How to say “bag” in 37 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.
- bolsa/ˈbolsa/ Spanish
- حقيبة/ħa.qiː.ba/ Arabic
- 袋子/taɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥ɹ̩¹/ Chinese
- 가방[ka̠ba̠ŋ] Korean
- बैग/bɛːɡ/ Hindi
- τσάντα/ˈt͡san.da/ Greek
“bag” in Spanish: bolsa · French: sac · German: tasche · Portuguese: saco · Chinese: 袋子 · Korean: 가방 · Arabic: حقيبة · Hindi: बैग
It is commonest in Malayalam, where ബാഗ് is the 344th most used word.
Bag in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian çantë/tʃantə/ #1,226
- Arabic حقيبة/ħa.qiː.ba/ #795
- Basque poltsa/polt͡s̺a/ #600
- Bengali ব্যাগ/bæɡ/ #574
- Bulgarian чанта[ˈt͡ʃa̟ntɐ] #1,983
- Catalan bossa[ˈbo.sə] bag, pouch #1,081
- Chinese 袋子/taɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥ɹ̩¹/ bag; pouch; sack #956
- Danish taske/ˈtasɡə/ #1,459
- Dutch tas/tɑs/ #1,167
- English pocket/ˈpɒk.ɪt/ A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used… #1,882
- Estonian kott/kotʲː/ #1,197
- French sac/sak/ bag, sack #710
- Galician bolsa/ˈbolsa/ #1,623
- German tasche/ˈtaʃə/ #1,093
- Greek τσάντα/ˈt͡san.da/ bag, purse, handbag #958
- Hebrew תיק/tik/ bag, satchel #825
- Hindi बैग/bɛːɡ/ #884
- Icelandic poka[ˈpʰɔːka] to bag #1,423
- Italian sacco/ˈsak.ko/ sack, bag #497
- Korean 가방[ka̠ba̠ŋ] bag; briefcase #664
- Latvian soma[ˈsūɔ̄ma] bag, pack #2,208
- Macedonian торба[ˈtɔrba] #1,517
- Malay beg[bɛʔ] A bag #516
- Malayalam ബാഗ്/bäːɡɨ̆/ #344
- Persian کیف[kʰʲiːf] #1,979
- Portuguese saco/ˈsa.ku/ bag; sack #1,242
- Romanian sac/ˈsak/ sack, bag #2,107
- Slovak vrece/vret͡se/ #1,921
- Slovenian torba/tóːrba/ #1,306
- Spanish bolsa/ˈbolsa/ #1,190
- Swedish väskan/ˈvɛskan/ a bag #1,628
- Tagalog bag/ˈbaɡ/ ladies' bag; handbag #883
- Tamil பை/pɐɪ̯/ bag, sack, satchel, purse #898
- Telugu సంచులు/ˈsanculu/ a purse, bag, sack #1,354
- Turkish çanta/ˈt͡ʃan.ta/ #2,132
- Ukrainian пакет[pɐˈkɛt] small bag, parcel #2,157
- Vietnamese túi[tuj˧˦] #818
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.