How to say “bridge” in 41 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 Malayalam, where പാലം is the 565th most used word.
- Afrikaans brug bridge, a structure used to cross a gap or a… #843
- Albanian ura #1,684
- Arabic جسر #1,925
- Basque zubia #1,029
- Bengali পুল #1,615
- Bosnian most #1,565
- Bulgarian моста #2,066
- Catalan pont a bridge #945
- Croatian most #1,651
- Czech most #2,296
- Danish broen #1,674
- Dutch brug #1,500
- French pont #1,502
- Galician ponte #843
- Georgian ხიდი #1,149
- German brücke #1,582
- Greek γέφυρα #1,322
- Hebrew גשר #1,997
- Hindi पुल #1,567
- Icelandic brúna #1,640
- Italian ponte #1,750
- Korean 다리 #568
- Latvian tilta #2,482
- Lithuanian tiltas #1,931
- Macedonian мост #2,183
- Malay jambatan #1,130
- Malayalam പാലം #565
- Norwegian broen #1,922
- Persian پل #891
- Portuguese ponte #1,565
- Romanian pod #1,919
- Serbian most #1,668
- Slovak most #1,203
- Slovenian most #679
- Spanish puente #1,618
- Swedish bron a bridge #2,274
- Tagalog tulay #1,900
- Telugu వంతెన #1,309
- Turkish köprü #2,381
- Ukrainian міст #2,487
- Urdu پل #743
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.