How to say “attempt” in 42 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.
- محاولة/mu.ħaː.wa.la/ Arabic
- 시도[ˈɕʰi(ː)do̞] Korean
- प्रयास/pɾə.jɑːs/ Hindi
- προσπαθώ/pɾo.spaˈθo/ Greek
- চেষ্টা/t͡ʃeʃʈa/ Bengali
- ശ്രമം/ʃrɐmɐm/ Malayalam
“attempt” in French: tente · Italian: tentativo · Korean: 시도 · Arabic: محاولة · Hindi: प्रयास · Greek: προσπαθώ
It is commonest in Bengali, where চেষ্টা is the 124th most used word.
Attempt in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic محاولة/mu.ħaː.wa.la/ attempt, trial #483
- Armenian փորձել/pʰoɾˈt͡sʰel/ to try, to attempt #327
- Basque saiatu/s̺ai̯atu/ to try, to attempt #180
- Bengali চেষ্টা/t͡ʃeʃʈa/ attempt, endeavour, effort, enterprise #124
- Bosnian pokušaj/pôkuʃaːj/ attempt, try #796
- Bulgarian опит[ˈɔpit] attempt, try #788
- Catalan intentar[in.tənˈta] to try, to attempt #674
- Chinese 妄想/wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to vainly hope to; to attempt in vain #2,367
- Croatian pokušaj/pôkuʃaːj/ attempt, try #763
- Czech zkusit[ˈskusɪt] to try, to attempt #934
- Dutch probeer/proːˈbɪr/ to try, to attempt #355
- English try/tɹɑj/ To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by… #248
- Esperanto provu/ˈprovu/ to try, attempt #441
- Estonian proovida/ˈproːvid̥ɑ/ to try, to attempt #871
- Finnish yritän/ˈyrɪtæn/ to try, attempt, endeavour/endeavor #362
- French tente/tɑ̃t/ to attempt #1,938
- German versuchen/fɛɐ̯ˈzuːxən/ to try, to attempt #470
- Greek προσπαθώ/pɾo.spaˈθo/ to attempt, try #551
- Hebrew ניסה/niˈsa/ to try, to attempt #729
- Hindi प्रयास/pɾə.jɑːs/ attempt, try, effort, endeavor #1,098
- Icelandic reyna[ˈreiːna] to try, attempt #159
- Indonesian mencoba/məntˈʃoba/ to attempt; to endeavour #203
- Italian tentativo/ten.taˈti.vo/ attempt, try, effort, shot, endeavour/endeavor #2,188
- Korean 시도[ˈɕʰi(ː)do̞] #1,614
- Lithuanian pabandyti[pɐbɐnʲ¹ˈdʲiːtʲɪ] to try, to attempt #949
- Macedonian обиди[ˈɔbidi] try, attempt #895
- Malay serangan/səˈraŋan/ an attempt to cause damage, injury to, or… #488
- Malayalam ശ്രമം/ʃrɐmɐm/ #570
- Norwegian forsøk/ˈfɔˌʂøːk/ to attempt, try #1,311
- Persian سعی[sæʔj] try, attempt #436
- Polish staram/ˈsta.ram/ to attempt, to try #1,234
- Portuguese tentar/tẽˈta(ʁ)/ to try, go for, attempt #206
- Romanian încerca/ɨn.t͡ʃerˈka/ to try, to attempt #684
- Russian попробовать[pɐˈprobəvətʲ] to test, to attempt, to try #1,145
- Serbian pokušaj/pôkuʃaːj/ attempt, try #758
- Slovak pokus/pɔkus/ try, attempt #792
- Slovenian poskusiti/pɔskùːsiti/ to try, attempt #671
- Spanish intentando/ˌintenˈtando/ to try, to attempt; especially: to strain or… #882
- Swedish försöker/ˈfœʂøːkɛr/ to attempt, to try #230
- Tagalog subukan/suˈbukan/ to try; to attempt; to try out #386
- Tamil முயற்சி/mʊjɐrtʃiː/ effort, exertion, attempt, activity,… #111
- Ukrainian спробувати[ˈsprɔbʊʋɐte] to try, to attempt #946
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).
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