memorize (third-person singular simple present memorizes present participle memorizing simple past and past participle memorized
To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart , commit to memory .
2007 Don DeLillo , Underworld: A Novel Scribner Classics , →ISBN 543 :I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth.
2009 A Practical Study of Argument , →ISBN 123 :Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
2009 The Perfect Boy , →ISBN 258 :She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.
to commit to memory, to learn by heart
Arabic: حَفِظَ ( ḥafiẓa )
Armenian: անմահացնել (hy) ( anmahacʻnel )
Azerbaijani: əzbərləmək (az)
Belarusian: запамята́ць pf ( zapamjatácʹ ) , запаміна́ць impf ( zapaminácʹ ) , запо́мніць pf ( zapómnicʹ )
Bengali: মুখস্থ করা ( mukhostho kora )
Bulgarian: запаметя́вам (bg) impf ( zapametjávam ) , уча наизуст ( uča naizust )
Catalan: memoritzar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 記住 ／ 记住 ( gei3 zyu6 )
Mandarin: 記住 ／ 记住 (zh) ( jìzhù ) , 熟記 ／ 熟记 (zh) ( shújì ) , 記憶 ／ 记忆 (zh) ( jìyì )
Czech: memorovat (cs)
Danish: udenadslære
Dutch: memoriseren (nl) , uit het hoofd leren
Esperanto: parkerigi
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: opetella ulkoa (fi) , painaa muistiin
French: mémoriser (fr) , apprendre par cœur (fr)
Galician: chapar memorizar
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sich einprägen (de) ( sich in the dative case ) , auswendig lernen
Greek: απομνημονεύω (el) ( apomnimonévo ) , αποστηθίζω (el) ( apostithízo )
Hebrew: לשנן ( leshanen )
Hungarian: memorizál (hu) , megtanul (hu) , betanul (hu) , megjegyez (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Italian: memorizzare (it) , imparare a memoria
Japanese: 記憶する (ja) ( きおくする, kioku suru ) , 覚える (ja) ( おぼえる, oboeru ) , 暗記する (ja) ( あんきする, anki suru )
Khmer: ទន្ទេញ (km) ( tŭəntɨñ ) , ចាំ (km) ( cam )
Korean: 기억하다 (ko) ( gieokhada ) , 암기하다 (ko) ( amgihada ) , 외우다 (ko) ( oe'uda )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لەبەرکردن ( leberkirdin )
Northern Kurdish: ji ber kirin (ku) , ezber kirin (ku)
Latin: memini
Macedonian: запаметува impf ( zapametuva ) , запамети pf ( zapameti )
Malay: menghafalkan
Maori: pupuri whakamaumahara
Norwegian: lære utenat pugge (no)
Oromo: yaddachuu
Persian: از برم کردن ( az barm kardan ) , یادانیدن ( yâdânidan )
Polish: zapamiętywać (pl) impf zapamiętać (pl) pf nauczyć się na pamięć pf
Portuguese: decorar (pt) , memorizar (pt)
Romanian: memoriza (ro)
Russian: запомина́ть (ru) impf ( zapominátʹ ) , запо́мнить (ru) pf ( zapómnitʹ ) , выу́чивать (ru) impf ( vyúčivatʹ ) , вы́учить (ru) pf ( výučitʹ ) , зау́чивать наизу́сть impf ( zaúčivatʹ naizústʹ ) , заучи́ть наизу́сть pf ( zaučítʹ naizústʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: meòraich
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: pȃmtiti (sh) , naùčiti nȁpamēt
Slovak: zapamätať naučiť sa naspamäť
Slovene: zapomniti
Spanish: memorizar (es)
Swedish: lära sig utantill memorera (sv) , lägga på minnet (sv)
Thai: จดจำ (th) ( jòt-jam )
Turkish: ezberlemek (tr)
Ukrainian: запам'ято́вувати impf ( zapamʺjatóvuvaty ) , запам'ята́ти pf ( zapamʺjatáty )
Vietnamese: ghi nhớ (vi) , ghi chép (vi)
memorize
inflection of memorizar
first / third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative