How to say “agreement” in 42 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 Bulgarian, where да is the 1st most used word.
- Albanian dakort in agreement #440
- Arabic موافقة approval, agreement, consent #683
- Armenian պայմանագիր agreement, contract #771
- Basque itun agreement, pact, treaty #1,652
- Bengali করার agreement, condition, promise, stipulation #69
- Bosnian dogovor agreement, deal #852
- Bulgarian да word used to indicate agreement or… #1
- Catalan acord agreement, accordance #80
- Chinese 合同 contract; agreement #1,073
- Croatian dogovor agreement, deal #914
- Czech dohoda #2,008
- Dutch afspraak arrangement, agreement, understanding #810
- English according Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious #1,203
- Esperanto kontrakton agreement, contract #2,377
- Finnish sopimus agreement, arrangement, contract #1,468
- Galician acordo agreement, deal, decision #273
- Georgian შეთანხმება #1,367
- German einverstanden in agreement, agreeing #1,471
- Greek συμφωνία agreement, concurrence, accordance #618
- Hebrew הסכם An agreement, contract, accord #1,460
- Hindi वादा promise, agreement #358
- Icelandic sammála agreed, in agreement, I agree #633
- Indonesian kesepakatan #834
- Italian accordo accord, agreement, bond #241
- Korean 동의 agreement, consent #1,662
- Latvian vienošanās agreement, accord, concurrence; verbal noun… #929
- Lithuanian sutartis #1,488
- Macedonian договор #486
- Malay a Used to show excitement or to show agreement #322
- Malayalam കരാർ #1,108
- Norwegian avtale agreement, contract, appointment #677
- Persian قرار agreement to meet #111
- Polish zgoda consent, agreement #1,810
- Russian контракт contract, agreement #2,456
- Serbian dogovor agreement, deal #894
- Slovenian dogovor #479
- Spanish acuerdo #141
- Swedish överens in agreement #1,103
- Tagalog ayon agreeable; in agreement; affirming #635
- Tamil நிபந்தனை condition, agreement, covenant #1,267
- Ukrainian згідно in agreement #1,726
- Urdu اتفاق agreement; concord #809
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.