English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þrúga ( “ snowshoe ” ) , Norwegian truga ( “ snowshoe ” ) and dialectal Swedish trudja ( “ snowshoe ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
trudge (plural trudges )
A tramp , i.e. a long and tiring walk .
2020 September 9, Paul Clifton, “Heavy rainfall causes landslip in Hampshire: At the scene...”, in Rail , page 10 :The morning after the landslip, with rain still pouring down, it was an unpleasant trudge through deep mud to get there.
Translations [ edit ]
long and tiring walk
Bulgarian: дълъг път m ( dǎlǎg pǎt )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 長途跋涉 / 长途跋涉 (zh) ( chángtúbáshè )
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Finnish: vaivalloinen matka
French: marcher (fr)
Galician: please add this translation if you can
German: Stapfen n , Stapferei f , quälender Marsch m
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Macedonian: долг пат m ( dolg pat )
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Portuguese: andar com dificuldade
Russian: (please verify ) до́лгая и утоми́тельная прогу́лка f ( dólgaja i utomítelʹnaja progúlka )
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Tamil: உந்துதல் (ta) ( untutal ) , நகர்தல் (ta) ( nakartal )
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trudge (third-person singular simple present trudges , present participle trudging , simple past and past participle trudged )
( intransitive ) To walk wearily with heavy , slow steps .
2014, Paul Salopek , Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
This famous archaeological site marks the farthest limit of human migration out of Africa in the middle Stone Age—the outer edge of our knowledge of the cosmos. I trudge to the caves in a squall.
( transitive ) To trudge along or over a route etc.
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
to walk wearily with heavy, slow steps
Bulgarian: стъпвам тежко ( stǎpvam težko ) , влача се ( vlača se )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吃力 地 行走 ( chīlì de xíngzǒu )
Czech: plahočit se impf , vléci se impf
Danish: traske
Dutch: sloffen (nl)
Finnish: laahustaa (fi) , tarpoa
French: crapahuter (fr)
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German: sich schleppen (de) , trotten (de) , stapfen (de)
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Japanese: 重い足取りで歩く ( omoi ashidori de aruku ) , とぼとぼと歩く ( tobotobo to aruku )
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Macedonian: се вле́че ( se vléče ) , ла́зи ( lázi )
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Portuguese: arrastar-se
Russian: тащи́ться (ru) ( taščítʹsja ) , волочи́ться (ru) ( voločítʹsja ) , ковыля́ть (ru) ( kovyljátʹ ) , идти́ с трудо́м ( idtí s trudóm ) , плестись (ru) ( plestisʹ )
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Swedish: stövla (sv)
Ukrainian: плентатися ( plentatysja ) , плестися ( plestysja ) , чалапати m ( čalapaty ) , ледве йти ( ledve jty )
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