be called

See also: becalled

English

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Verb

be called (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

1. To have a specific name.

Usage notes

• This is the passive of call.

Conjugation

Conjugation of be called

infinitive	(to) be called
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	am called, 'm called	was called
2nd-person singular	are called, 're called	were called
3rd-person singular	is called, 's called	was called
plural	are called, 're called	were called
subjunctive	be called	were called
imperative	be called	—
participles	being called	been called

Translations

to have a specific name

• Arabic: سُمِّيَ (summiya) (passive of سمى)
• Armenian: կոչվել (hy) (kočʻvel)
• Azerbaijani: adlanmaq (az), adlandırılmaq
• Belarusian: называ́цца impf (nazyvácca)
• Bulgarian: ка́звам се (bg) impf (kázvam se), нари́чам се (bg) impf (naríčam se)
• Burmese: ခေါ် (my) (hkau)
• Catalan: dir-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 叫 (yue) (giu³)

  Dungan: җё (ži͡o)

  Eastern Min: 叫 (giú)

  Hakka: 叫 (kieu)

  Hokkien: 叫 (zh-min-nan) (kiò)

  Mandarin: 叫 (zh) (jiào), 稱為 / 称为 (zh) (chēngwéi)

  Wu: 叫

• Czech: jmenovat se (cs) impf
• Danish: hedde (da)
• Dutch: heten (nl)
• Esperanto: nomiĝi
• Finnish: kutsutaan (general); (of people, animals, books, etc.) olla nimeltään (fi), olla nimeltä
• French: s’appeler (fr), se nommer (fr)
• Galician: chamarse
• German: heißen (de), sich nennen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan)
• Greek: λέγομαι (el) (légomai), ονομάζομαι (el) (onomázomai)
• Hungarian: hívják (hu) (he/she/it is called, you [formal] are called), hívnak (I am called, you [informal] are called)
• Icelandic: heita (is)
• Ido: nomesar (io)
• Italian: chiamarsi (it)
• Japanese: ...と言う (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...という (ja) (...という, ... to iu), ...と申す (ja) (...ともうす, ... to mōsu) (humble)
• Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) (chmŭəh)
• Korean: ...(이)라고 불리다 (ko) (...(i)rago bullida)
• Lao: ຊື່ (sư̄)
• Latin: nominor (la)
• Ligurian: ciamâse
• Macedonian: се вика impf (se vika)
• Mòcheno: hoasn
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hete (no)

  Nynorsk: heita

• Occitan: se sonar
• Old English: hātan
• Old Norse: heita
• Persian: گفته شدن (gofte šodan)
• Polish: nazywać się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: chamar-se
• Romanian: se numi, se chema
• Russian: называ́ться (ru) impf (nazyvátʹsja), именова́ться (ru) impf (imenovátʹsja)
• Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} narrersi
• Sassarese: ciamassi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зва̏ти се impf

  Latin: zvȁti se (sh) impf

• Slovak: volať sa impf, menovať sa impf
• Slovene: imenovati se (sl) impf
• Spanish: llamarse (es), decirse
• Swedish: heta (sv)
• Thai: ชื่อ (th) (chʉ̂ʉ), เรียกว่า (rîiak-wâa)
• Turkish: çağrılabilir
• Ukrainian: назива́тися impf (nazyvátysja)
• Uzbek: atalmoq (uz), aytilmoq (uz)
• Venetan: ciamarse
• Vietnamese: được gọi là (vi)
• Volapük: panemön (vo)
• Walloon: lomer (wa)