How to say “anger” 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 Malay, where gembira is the 269th most used word.
- Armenian ցասում anger, ire, wrath #1,054
- Basque haserre #383
- Bengali রাগ #504
- Bulgarian гняв anger, wrath #2,362
- Chinese 激怒 to anger; to enrage #2,397
- Danish satans Used to express anger, irritation,… #1,186
- Dutch woede anger, wrath, outrage #2,040
- English angry Displaying or feeling anger #919
- Esperanto kolero anger, rage, ire #2,283
- Estonian viha anger, rage #1,166
- Finnish vihaan anger, fury, rage, wrath, ire #1,005
- French colère anger, rage #817
- German ärger annoyance, anger #934
- Greek οργή rage, anger, wrath #2,443
- Hebrew כעס #1,901
- Hindi क्रोध anger, fury #1,930
- Icelandic móður anger, wrath #1,842
- Indonesian kemarahan #2,051
- Italian accidenti expression of anger; damn it! #1,301
- Korean 화 anger; rage #1,322
- Latvian dusmas anger, fury, ire, wrath #1,986
- Lithuanian pyktis #1,612
- Macedonian бе A particle expressing anger, frustration, or… #475
- Malay gembira passion, excitement, anger #269
- Malayalam ദേഷ്യം #350
- Persian خشم anger, wrath, rage #1,421
- Portuguese raiva #1,765
- Slovenian jeza #1,225
- Spanish ira anger, ire #2,317
- Swedish satan Used to express anger, irritation,… #2,212
- Tagalog galit anger; ire #394
- Tamil ஏறு to go up, as the eyebrows, in anger #1,463
- Turkish siktir Shows pain, anger or an unexpected event.:… #467
- Urdu غصہ #877
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.