Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: refrein
- Amharic: ሆኖ
- Arabic: الامتناع
- Azerbaijani: çəkinməli
- Bashkir: тыйылырға
- Belarusian: устрымлівацца
- Bulgarian: за да се въздържат
- Bengali: বিরত থাকুন
- Bosnian: uzdrži
- Catalan: abstenir-se
- Cebuano: refrain
- Czech: refrén
- Welsh: ymatal
- Danish: afstå
- German: refrain
- Greek: απέχουν
- Esperanto: refreno
- Spanish: abstenerse
- Estonian: refrään
- Basque: patentea
- Persian: خودداری کنند
- Finnish: kertosäe
- French: s'abstenir
- Irish: staonadh
- Scottish Gaelic: refrain
- Galician: absterse
- Gujarati: બચો
- Hebrew: להימנע
- Hindi: बचना
- Croatian: refren
- Haitian: evite
- Hungarian: refrén
- Armenian: ձեռնպահ մնալ
- Indonesian: menahan diri
- Icelandic: forðast
- Italian: astenersi
- Japanese: 控え
- Javanese: ngempet
- Georgian: მისამღერი
- Kazakh: аулақ
- Khmer: បញ្ឈប់
- Kannada: ಪಲ್ಲವಿ
- Korean: 을 삼가
- Kyrgyz: оолак болууга
- Latin: abstinere
- Luxembourgish: refrain
- Lao: ຫຼີກລ່ຽງ
- Lithuanian: susilaikyti
- Latvian: atturas
- Malagasy: tsy
- Mari: тӧрлаташ
- Maori: te pehi
- Macedonian: да се воздржите
- Malayalam: വിരമിച്ചില്ലെങ്കിൽ
- Mongolian: татгалзах
- Marathi: परावृत्त
- Hill Mari: кычаш
- Malay: menahan diri
- Maltese: jastjenu
- Burmese: ရှောင်ကြဉ်
- Nepali: नगर्न
- Dutch: onthouden
- Norwegian: avstå
- Punjabi: ਵਾਕ
- Papiamento: apstené
- Polish: powstrzymać się
- Portuguese: abster-se
- Romanian: se abțină de
- Russian: воздерживаться
- Sinhalese: කියල හිතන
- Slovak: zatvorené
- Slovenian: ne
- Albanian: mos
- Serbian: да се уздрже
- Sundanese: refrain
- Swedish: avstå
- Swahili: kiitikio
- Tamil: விலகி
- Telugu: పల్లవి
- Tajik: худдорӣ
- Thai: refrain
- Tagalog: pigilin ang sarili
- Turkish: nakarat
- Tatar: воздерживаться
- Udmurt: кӧл,
- Ukrainian: утримуватися
- Urdu: گریز
- Uzbek: naqarot
- Vietnamese: refrain
- Xhosa: ukuziphatha ngendlela
- Yiddish: רעפרען
- Chinese: 副歌
Synonyms, close and similar words for refrain
- abstain
- forgo
- desist
- eschew
- forego
- forbear
- withhold
- chorus
- burden
- hold back
- restrain