kostaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avenge verb To get retribution for a wrong or injury done to oneself or someone else.
- requite verb To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- retaliate verb To respond to harm done to you by causing harm in return.
- revenge noun Harm done to someone in return for a wrong they committed against you.
Senses
kostaa is used for these senses in English:
- get back at (idiomatic) To retaliate against; to take revenge on.
- pay out To repay, take revenge.
- retaliate (intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
- revenge (transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.
- take revenge To avenge; to get back at.
requite — full definition
- verb To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.)
- verb To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.
- verb To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown).
- verb To do or give a thing in return for (something).