How to say “anger” 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.
- ira/ˈiɾa/ Spanish
- 激怒/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ nu⁵¹/ Chinese
- 화[ɸwa̠(ː)] Korean
- क्रोध/kɾoːd̪ʱ/ Hindi
- כעס/ˈka(ʔ)as/ Hebrew
- ցասում/t͡sʰɑˈsum/ Armenian
“anger” in Spanish: ira · French: colère · Portuguese: raiva · Chinese: 激怒 · Korean: 화 · Hindi: क्रोध
It is commonest in Malayalam, where ദേഷ്യം is the 350th most used word.
Anger in other languages, A to Z
- Armenian ցասում/t͡sʰɑˈsum/ anger, ire, wrath #1,054
- Basque haserre/aˈs̺eˌre/ #383
- Bengali রাগ/raɡ/ #504
- Bulgarian гняв[ɡnʲa̟f] anger, wrath #2,362
- Chinese 激怒/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ nu⁵¹/ to anger; to enrage #2,397
- Danish satans/ˈsaːtans/ Used to express anger, irritation,… #1,186
- Dutch woede/ˈʋudə/ anger, wrath, outrage #2,040
- English angry/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ Displaying or feeling anger #919
- Esperanto kolero/koˈlero/ anger, rage, ire #2,283
- Estonian viha/ˈvihɑ/ anger, rage #1,166
- Finnish vihaan/ˈvihaːn/ anger, fury, rage, wrath, ire #1,005
- French colère/kɔ.lɛʁ/ anger, rage #817
- German ärger/ˈʔɛɐ̯ɡɐ/ annoyance, anger #934
- Greek οργή/orˈʝi/ rage, anger, wrath #2,443
- Hebrew כעס/ˈka(ʔ)as/ #1,901
- Hindi क्रोध/kɾoːd̪ʱ/ anger, fury #1,930
- Icelandic móður[ˈmouːðʏr] anger, wrath #1,842
- Indonesian kemarahan/kəmaˈrahan/ #2,051
- Italian accidenti/at.t͡ʃiˈdɛn.ti/ expression of anger; damn it! #1,301
- Korean 화[ɸwa̠(ː)] anger; rage #1,322
- Latvian dusmas/ˈdusmas/ anger, fury, ire, wrath #1,986
- Lithuanian pyktis[²ˈpʲiːktʲɪs] #1,612
- Macedonian бе[bɛ] A particle expressing anger, frustration, or… #475
- Malay gembira/ɡəmˈbirə/ passion, excitement, anger #269
- Malayalam ദേഷ്യം/d̪eːʂjɐm/ #350
- Persian خشم[xæʃm] anger, wrath, rage #1,421
- Portuguese raiva/ˈʁaj.vɐ/ #1,765
- Slovenian jeza/jèːza/ #1,225
- Spanish ira/ˈiɾa/ anger, ire #2,317
- Swedish satan/ˈsɑːˌtan/ Used to express anger, irritation,… #2,212
- Tagalog galit/ˈɡalit/ anger; ire #394
- Tamil ஏறு/eːrɯ/ to go up, as the eyebrows, in anger #1,463
- Turkish siktir/ˈsic.tiɾ/ Shows pain, anger or an unexpected event.:… #467
- Urdu غصہ/ɣʊssɑː/ #877
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.