How to say “away” in 53 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.
“away” in German: weg · Italian: via · Portuguese: embora
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where đi is the 8th most used word.
Away in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans weg/vɛχ/ #95
- Albanian larg/ˈlaɾɡ/ far, far away, afar, away. in space or time #227
- Arabic عن/ʕan/ off, away from #22
- Armenian տար/tɑɾ/ to carry; to carry away or off, to take away;… #435
- Basque kendu/kendu/ to take away, to remove #182
- Bengali দান/d̪an/ act of giving, and of giving away #1,080
- Bosnian odvesti/odʋěsti/ to take, take away #761
- Bulgarian веднага[vɛdˈnaɡɐ] immediately; right away #213
- Catalan deixa/ˈdeʃə/ to leave away #203
- Chinese 拿走/nä³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to take something away #419
- Croatian odvesti/odʋěsti/ to take, take away #661
- Czech hned[ˈɦnɛt] immediately, right away #199
- Danish straks[ˈsd̥ʁɑɡ̊s] at once, immediately, straight away, right… #699
- Dutch die/di/ that; referring to a thing or a person… #23
- English out/ˈaʊ̯t/ Away from the inside or centre #50
- Esperanto for/for/ away, far, gone #163
- Estonian ära/ˈærɑ/ #22
- Finnish pois/ˈpoi̯s/ away, off #92
- French partir/paʁ.tiʁ/ to go away, leave, depart #249
- Galician parte/ˈpaɾte/ to go away, to leave, to depart #192
- Georgian ახლავე[äχɫäve̞] right away, right now, now, this instant #400
- German weg/vɛk/ #128
- Greek αμέσως/aˈme.sos/ immediately, at once, straight away #297
- Hebrew ברח/baˈʁaχ/ to run away #1,155
- Hindi भागने/bʱɑːɡ.neː/ to flee; run away; escape #2,103
- Hungarian azonnal[ˈɒzonːɒl] immediately, at once, right away #314
- Icelandic frá[frau] from, away from, about #39
- Indonesian meninggal/məˈniŋɡal/ to pass away #391
- Italian via/ˈvi.a/ #165
- Korean 작고[t͡ɕa̠k̚k͈o̞] death; passing away #1,163
- Latvian aiziet/ˈaiziet/ to leave, to go away, to escape #100
- Lithuanian šalin[ʃɐ²ˈlʲɪnˑ] away, aside, out #804
- Macedonian далеку[ˈdalɛku] far, far away #419
- Malay meninggal/mə.niŋ.ɡal/ to die; to pass away #510
- Malayalam കളയുക/kɐɭɐjuɡɐ/ to throw away #1,799
- Norwegian borte/ˈbʊʈə/ #234
- Persian دور[d̪uːɹ] #166
- Polish odejść/ˈɔ.dɛjɕt͡ɕ/ to leave; to go away; to walk away #813
- Portuguese embora/ẽˈbɔ.ɾɐ/ away; hence #220
- Romanian încolo/ɨnˈko.lo/ thither, away, that way #1,540
- Russian далеко[dəlʲɪˈko] far, far off, far away #704
- Serbian odvesti/odʋěsti/ to take, take away #882
- Slovak preč/ˈprɛt͡ʃ/ #162
- Slovenian od/ɔt/ from, away from #37
- Spanish lejos/ˈlexos/ far, far away #520
- Swedish bort/bɔʈː/ away, off #188
- Tagalog umalis/ʔumaˈlis/ to go away #79
- Tamil போ/poː/ to go, go away, proceed, depart #313
- Telugu త్రోయు/ˈtroːju/ to push aside or away #660
- Turkish kaçmak/kat͡ʃˈmak/ to run away, to escape #1,824
- Ukrainian геть[ɦɛtʲ] far away #417
- Urdu ابھی/əbʱiː/ immediately, right away, shortly, at once,… #120
- Vietnamese đi[ʔɗi˧˧] away; out of sight #8
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