English → Latin
“budge” in Latin
locusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; groundscēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along; to result, turn out, happen, yield; to withdraw, depart, retire, go away fromōrōsuscaptious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please); peevish, wayward, capricioustrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)tetricusforbidding, harsh, crabbed, gloomy, sour, stern, severeaustērusaustere, plain; harsh, bitter, sour; sharp, pungent, tartsevērussevere, serious, strict, stern, stringent, austere, harsh, grave (in demeanor)
The English word budge itself goes back to Latin bulla, through *bullico.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
budge v.
loco or ex loco semovere; loco cedere, cedere; fugam capere, fugere ab or ex aliquo loco.
budge adj.
morosus, tristia, tetricus. austerus, severus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for budge?
- The usual Latin words for “budge” are locus, cēdō, mōrōsus; also trīstis, tetricus, austērus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.