Rubdown — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈʌbdaʊn/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈʌbdaʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈʌbdaʊn/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈʌbdaʊn/.

Word Forms

rub down

verb

wear away

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abreibung

der Akt des Abreibens, meist zur Entspannung oder zu medizinischen Zwecken

🇫🇷French

frottement

l'acte de frotter, généralement à des fins de relaxation ou à des fins médicinales

🇪🇸Spanish

masaje

el acto de frotar, generalmente con fines relajantes o medicinales

🇮🇹Italian

strofinamento

l'atto di massaggiarsi, solitamente per rilassamento o scopi medicinali

🇳🇱Dutch

wrijven

het wrijven, meestal voor ontspanning of medicinale doeleinden

🇵🇹Portuguese

massagem

o ato de esfregar, geralmente para relaxamento ou fins medicinais

🇷🇺Russian

обтирание

растирание, обычно для расслабления или в лечебных целях

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नीचे रगड़ दें

आमतौर पर विश्राम या औषधीय प्रयोजनों के लिए रगड़ने की क्रिया

🇮🇳Tamil

தேய்த்தல்

கீழே தேய்க்கும் செயல், பொதுவாக தளர்வு அல்லது மருத்துவ நோக்கங்களுக்காக

🇮🇳Telugu

రుద్దడం

సాధారణంగా విశ్రాంతి లేదా ఔషధ ప్రయోజనాల కోసం రుద్దడం

🇮🇳Marathi

रबडाऊन

खाली घासण्याची क्रिया, सहसा विश्रांती किंवा औषधी हेतूंसाठी

🇮🇳Gujarati

રબડાઉન

નીચે ઘસવાની ક્રિયા, સામાન્ય રીતે આરામ અથવા ઔષધીય હેતુઓ માટે

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಬ್ಡೌನ್

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಔಷಧೀಯ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಉಜ್ಜುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തടവുക

സാധാരണയായി വിശ്രമത്തിനോ ഔഷധ ആവശ്യങ്ങൾക്കോ വേണ്ടി ഉരസുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰਬਡਾਉਨ

ਰਗੜਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ, ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਆਰਾਮ ਜਾਂ ਚਿਕਿਤਸਕ ਉਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਲਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

رگڑنا

رگڑنے کا عمل، عام طور پر آرام یا دواؤں کے مقاصد کے لیے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

按摩

摩擦的动作，通常是为了放松或医疗目的

🇯🇵Japanese

マッサージ

通常はリラクゼーションまたは医療目的で、こする行為

🇰🇷Korean

마사지

일반적으로 휴식이나 약용 목적으로 문지르는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự sụp đổ

hành động cọ xát, thường là nhằm mục đích thư giãn hoặc chữa bệnh

🇹🇭Thai

ถูลง

การถู โดยทั่วไปเพื่อการผ่อนคลายหรือการรักษาโรค

🇲🇾Malay

sapuan

tindakan menggosok ke bawah, biasanya untuk tujuan relaksasi atau perubatan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التدليك

عملية الفرك، وعادةً ما يكون ذلك بغرض الاسترخاء أو للأغراض الطبية

🇮🇷Persian

ساییده شدن

عمل مالش، معمولاً برای آرامش یا مقاصد دارویی

🇹🇷Turkish

masaj

genellikle rahatlama veya tıbbi amaçlar için ovalama eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לשפשף

פעולת השפשוף, בדרך כלל למטרות הרפיה או רפואיות

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