How to say “advice” in 34 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 Telugu, where సలహా is the 407th most used word.
- Afrikaans advies #1,117
- Arabic نصيحة advice, counsel #1,411
- Armenian խորհուրդ advice, counsel, recommendation #1,700
- Basque abisu warning, advice #1,427
- Bengali পরামর্শ advice, suggestion, recommendation, counsel #796
- Bulgarian съвет advice, counsel #1,010
- Catalan consell advice, counsel #710
- Czech radu advice, counsel #1,606
- Dutch advies #1,414
- Estonian nõu advice, counsel #1,111
- French conseil piece of advice #905
- Galician consello advice, counsel #935
- German rat advice, counsel #1,321
- Greek συμβουλή #1,388
- Hebrew עצה A suggestion, a piece of advice or counsel #1,498
- Hindi सलाह advice, counsel #1,040
- Hungarian tanács advice, counsel #2,281
- Icelandic ráð advice, counsel #2,019
- Italian consiglio advice, counsel #857
- Korean 상담 advice, counsel, consultation; customer… #1,606
- Lithuanian patarimo suggestion, advice #1,653
- Macedonian совет #802
- Malayalam ഉപദേശം #829
- Norwegian råd #716
- Polish radę advice; tip #636
- Portuguese conselho #1,111
- Romanian sfat counsel, advice, tip #1,828
- Russian совет #1,282
- Spanish consejo advice, counsel, piece of advice #979
- Swedish råd a piece of advice, counsel #757
- Tagalog payo advice; counsel #794
- Tamil அறிவுரை advice, counsel #1,714
- Telugu సలహా advice, counsel, counselling #407
- Urdu مشورہ advice; consultation; opinion #779
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.