How to say “attack” in 46 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.
- ataque/aˈtake/ Spanish
- هجوم/hu.d͡ʒuːm/ Arabic
- 공격[ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹k̚] Korean
- हमला/ɦəm.lɑː/ Hindi
- επίθεση/eˈpiθeˌsi/ Greek
- מכה/maˈka/ Hebrew
“attack” in Spanish: ataque · French: attaque · German: angriff · Italian: attacco · Portuguese: ataque · Korean: 공격 · Arabic: هجوم · Hindi: हमला
It is commonest in Urdu, where حملہ is the 193rd most used word.
Attack in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans hartaanval/ˈɦart.ɑːn.fal/ heart attack #1,622
- Albanian sulm/sulm/ attack, charge #835
- Arabic هجوم/hu.d͡ʒuːm/ #1,015
- Armenian հարձակում/hɑɾt͡sʰɑˈkum/ attack, assault #763
- Bengali হামলা/hamla/ #505
- Bosnian napad/nǎːpad/ attack, assault, aggression #719
- Bulgarian атака[ɐˈtakɐ] attack, assault, charge, storm #1,409
- Catalan atac[əˈtak] #687
- Chinese 回合/xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xɤ³⁵/ attack and counter-attack #1,887
- Croatian napad/nǎːpad/ attack, assault, aggression #761
- Czech útok[ˈuːtok] #1,306
- Danish angreb[ˈanˌɡ̊ʁɛˀb̥] to attack, assault #872
- Dutch aangevallen/ˈaːnɣəˌvɑlən/ to attack #1,623
- English weapon/ˈwɛp.ən/ An instrument of attack or defense in combat… #1,265
- Esperanto atakis/aˈtakis/ to attack #1,559
- Estonian ründama/ˈrynd̥ɑmɑ/ to attack #2,231
- French attaque/a.tak/ to attack #925
- Galician ataque/aˈtake/ to attack #924
- German angriff/ˈanˌɡʁɪf/ attack, offensive, strike, assault,… #1,535
- Greek επίθεση/eˈpiθeˌsi/ attack, offensive #795
- Hebrew מכה/maˈka/ an attack, an assault, a hit, a wound #939
- Hindi हमला/ɦəm.lɑː/ attack, assault #495
- Hungarian támadás[ˈtaːmɒdaːʃ] #1,732
- Icelandic árás[ˈauː.rauːs] attack, assault #656
- Indonesian senjata/sənˈd͡ʒa.ta/ an instrument of attack or defense in combat… #324
- Italian attacco/atˈtak.ko/ attack, assault #1,129
- Korean 공격[ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjʌ̹k̚] #861
- Latvian uzbrukt/ˈuzbrukt/ to attack #1,767
- Macedonian напад[ˈnapat] attack, assault #533
- Malay menyerang/məɲəˈraŋ/ to attack; to assault; to strike #597
- Malayalam അറ്റാക്ക്/ɐrraːkkɨ/ heart attack #522
- Norwegian angrep/ˈɑŋˌɡreːp/ to attack #916
- Persian حمله[hæm.lé] #237
- Polish atak/ˈa.tak/ #1,333
- Portuguese ataque/aˈta.ki/ to attack #765
- Romanian atac[aˈtak] #932
- Serbian napad/nǎːpad/ attack, assault, aggression #757
- Slovenian napad/napát/ #325
- Spanish ataque/aˈtake/ #904
- Swedish anfall/ˈanfal/ attack, assault #2,390
- Tagalog dale/ˈdale/ unprovoked attack #1,074
- Tamil தாக்குதல்/t̪ɑːkːʊd̪ɐl/ #547
- Telugu దాడి/daːɖi/ #242
- Turkish saldırı/saɫ.dɯˈɾɯ/ attack, invasion #1,078
- Ukrainian напад[ˈnapɐd] attack, assault #1,762
- Urdu حملہ/ɦəm.lɑ(ː)/ attack; invasion; assault #193
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