREPARE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: припре́мити pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE, прѝправити pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE

Latin: priprémiti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE, prìpraviti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE
Slovak: pripravovať impfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#PREPARE, pripraviť pfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#PREPARE
Slovene: pripravljati impfCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PREPARE, pripraviti (sl) pfCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#PREPARE
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pśigótowaś impf or pfCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#PREPARE
Spanish: preparar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#PREPARE, aprestar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#PREPARE, aparejar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#PREPARE
Swahili: andaa (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PREPARE
Swedish: förbereda (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PREPARE
Tagalog: maghandaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#PREPARE, ihandaCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#PREPARE
Tajik: тайёр кардан (tg) (tayyor kardan)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#PREPARE, омода кардан (omoda kardan)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#PREPARE
Thai: เตรียม (th) (dtriiam)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PREPARE, จัด (th) (jàt)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PREPARE, แต่ง (th) (dtɛ̀ng)Category:Terms with Thai translations#PREPARE
Turkish: hazırlamak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PREPARE
Ottoman Turkish: حاضرلامق (hazırlamak)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PREPARE, دوزمك (düzmek)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PREPARE
Turkmen: taýýarlamakCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#PREPARE
Ukrainian: готува́ти impf (hotuváty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, підготува́ти pf (pidhotuváty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, приготува́ти pf (pryhotuváty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, гото́вити impf (hotóvyty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, рихтува́ти impf (ryxtuváty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE
Urdu: تیار کرنا (taiyār karnā)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#PREPARE
Uzbek: tayyorlamoq (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#PREPARE, hozirlamoq (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#PREPARE
Vietnamese: chuẩn bị (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#PREPARE
Walloon: aprester (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE, apontyî (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE
Welsh: paratoi (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#PREPARE
Zhuang: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Zhuang#PREPARE

to make ready for eating or drinking — see also make

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Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: وجد (wajjad)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#PREPARE
Armenian: պատրաստել (hy) (patrastel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PREPARE
Bulgarian: приго́твям (bg) (prigótvjam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PREPARE, готвя (bg) (gotvja)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PREPARE
Catalan: preparar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#PREPARE, fer (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#PREPARE
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: upihaCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#PREPARE
Czech: připravit (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#PREPARE
Danish: tilberedeCategory:Terms with Danish translations#PREPARE
Esperanto: pretigiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#PREPARE
Finnish: valmistaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, tehdä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, kokata (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, laittaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE
French: préparer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#PREPARE, apprêter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#PREPARE
German: zubereiten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#PREPARE, vorbereiten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#PREPARE
Greek:
Ancient Greek: σκευάζω (skeuázō)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#PREPARE
Hebrew: הֵכִין (hechín)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PREPARE
Irish: deasaighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PREPARE
Italian: preparare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#PREPARE
Khmer: ហុង (km) (hoŋ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE, បោប (km) (baop)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE
Latvian: gatavotCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PREPARE
Māori: tauteCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PREPARE (of food for cooking), takaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PREPARE, whakatakaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PREPARE, piheCategory:Terms with Māori translations#PREPARE (refers only to food)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilberedeCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#PREPARE
Persian: پختن (fa)Category:Terms with Persian translations#PREPARE
Portuguese: preparar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PREPARE, fazer (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#PREPARE
Quechua: wakichiyCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#PREPARE
Russian: гото́вить (ru) impf (gotóvitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE, пригото́вить (ru) pf (prigotóvitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: priprémiti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE, prìpraviti (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE, priréditi (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pśigótowaś impf or pfCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#PREPARE
Spanish: preparar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#PREPARE
Swahili: kuandaa (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PREPARE, ≈ (sth) for (sb) kuandaliaCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#PREPARE
Swedish: förbereda (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PREPARE
Turkish: sofra kurmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PREPARE, hazırlamak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PREPARE
Ottoman Turkish: حاضرلامق (hazırlamak)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PREPARE, دوزمك (düzmek)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PREPARE
Walloon: aprester (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE, apontyî (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE

