How to say “advice” in 34 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.
- consejo/konˈsexo/ Spanish
- совет[sɐˈvʲet] Russian
- نصيحة/na.sˤiː.ħa/ Arabic
- 상담[sʰa̠ŋda̠m] Korean
- सलाह/sə.lɑːɦ/ Hindi
- συμβουλή/siɱ.vuˈli/ Greek
“advice” in Spanish: consejo · German: rat · Italian: consiglio · Portuguese: conselho · Korean: 상담 · Russian: совет · Arabic: نصيحة · Hindi: सलाह
It is commonest in Telugu, where సలహా is the 407th most used word.
Advice in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans advies/atˈfis/ #1,117
- Arabic نصيحة/na.sˤiː.ħa/ advice, counsel #1,411
- Armenian խորհուրդ/χoˈɾuɾtʰ/ advice, counsel, recommendation #1,700
- Basque abisu/abis̺u/ warning, advice #1,427
- Bengali পরামর্শ/pɔ.ra.mɔr.ʃo/ advice, suggestion, recommendation, counsel #796
- Bulgarian съвет[sɐˈvɛt] advice, counsel #1,010
- Catalan consell[kunˈsɛʎ] advice, counsel #710
- Czech radu[ˈradu] advice, counsel #1,606
- Dutch advies/ɑtˈfis/ #1,414
- Estonian nõu/nˈɤu̯/ advice, counsel #1,111
- French conseil/kɔ̃.sɛj/ piece of advice #905
- Galician consello/konˈseɟo/ advice, counsel #935
- German rat/raːt/ advice, counsel #1,321
- Greek συμβουλή/siɱ.vuˈli/ #1,388
- Hebrew עצה/eˈt͡sa/ A suggestion, a piece of advice or counsel #1,498
- Hindi सलाह/sə.lɑːɦ/ advice, counsel #1,040
- Hungarian tanács[ˈtɒnaːt͡ʃ] advice, counsel #2,281
- Icelandic ráð[ˈrauːð] advice, counsel #2,019
- Italian consiglio/konˈsiʎ.ʎo/ advice, counsel #857
- Korean 상담[sʰa̠ŋda̠m] advice, counsel, consultation; customer… #1,606
- Lithuanian patarimo[pɐtɐˈrʲɪmoː] suggestion, advice #1,653
- Macedonian совет[ˈsɔvɛt] #802
- Malayalam ഉപദേശം/upɐd̪eːʃɐm/ #829
- Norwegian råd/ˈroːd/ #716
- Polish radę/ˈra.dɛ/ advice; tip #636
- Portuguese conselho/kõˈse.ʎu/ #1,111
- Romanian sfat/sfat/ counsel, advice, tip #1,828
- Russian совет[sɐˈvʲet] #1,282
- Spanish consejo/konˈsexo/ advice, counsel, piece of advice #979
- Swedish råd/roːd/ a piece of advice, counsel #757
- Tagalog payo/ˈpajo/ advice; counsel #794
- Tamil அறிவுரை/ɐrɪʋʊɾɐɪ̯/ advice, counsel #1,714
- Telugu సలహా/ˈsalahaː/ advice, counsel, counselling #407
- Urdu مشورہ/məʃ.ʋə.ɾɑ(ː)/ advice; consultation; opinion #779
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.