How to say “authority” in 30 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 Telugu, where అమలు is the 181st most used word.
- Afrikaans gesag authority, power #1,195
- Arabic حكم to exercise authority, command, bid, to rule,… #1,403
- Armenian իշխանություն power, authority, rule #1,221
- Basque indar strength, authority #501
- Bengali প্রভাব influence, authority, power, dominance #830
- Bulgarian власт power, authority, influence #1,405
- Catalan autoritat #1,923
- Dutch rechten a right, competence, authority, privilege #2,022
- English officer One who has a position of authority in a… #734
- Esperanto rajton right, authority #2,143
- Estonian võim #1,406
- French empire influence, authority, dominion #2,342
- Galician autoridade #1,347
- Greek εξουσία authority, power #1,801
- Hebrew סמכות #2,331
- Hindi अधिकारी officer, one with authority #1,024
- Icelandic vald power, authority #1,149
- Indonesian kontrol control, influence or authority over something #1,577
- Italian sissignore "yessir!" in accepting an authority figure's,… #2,251
- Latvian iestādes institution, office, authority #2,367
- Lithuanian valdžia authority, power #1,034
- Malayalam അധികാരം #461
- Norwegian myndighetene #1,854
- Persian قدرت power, authority #335
- Russian власти authority, authorities, power #1,885
- Swedish bestämmer to decide from a position of authority #1,148
- Tagalog karapatan right; authority #585
- Tamil ஆணையம் commission, authority, board, council #1,658
- Telugu అమలు authority, reign, government #181
- Urdu اختیار power, authority, jurisdiction #555
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.