How to say “bring” in 45 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.
- traje/ˈtɾaxe/ Spanish
- أحضر/ʔaħdˤara/ Arabic
- लाने/lɑː.neː/ Hindi
- הביא/heˈvi/ Hebrew
- բերել/beˈɾel/ Armenian
- আনা/ana/ Bengali
“bring” in Spanish: traje · German: bringen · Italian: portato · Portuguese: trouxe · Arabic: أحضر · Hindi: लाने
It is commonest in Basque, where ekarri is the 142nd most used word.
Bring in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans bring/brəŋ/ to bring; to deliver #186
- Albanian sjell/sjɛɫ/ to bring #443
- Arabic أحضر/ʔaħdˤara/ to bring #364
- Armenian բերել/beˈɾel/ to bring, to fetch #442
- Basque ekarri/ekari/ to bring #142
- Bengali আনা/ana/ to bring #555
- Bosnian nosi/ˈnosɪ/ to carry, bring #698
- Bulgarian донеса[donɛˈsɤ] to bring, to fetch, to carry, to waft, to… #1,035
- Catalan aixeca/əˈʃekə/ to lift up, lift, bring up, raise #1,141
- Chinese 造成/t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ to bring about; to cause; to lead to #427
- Croatian nosi/ˈnosɪ/ to carry, bring #782
- Czech přinést[ˈpr̝̊ɪnɛːst] to bring #1,925
- Danish bragte/brakte/ to bring #1,849
- Dutch brengen/ˈbrɛŋə(n)/ to bring, to carry #372
- English create/kɹiːˈeɪt/ To bring into existence #1,626
- Esperanto alportis/alˈportis/ to bring, fetch #497
- Estonian tuua/tuːɑ̯/ to bring #597
- Finnish vie/ˈʋie̯/ to take away, take, bring away #336
- French ramener/ʁa.m(ə).ne/ to take back, bring back, restore #1,103
- Galician trae/ˈtɾae/ to bring #970
- German bringen/ˈbrɪŋən/ to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to… #281
- Hebrew הביא/heˈvi/ To bring #956
- Hindi लाने/lɑː.neː/ to bring #573
- Hungarian hoztam[ˈhostɒm] to bring, to carry #782
- Icelandic eyða[ˈeiːða] to destroy, bring to nothing #2,267
- Indonesian bawa/ˈbawa/ to carry, bring, take #264
- Italian portato/porˈtato/ to bring, fetch, take, carry #476
- Lithuanian atnešti/atˈnʲɛʃʲtʲɪ/ to bring, to fetch #1,125
- Macedonian донесе[ˈdɔnɛsɛ] to bring #429
- Malay kena/kəˈna/ to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be… #152
- Norwegian bringer/ˈbrɪŋər/ to bring, fetch #1,980
- Persian آوردن[ʔɒː.væɹ.d̪ǽn] to bring #775
- Polish przynieś/ˈpʂɘ.ɲɛɕ/ to bring #1,718
- Portuguese trouxe/ˈtɾo(w).si/ #843
- Romanian aduc/aˈduk/ to bring #561
- Russian остановить[ɐstənɐˈvʲitʲ] to stop, to bring to stop #856
- Serbian nosi/ˈnosɪ/ to carry, bring #689
- Slovak priniesť/priɲɪ̯esc/ to bring #812
- Spanish traje/ˈtɾaxe/ to bring #827
- Swedish föra/ˈføːra/ to move something or someone; to bring, to… #1,585
- Tagalog ibalik/ʔibaˈlik/ to return; to bring back #813
- Tamil கொண்டுவா/koɳɖʊʋɑː/ to bring #1,374
- Ukrainian принести[preneˈstɪ] to bring, to fetch #1,014
- Urdu لانا/lɑː.nɑː/ to bring #1,952
- Vietnamese đưa[ʔɗɨə˧˧] to bring, to take, to give, to hand #149
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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