English Noun action verb (plural action verbs) A word that expresses action and tells what the subject of a sentence does. Translations word that expresses action Chinese: Mandarin: 動作動詞 / 动作动词 (dòngzuò dòngcí) French: verbe d'action m German: Handlungsverb n Japanese: 動作動詞 (どうさどうし, dōsa dōshi) Korean: 동작 동사 (dongjak dongsa) Portuguese: verbo ativo m Russian: глаго́л де́йствия m (glagól déjstvija) Remove adsWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads