How to say “absolutely” in 36 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- absolutamente/absoˌlutaˈmente/ Spanish
- абсолютно[ɐpsɐˈlʲutnə] Russian
- 절대[t͡ɕʌ̹ɭt͈ɛ] Korean
- απολύτως/ˌapoˈlitos/ Greek
- בהחלט/bheˈχlet/ Hebrew
- სრულიად[sɾuliätʰ] Georgian
“absolutely” in Spanish: absolutamente · French: absolument · Italian: assolutamente · Portuguese: absolutamente · Korean: 절대 · Russian: абсолютно · Greek: απολύτως
It is commonest in Urdu, where بالکل is the 123rd most used word.
Absolutely in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian aspak/asˈpak/ absolutely not, not at all #693
- Armenian բոլորովին/boloɾoˈvin/ absolutely, quite, totally, utterly #758
- Bosnian apsolutno/âpsoluːtno/ #851
- Bulgarian съвсем[sɐfˈsɛm] completely, entirely, absolutely, totally #460
- Catalan absolutament[əp.suˌlu.təˈmen] #1,604
- Chinese 完全/wän³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/ completely; absolutely; entirely #86
- Croatian apsolutno/âpsoluːtno/ #943
- Czech naprosto[ˈnaprosto] absolutely, totally, entirely, completely #665
- Danish absolut[ɑbsoˈlud] #1,299
- Dutch bepaald/bəˈpaːlt/ certainly, definitely, absolutely #1,827
- Esperanto absolute/absoˈlute/ #847
- Finnish ehdottomasti/ˈehdotːomɑstiˣ/ absolutely, definitely #1,369
- French absolument/ap.sɔ.ly.mɑ̃/ absolutely; totally; completely #789
- Georgian სრულიად[sɾuliätʰ] absolutely, totally, entirely, wholly,… #478
- German total/toˈtaːl/ totally, absolutely, completely, utterly #727
- Greek απολύτως/ˌapoˈlitos/ absolutely, completely, altogether #978
- Hebrew בהחלט/bheˈχlet/ #299
- Hungarian hogyne[ˈhoɟnɛ] of course, certainly, absolutely #999
- Icelandic endilega[ˈɛntɪˌlɛːɣa] by all means!, absolutely! #644
- Italian assolutamente/as.so.lu.taˈmen.te/ absolutely, completely, totally, dead #679
- Korean 절대[t͡ɕʌ̹ɭt͈ɛ] absolutely, totally, never #142
- Lithuanian visiškai[ˈʋʲɪsʲɪʃkɐɪ] absolutely, totally, utterly #226
- Macedonian апсолутно[apsɔˈɫutnɔ] #792
- Norwegian absolutt/absʊˈlʉt/ absolutely, finally, unconditionally,… #706
- Polish pewno/ˈpɛv.nɔ/ absolutely, for certain, certainly,… #258
- Portuguese absolutamente/ab.soˌlu.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ absolutely; completely; entirely; totally;… #1,701
- Romanian absolut/ab.soˈlut/ #769
- Russian абсолютно[ɐpsɐˈlʲutnə] #886
- Serbian apsolutno/âpsoluːtno/ #867
- Spanish absolutamente/absoˌlutaˈmente/ absolutely; completely; entirely; totally;… #1,342
- Swedish helt/heːlt/ entirely, absolutely, wholly, completely #192
- Tagalog lubos/luˈbos/ completely; fully; absolutely #1,171
- Turkish mutlaka/ˈmut.ɫa.kaː/ definitely, absolutely, unconditionally #1,314
- Ukrainian абсолютно[ɐbsoˈlʲutnɔ] #562
- Urdu بالکل/bɪl.kʊl/ #123
- Vietnamese hề[he˨˩] at all, absolutely, completely, totally #585
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