How to say “attention” in 48 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 Tagalog, where hoy is the 94th most used word.
- Albanian intereson to attract attention #413
- Arabic انتباه verbal noun of اِنْتَبَهَ: attention #1,847
- Armenian ահա an interjection used to draw attention to… #104
- Basque arreta attention, care, consideration #482
- Bengali মনোযোগ #494
- Bosnian pažnja #1,833
- Bulgarian внимание #638
- Catalan escolta to listen to, to pay attention to #233
- Chinese 注意 to pay attention to; to take note of; to… #123
- Croatian pozornost #1,481
- Czech pozor #436
- Danish opmærksomhed attention, acuity, attentiveness #1,445
- Dutch let to pay attention, to mind #853
- English hey An exclamation to get attention #102
- Esperanto atentu to pay attention #263
- Estonian tähelepanu #581
- Finnish huomio #2,152
- Galician escoita to listen, to pay attention #471
- Georgian აი Used to draw attention to, or to point out,… #108
- German he An exclamation to get attention; hey #475
- Greek προσοχή attention, be careful, watch out #686
- Hindi ध्यान attention, focus #306
- Hungarian figyelmet #2,309
- Icelandic athygli attention, alertness #825
- Indonesian perhatian #726
- Italian attenzione #639
- Korean 주의 attention; caution #899
- Latvian ei used to stimulate somebody's attention #175
- Lithuanian dėmesio pay attention! attention! #391
- Macedonian внимание #536
- Malay perhatian #515
- Malayalam ശ്രദ്ധ attention, mind's focus #419
- Norwegian oppmerksomhet attention, attentiveness #1,751
- Persian توجه attention; regard #368
- Polish uwagę #771
- Portuguese atenção #603
- Russian внимание #632
- Serbian pažnja #1,702
- Slovak pozor #233
- Slovenian pozornost #592
- Spanish atención #686
- Swedish inför in front of, before; while having the… #707
- Tagalog hoy expression used to call the attention of… #94
- Tamil ஏ exclamation inviting attention #202
- Telugu శ్రద్ధ attention, care #431
- Turkish dikkat #305
- Urdu توجہ attention, care #300
- Vietnamese nè particle demanding attention to something;… #605
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.