How to say “accept” in 35 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 Basque, where hartu is the 56th most used word.
- Afrikaans aanvaar to accept #319
- Albanian pranoj to accept #644
- Arabic تقبل to accept #1,085
- Basque hartu to take, receive, accept #56
- Bengali মানা to accept, to admit #952
- Bosnian prihvatiti to accept #1,435
- Catalan acceptar to accept #1,352
- Chinese 接受 to accept; to receive; to take #124
- Croatian prihvatiti to accept #1,174
- Czech přijmout to accept #1,709
- Danish modtaget to receive, get, accept #1,315
- Dutch accepteren to accept #1,938
- English believe To accept as true, particularly without… #201
- Esperanto akcepti to accept #1,031
- Finnish hyväksy to accept, approve of, agree with #2,497
- French accepter to accept #1,343
- Galician aceptar to accept #1,383
- German akzeptieren to accept, to approve, to take, to agree to #2,227
- Greek δέχομαι to accept, receive #1,978
- Hindi मानना to accept, agree #860
- Italian accettare to accept, to admit #1,588
- Latvian atvaino to accept someone's apology, to excuse, to… #350
- Lithuanian priimti to receive, to accept #796
- Macedonian прифати to accept #1,091
- Malay menerima to receive, to accept #481
- Polish przyjęcie to receive, to accept #1,285
- Portuguese aceitar to accept #1,107
- Romanian accepta to accept #1,496
- Serbian prihvatiti to accept #1,649
- Slovak akceptovať to accept #1,865
- Spanish aceptar to accept, to take up, to take up on #1,664
- Swedish acceptera to accept, to approve, to receive #1,797
- Tagalog tanggapin to accept #562
- Ukrainian прийняти to accept #1,337
- Vietnamese chấp to accept; to approve #735
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.