Retaliate in Malayalam
To retaliate is പകരം വീട്ടുക (pakaram veettuka), a two word phrase meaning to pay back in kind. It is the language of film dialogue and of village quarrels, and the second verb in it is the ordinary one for settling a debt.
Most common translation
പകരം വീട്ടുക (pakaram veettuka)
Retaliate, revenge, avenge.
ദേഷ്യത്തിൽ ആരോടും പകരം വീട്ടുക നല്ലതല്ല.
deshyatthil aarodum pakaram veettuka nallathalla.
Retaliating against anyone in anger is not good.
Dictionary entry
- പകരം വീട്ടുക (pakaram veettuka) — Retaliate, revenge, avenge.
The phrase keeps its personal flavour of squaring a score; official reprisals in trade or diplomacy are reported with the noun for revenge and an adjective instead.
Common questions
How do you say retaliate in Malayalam?
Say പകരം വീട്ടുക (pakaram veettuka), literally to pay back in kind.
Is pakaram veettuka one word or two?
Two. It is a verb phrase, with the word for instead followed by the verb for repaying.