How to say “absolutely” in 36 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.
It is commonest in Chinese, where 完全 is the 86th most used word.
- Albanian aspak absolutely not, not at all #693
- Armenian բոլորովին absolutely, quite, totally, utterly #758
- Bosnian apsolutno #851
- Bulgarian съвсем completely, entirely, absolutely, totally #460
- Catalan absolutament #1,604
- Chinese 完全 completely; absolutely; entirely #86
- Croatian apsolutno #943
- Czech naprosto absolutely, totally, entirely, completely #665
- Danish absolut #1,299
- Dutch bepaald certainly, definitely, absolutely #1,827
- Esperanto absolute #847
- Finnish ehdottomasti absolutely, definitely #1,369
- French absolument absolutely; totally; completely #789
- Georgian სრულიად absolutely, totally, entirely, wholly,… #478
- German total totally, absolutely, completely, utterly #727
- Greek απολύτως absolutely, completely, altogether #978
- Hebrew בהחלט #299
- Hungarian hogyne of course, certainly, absolutely #999
- Icelandic endilega by all means!, absolutely! #644
- Italian assolutamente absolutely, completely, totally, dead #679
- Korean 절대 absolutely, totally, never #142
- Lithuanian visiškai absolutely, totally, utterly #226
- Macedonian апсолутно #792
- Norwegian absolutt absolutely, finally, unconditionally,… #706
- Polish pewno absolutely, for certain, certainly,… #258
- Portuguese absolutamente absolutely; completely; entirely; totally;… #1,701
- Romanian absolut #769
- Russian абсолютно #886
- Serbian apsolutno #867
- Spanish absolutamente absolutely; completely; entirely; totally;… #1,342
- Swedish helt entirely, absolutely, wholly, completely #192
- Tagalog lubos completely; fully; absolutely #1,171
- Turkish mutlaka definitely, absolutely, unconditionally #1,314
- Ukrainian абсолютно #562
- Urdu بالکل #123
- Vietnamese hề at all, absolutely, completely, totally #585
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.