How to say “aim” in 33 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 Dutch, where bedoel is the 217th most used word.
- Afrikaans teiken aim; target; goal #962
- Albanian qëllim goal, aim #922
- Armenian նպատակ #1,153
- Bosnian cilj aim, goal, purpose #1,206
- Bulgarian цел goal, aim #963
- Croatian cilj aim, goal, purpose #1,173
- Czech míří to aim #1,924
- Dutch bedoel to intend, to have an aim #217
- English success The achievement of one's aim or goal #1,779
- Esperanto celas to aim for, aim at #484
- Estonian eesmärk purpose, aim, goal, objective, end #1,150
- Finnish aio to plan to do, intend to do, aim to do; to be… #617
- French propos aim, intention #435
- Greek σκοπεύω to aim, take aim #2,347
- Hebrew מטרה a target, aim #1,036
- Hindi लक्ष्य #703
- Icelandic beina to aim, to direct, to point #1,554
- Indonesian tujuan goal, objective, aim, purpose #695
- Italian scopo aim, end, goal #1,615
- Lithuanian tikslas aim, goal #817
- Macedonian цели goal, aim #1,256
- Malay tujuan goal, objective, aim, purpose #705
- Malayalam ഉന്നം #677
- Persian منظور aim, intention, objective #925
- Polish cel goal, aim, objective, target #1,067
- Portuguese propósito purpose; target; aim; goal #1,133
- Russian цель goal, target, aim, end, object #1,228
- Serbian cilj aim, goal, purpose #1,191
- Tagalog pakay purpose; aim; intention; mission #1,586
- Tamil இலக்கு target, aim, scope #380
- Turkish amacı purpose, aim, goal #1,782
- Urdu نشانہ aim, target #666
- Vietnamese hòng to intend; to aim #2,303
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.