How to say “brave” in 36 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 Arabic, where أليس is the 77th most used word.
- Afrikaans dapper brave, courageous #925
- Albanian guximshëm daring, brave, courageous #1,910
- Arabic أليس #77
- Armenian խիզախ bold, courageous, brave #1,063
- Basque ausart daring, brave #1,375
- Bengali বাহাদুর skilful, valorous, brave #2,425
- Bosnian hrabar bold, courageous, brave #2,123
- Bulgarian смел brave, bold, courageous, audacious, daring #2,169
- Catalan valent valiant, brave, courageous #1,359
- Chinese 勇敢 brave; courageous; undaunted #557
- Croatian smio brave, bold, courageous #1,870
- Czech čelit to brave, confront, face something #2,483
- Danish modig brave, courageous #2,075
- Esperanto kuraĝa brave, courageous #1,014
- Estonian vapper brave, intrepid, courageous, valiant #1,269
- Georgian მამაცი adventurous, brave, doughty, gallant, game,… #865
- Hebrew אמיץ bold, brave, courageous #1,509
- Hindi बहादुर brave, valiant #1,259
- Hungarian bátor courageous, brave, valiant #1,622
- Icelandic hugrakkur brave, courageous, gallant #1,425
- Indonesian berani #557
- Latvian drošs brave, fearless, confident #462
- Lithuanian drąsus bold, brave, courageous #1,397
- Macedonian херој brave man, hero #707
- Malay berani #434
- Norwegian modig brave, courageous, bold #1,675
- Persian شجاع #1,272
- Romanian curajos courageous, brave #1,865
- Serbian hrabar bold, courageous, brave #2,080
- Slovak odvážny brave, courageous #1,790
- Slovenian pogumen #874
- Spanish valiente brave, courageous, fearless #1,897
- Swedish modig brave, courageous #2,127
- Tagalog matapang brave; courageous #1,141
- Turkish cesur bold, brave #1,197
- Urdu بہادر #599
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.