How to say “along” in 32 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.
“along” in Italian: lungo · Arabic: بجانب · Turkish: boyunca
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where theo is the 129th most used word.
Along in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans langs/laŋs/ along, alongside #445
- Albanian anës/anəs/ along, beside, by #2,330
- Arabic بجانب/bid͡ʒaːnibi/ along, side by side with #562
- Armenian հանդերձ/hɑnˈdeɾt͡sʰ/ together, with, along with #761
- Bosnian s/s/ with, together with, along with #40
- Bulgarian край[kraj] by; along #423
- Chinese 以及/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/ as well as; along with; and #242
- Croatian s/s/ with, together with, along with #20
- Danish langs/læŋˀs/ #2,472
- Dutch met/mɛt/ with, along with #21
- English open/ˈoʊ.pən/ Able to have something pass through or along… #336
- Esperanto kunportis/kunˈportis/ to bring with one, bring along #1,959
- Estonian kaasa/ˈkɑːsɑ/ with, along #239
- Finnish mukaan/ˈmukɑːn/ along, with one, on #151
- German mitnehmen/ˈmɪtˌneːmən/ to take with; to carry along #1,401
- Hebrew הלאה/ˈhɔl.ʔɔ/ along, forward, onward, next #735
- Indonesian sepanjang/səˈpand͡ʒaŋ/ all along #450
- Italian lungo/ˈlun.ɡo/ #695
- Latvian gar/ˈɡar/ #1,241
- Lithuanian palei/pɐˈlʲɛɪ/ #1,963
- Malay sepanjang/səˈpand͡ʒaŋ/ along, throughout, as long as; during #414
- Malayalam ഒപ്പം/oppɐm/ along with #254
- Norwegian langs/ˈlɑŋs/ #1,940
- Persian همراه[hæm.ɹɒ́ːʰ] along with, together with #450
- Polish wraz/ˈvras/ #1,838
- Russian вместе[ˈvmʲesʲtʲe] together, coupled with, along with #190
- Serbian s/s/ with, together with, along with #47
- Slovak pozdĺž/ˈpɔ.zdɫ̩ːʃ/ #2,123
- Swedish vidare/ˈviːdarɛ/ on, further, along #544
- Telugu వెంబడి/ʋembaɖi/ behind, after, following, along with #1,645
- Turkish boyunca/bojunˈd͡ʒa/ #322
- Vietnamese theo[tʰɛw˧˧] #129
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 Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.