vacation
To spend or take a vacationTo spend or take a vacation.
» How did you spend your vacation?
Wie hast du die Ferien verbracht? — Sudajaengi
Wie hast du deine Ferien verbracht? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Wie haben Sie Ihren Urlaub verbracht? — Tamy
Wie habt ihr eure Ferien verbracht? — Trinkschokolade
Как ты провёл свой отпуск? — Disconnect
Как Вы провели отпуск? — sharptoothed
Як ви провели відпустку? — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo spend or take a vacation.
This year, we’re vacationing in Mexico.
Urlaub machen, Ferien machen
проводи́ть о́тпускprovodítʹ ótpusk, провести́ о́тпускprovestí ótpusk
spend or take a vacation
Examples
1293 sentencesHow did you spend your vacation?
Як ви провели відпустку? — aandrusiak
ruКак ты провёл свой отпуск? — Disconnect
deWie hast du die Ferien verbracht? — Sudajaengi
Where are you going on vacation?
Куди ти поїдеш у відпустку? — aandrusiak
ruКуда ты поедешь в отпуск? — sharptoothed
I'm looking forward to summer vacation.
Я з нетерпінням чекаю на літню відпустку. — deniko
ruЯ в предвкушении летних каникул. — Biga
deIch freue mich auf die Sommerferien. — BraveSentry
I'm going on vacation next week.
Наступного тижня я їду у відпустку. — deniko
ruНа следующей неделе у меня отпуск. — odexed
deIch fahre nächste Woche in den Urlaub. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think Tom needs a vacation.
Мені здається, Тому потрібна відпустка. — deniko
ruЯ думаю, Тому нужен отпуск. — Selena777
deIch glaube Tom braucht Urlaub. — raggione
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun,Inherited from Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. Equivalent to vacate + -ion.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
vacations, vacationing, vacationed, vacationed| Base form | vacation · to vacation |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | vacations |
| Present participle | vacationing |
| Past simple | vacationed |
| Past participle | vacationed |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonyms- spend or take a vacation:holiday
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- summer vacation
- was on vacation
- his summer vacation
- the summer vacation
- take a vacation
- your summer vacation
- going on vacation
- my summer vacation
- her summer vacation
- during summer vacation
- spend your vacation
- away on vacation
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.