"actions speak louder than words" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=actions speak louder than words}} actions speak louder than words
  1. It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action. Translations (it is more effective to act than speak): الْأَعْمَال أَعْلَى صَوْتًا مِن الْكَلِمَات (al-ʔaʕmāl ʔaʕlā ṣawtan min al-kalimāt) (Arabic), 行勝於言 (Chinese Mandarin), 行胜于言 (xíng shèng yú yán) (Chinese Mandarin), 事實勝於雄辯 (Chinese Mandarin), 事实胜于雄辩 (shìshí shèng yú xióngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), geen woorden maar daden (Dutch), daden zeggen meer dan woorden (Dutch), niet lullen maar poetsen (Dutch), teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat (Finnish), bien faire vaut mieux que bien dire (French), Taten statt Worte (German), Nägel mit Köpfen machen (German), Taten sagen mehr als Worte (German), a tett harsányabb a szónál (Hungarian), a tettek minden szónál ékesebben beszélnek (Hungarian), 不言実行 (fugenjikkō) (alt: ふげんじっこう) (Japanese), 후겐 실행 (hugen silhaeng) (Korean), rēs, nōn verba (Latin), Acta, non verba (Latin), czyny mówią głośniej niż słowa (Polish), ações falam mais alto que palavras (Portuguese), не по слова́м су́дят, а по дела́м (ne po slovám súdjat, a po delám) (Russian), dejanja so močnejša od besed (Slovene), obras son amores, que no buenas razones (Spanish), thùng rỗng kêu to (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-actions_speak_louder_than_words-en-proverb-G1ZOu9DH Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English proverbs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English proverbs: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'it is more effective to act than speak': 91 9
  2. An [individual]]'s actions indicate their true sentiments more reliably than their claims do. Translations (actions indicate true sentiments): daden zeggen meer dan woorden (Dutch), teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat (Finnish), Taten sagen mehr als Worte (German), an ihren Taten sollt ihr sie erkennen (German), pangsa menunjukkan bangsa (Indonesian), por sus frutos los conoceréis (Spanish), el movimiento se demuestra andando (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-actions_speak_louder_than_words-en-proverb-M8-B~5UB Disambiguation of 'actions indicate true sentiments': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: by their fruits you will know them, facts speak louder than words, money talks, bullshit walks, suit the action to the word, talk is cheap, talk the talk, acta, non verba
Categories (other): English_aphorisms Disambiguation of English_aphorisms: 0 0

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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "daden zeggen meer dan woorden"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "niet lullen maar poetsen"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "bien faire vaut mieux que bien dire"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "Taten statt Worte"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "Nägel mit Köpfen machen"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "후겐 실행"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "czyny mówią głośniej niż słowa"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "ações falam mais alto que palavras"
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      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "dejanja so močnejša od besed"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "obras son amores, que no buenas razones"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "it is more effective to act than speak",
      "word": "thùng rỗng kêu to"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "daden zeggen meer dan woorden"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "Taten sagen mehr als Worte"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "an ihren Taten sollt ihr sie erkennen"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "pangsa menunjukkan bangsa"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "por sus frutos los conoceréis"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actions indicate true sentiments",
      "word": "el movimiento se demuestra andando"
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  "word": "actions speak louder than words"
}

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