How to say “angry” in 37 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 Afrikaans, where kwaad is the 364th most used word.
- Afrikaans kwaad #364
- Arabic حرب to be enraged, to be furious, to be angry #632
- Armenian բարկացած to get angry #1,561
- Basque haserretu to rage, get angry #523
- Bengali রেগে #859
- Bosnian ljut #1,116
- Bulgarian ядосан #1,190
- Chinese 生氣 to be angry; to get upset; to be mad #2,038
- Croatian ljut #1,042
- Czech naštvaný upset, mad, angry #1,423
- Danish vred #689
- Dutch kwaad angry, furious #605
- English upset Angry, distressed, or unhappy #1,008
- Esperanto koleras to be angry #1,243
- Estonian vihane #725
- Finnish vihainen #770
- Georgian გაბრაზებული angry, rambunctious, shirty, angered,… #762
- Greek θυμωμένος angry, irate, disgruntled #1,687
- Hungarian dühös furious, infuriated, angry #1,016
- Icelandic reiður angry, wroth #2,348
- Indonesian marah angry; mad; upset #396
- Latvian dusmīgs angry, furious, irate, wrathful #2,236
- Lithuanian piktas #1,178
- Macedonian лут angry, mad #1,026
- Malay marah angry; mad #395
- Norwegian sint angry, cross, mad #579
- Persian عصبانی #1,213
- Portuguese zangado #1,860
- Romanian supărat #894
- Serbian ljut #1,097
- Slovenian jezen #410
- Spanish bravo angry, furious #2,245
- Swedish arg angry, mad #572
- Tagalog magalit to get angry #835
- Turkish sinirli #2,272
- Urdu ناراض upset, angry #1,322
- Vietnamese giận to be angry #802
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.