How to say “attention” in 48 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.
- atención/atenˈθjon/ Spanish
- внимание[vnʲɪˈmanʲɪje] Russian
- 주의[t͡ɕuɰi] Korean
- ध्यान/d̪ʱjɑːn/ Hindi
- προσοχή/pɾosoˈçi/ Greek
- মনোযোগ/mɔnod͡ʒoɡ/ Bengali
“attention” in Spanish: atención · Italian: attenzione · Portuguese: atenção · Korean: 주의 · Russian: внимание · Hindi: ध्यान · Turkish: dikkat · Greek: προσοχή
It is commonest in Slovak, where pozor is the 233rd most used word.
Attention in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian intereson/intɛɾɛsɔn/ to attract attention #413
- Arabic انتباه/in.ti.baːh/ verbal noun of اِنْتَبَهَ: attention #1,847
- Armenian ահա/ɑˈhɑ/ an interjection used to draw attention to… #104
- Basque arreta/areta/ attention, care, consideration #482
- Bengali মনোযোগ/mɔnod͡ʒoɡ/ #494
- Bosnian pažnja/pǎʒɲa/ #1,833
- Bulgarian внимание[vniˈmaniɛ] #638
- Catalan escolta[əsˈkol.tə] to listen to, to pay attention to #233
- Chinese 注意/ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/ to pay attention to; to take note of; to… #123
- Croatian pozornost/pozǒːrnoːst/ #1,481
- Czech pozor[ˈpozor] #436
- Danish opmærksomhed/ʌbˈmæɐ̯ɡsʌmˌheðˀ/ attention, acuity, attentiveness #1,445
- Dutch let/ˈlɛt/ to pay attention, to mind #853
- English hey/heɪ/ An exclamation to get attention #102
- Esperanto atentu/aˈtentu/ to pay attention #263
- Estonian tähelepanu/ˈtæheleˌpɑnu/ #581
- Finnish huomio/ˈhuo̯mio/ #2,152
- Galician escoita/esˈkojta/ to listen, to pay attention #471
- Georgian აი[äi] Used to draw attention to, or to point out,… #108
- German he/he/ An exclamation to get attention; hey #475
- Greek προσοχή/pɾosoˈçi/ attention, be careful, watch out #686
- Hindi ध्यान/d̪ʱjɑːn/ attention, focus #306
- Hungarian figyelmet[ˈfiɟɛlmɛt] #2,309
- Icelandic athygli[ˈaːt.hɪklɪ] attention, alertness #825
- Indonesian perhatian/pərhaˈtian/ #726
- Italian attenzione/at.tenˈt͡sjo.ne/ #639
- Korean 주의[t͡ɕuɰi] attention; caution #899
- Latvian ei/ˈei/ used to stimulate somebody's attention #175
- Lithuanian dėmesio[²ˈdʲeːmʲɛsʲo̟ː] pay attention! attention! #391
- Macedonian внимание[vniˈmani(j)ɛ] #536
- Malay perhatian/pərˈhatian/ #515
- Malayalam ശ്രദ്ധ/ʃrɐd̪d̪(ʱ)ɐ/ attention, mind's focus #419
- Norwegian oppmerksomhet/ɔpˈmærksɔmˌheːt/ attention, attentiveness #1,751
- Persian توجه[t̪ʰæ.væd.d͡ʒoʱ] attention; regard #368
- Polish uwagę/uˈva.ɡɛ/ #771
- Portuguese atenção/a.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ #603
- Russian внимание[vnʲɪˈmanʲɪje] #632
- Serbian pažnja/pǎʒɲa/ #1,702
- Slovak pozor/ˈpozor/ #233
- Slovenian pozornost/pɔzòːrnɔst/ #592
- Spanish atención/atenˈθjon/ #686
- Swedish inför/ɪnˈfœ̞ːr/ in front of, before; while having the… #707
- Tagalog hoy/ˈhoj/ expression used to call the attention of… #94
- Tamil ஏ/eː/ exclamation inviting attention #202
- Telugu శ్రద్ధ/ˈɕraddʰa/ attention, care #431
- Turkish dikkat/dik.kätʲ/ #305
- Urdu توجہ/t̪ə.ʋəd̪.d͡ʒʊ(ɦ)/ attention, care #300
- Vietnamese nè[nɛ˨˩] particle demanding attention to something;… #605
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