How to say “ass” in 30 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.
“ass” in Spanish: culo · Italian: culo
It is commonest in Slovenian, where rit is the 290th most used word.
Ass in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans esel/ˈɪə.səl/ donkey, ass #1,998
- Albanian bythën/byθən/ ass, butt #1,505
- Bengali গর্দভ/ɡɔɾd̪obʱ/ #1,318
- Bosnian dupe/dûpe/ #804
- Catalan rossa[ˈrɔ.sə] a horse, ass, or mule that is skinny, old,… #2,467
- Croatian dupe/dûpe/ #1,162
- Czech prdel[ˈpr̩dɛl] #1,092
- Danish røven[ˈʁœːʋən] bum, arse, ass #626
- English ass/æs/ Synonym of -ass #593
- Estonian perse/ˈperse/ arse, ass #556
- French cul/ky/ butt, bum, ass, arse #643
- Galician cu/ˈku/ ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks #902
- Hindi गधे/ɡə.d̪ʱeː/ donkey, ass #584
- Hungarian barom[ˈbɒrom] brute, ass, asshole, idiot #1,951
- Icelandic asni[ˈastnɪ] donkey, ass #643
- Indonesian pantat/ˈpantat̚/ arse, ass #1,449
- Italian culo/ˈku.lo/ ass, bottom, buttocks, butt, anus #605
- Lithuanian šikną[ˈʃʲɪknaː] ass, arse, butt #1,390
- Macedonian газ[ɡas] bottom, buttocks, ass, anus #971
- Malay pantat/ˈpantat/ arse, ass #1,993
- Norwegian rumpa/ˈrʊmpɑ/ arse, ass, butt, buttocks, bottom, bum #1,883
- Persian خر[xæɹ] donkey, ass #1,150
- Polish de/ˈdɛ/ ass, arse, butt #1,763
- Portuguese cu/ˈku/ buttocks; arse, ass, butt, bum #1,875
- Serbian dupe/dûpe/ #861
- Slovenian rit/rít/ ass; asshole #290
- Spanish culo/ˈkulo/ ass, arse, booty, rear, behind, butt, buttocks #848
- Tamil கழுதை/kɐɻʊd̪ɐɪ̯/ donkey, ass #260
- Turkish göt/ˈɟøt/ arse, ass #1,973
- Urdu گدھے/ɡə.d̪ʱeː/ jerk, ass! #1,281
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), 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.