How to say “blow” in 31 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.
- ضربة/dˤar.ba/ Arabic
- פגיעה/pɡiˈʔa/ Hebrew
- আঘাত/aɡʱat̪/ Bengali
- ஊது/uːd̪ɯ/ Tamil
- కొట్టు/koʈːu/ Telugu
- удар[ʊˈdar] Ukrainian
“blow” in Italian: colpo · Portuguese: golpe · Arabic: ضربة · Turkish: darbe
It is commonest in Bengali, where আঘাত is the 302nd most used word.
Blow in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic ضربة/dˤar.ba/ a blow, a stroke, a hit #866
- Armenian բախ/bɑχ/ stroke, blow #1,641
- Bengali আঘাত/aɡʱat̪/ blow, strike, hit #302
- Bulgarian удар[ˈudɐr] hit, blow, clout, stroke, punch #850
- Catalan cop[ˈkɔp] hit, blow, strike #201
- Chinese 爆炸/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/ to explode; to blow up #401
- Danish sprænge[ˈsb̥ʁaŋə] to blow up, to cause to explode #2,373
- Dutch slag/slɑx/ a blow, knock, strike #1,066
- English hit/hɪt/ To administer a blow to, directly or with a… #399
- Esperanto blovas/ˈblovas/ to blow #2,400
- Georgian უბერავს[ube̞ɾäfs] to puff, to blow #1,536
- Greek χτύπημα/ˈxti.pi.ma/ rap, blow, knock #1,475
- Hebrew פגיעה/pɡiˈʔa/ a blow, a strike, a hit #1,638
- Hindi लात/lɑːt̪/ kick, blow given from the foot #1,176
- Icelandic högg[ˈhœk(ː)] hit, stroke, blow #1,361
- Italian colpo/ˈkol.po/ blow, knock, shock #836
- Korean 충격[t͡ɕʰuŋɡjʌ̹k̚] A blow or impact, especially from an object… #1,811
- Macedonian удар[ˈudar] hit, blow, strike, kick, punch, cuff #648
- Norwegian blåser/ˈbloːsər/ to blow #1,168
- Persian ضربه[zæɹ.bé] stroke, blow, strike #510
- Portuguese golpe/ˈɡɔw.pi/ #2,120
- Romanian lovitură/ˌloviˈtuɾə/ a hit, blow, kick #1,336
- Russian удар[ʊˈdar] hit, blow, strike, kick, punch, cuff #1,292
- Spanish golpe/ˈɡolpe/ hit, blow, strike #1,251
- Tagalog suntok/sunˈtok/ punch; box; blow with a fist #1,198
- Tamil ஊது/uːd̪ɯ/ to blow #1,219
- Telugu కొట్టు/koʈːu/ a blow, a stroke, a strike #582
- Turkish darbe/ˈdaɾ.be/ blow, strike #2,106
- Ukrainian удар[ʊˈdar] blow, hit, strike, stroke #1,037
- Urdu چوٹ/t͡ʃoːʈ/ hit; blow; attack #459
- Vietnamese thổi[tʰoj˧˩] to blow #1,319
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.