to make oneself ready

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Arabic: اِسْتَعَدَّ (istaʕadda)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PREPARE, تَأَهَّبَ (taʔahhaba)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#PREPARE
Moroccan Arabic: وجد راسه (wajjad rāsu)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#PREPARE
Armenian: պատրաստվել (hy) (patrastvel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#PREPARE
Azerbaijani: hazırlaşmaq (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#PREPARE
Belarusian: гатава́цца impf (hatavácca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE, прыгатава́цца pf (pryhatavácca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE, рыхтава́цца impf (ryxtavácca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE, падрыхтава́цца pf (padryxtavácca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#PREPARE
Bulgarian: подго́твям се (bg) impf (podgótvjam se)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#PREPARE
Catalan: preparar-seCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#PREPARE
Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᎭ (advnvisdiha)Category:Terms with Cherokee translations#PREPARE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 準備 / 准备 (zh) (zhǔnbèi)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#PREPARE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#PREPARE
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: udjihuɗumuCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#PREPARE
Czech: připravit se (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#PREPARE
Esperanto: prepariĝiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#PREPARE
Finnish: valmistautua (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, varautua (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, varustautua (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE
French: se préparer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#PREPARE
German: sich vorbereiten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#PREPARE
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} ñembosako'iCategory:Terms with Paraguayan Guarani translations#PREPARE Category:Requests for review of Paraguayan Guarani translations#PREPARE
Hebrew: התכונן (hitkonén)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#PREPARE
Hungarian: felkészül (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PREPARE, készül (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PREPARE, előkészül (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#PREPARE
Irish: ullmhaighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PREPARE, stócáilCategory:Terms with Irish translations#PREPARE
Italian: prepararsi (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#PREPARE
Japanese: 準備する (ja) (じゅんびする, junbi suru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#PREPARE
Khmer: បម្រុង (km) (bɑmroŋ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE
Korean: 준비하다 (ko) (junbihada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#PREPARE
Latin: paror (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#PREPARE
Latvian: gatavotiesCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PREPARE
Middle English: dressenCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#PREPARE
Persian: آمادنCategory:Terms with Persian translations#PREPARE
Polish: przygotowywać się (pl) impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PREPARE, przygotować się (pl) pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#PREPARE
Portuguese: preparar-seCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#PREPARE
Romanian: pregăti (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#PREPARE, prepara (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#PREPARE
Russian: гото́виться (ru) impf (gotóvitʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE, подгото́виться (ru) pf (podgotóvitʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#PREPARE
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: priprémiti se (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE, sprémiti se (sh) pfCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#PREPARE
Slovak: pripravovať sa impfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#PREPARE, pripraviť sa pfCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#PREPARE
Spanish: prepararseCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#PREPARE
Swahili: andaa (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PREPARE
Swedish: förbereda (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PREPARE sig
Turkish: hazırlanmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#PREPARE
Ukrainian: готува́тися impf (hotuvátysja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, гото́витися impf (hotóvytysja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, підготува́тися pf (pidhotuvátysja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, приготува́тися pf (pryhotuvátysja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE, рихтува́тися impf (ryxtuvátysja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#PREPARE
Walloon: s' aprester (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE, s' apontyî (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE

to produce by combining elements

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Czech: připravit (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#PREPARE
Danish: forberede (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#PREPARE
Dutch: voorbereiden (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#PREPARE
Finnish: valmistaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, tehdä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE, laittaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#PREPARE
French: préparer (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#PREPARE, combiner (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#PREPARE
Khmer: ស្លុក (km) (slok)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE, ចំអិន (cɑm’ən)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#PREPARE
Latvian: gatavotCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#PREPARE
Persian: ساختن (fa)Category:Terms with Persian translations#PREPARE
Swahili: andaa (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#PREPARE
Swedish: förbereda (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#PREPARE
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: دوزمك (düzmek)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#PREPARE
Walloon: aprester (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE, apontyî (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#PREPARE

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