How to say “bring” in 45 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 Basque, where ekarri is the 142nd most used word.
- Afrikaans bring to bring; to deliver #186
- Albanian sjell to bring #443
- Arabic أحضر to bring #364
- Armenian բերել to bring, to fetch #442
- Basque ekarri to bring #142
- Bengali আনা to bring #555
- Bosnian nosi to carry, bring #698
- Bulgarian донеса to bring, to fetch, to carry, to waft, to… #1,035
- Catalan aixeca to lift up, lift, bring up, raise #1,141
- Chinese 造成 to bring about; to cause; to lead to #427
- Croatian nosi to carry, bring #782
- Czech přinést to bring #1,925
- Danish bragte to bring #1,849
- Dutch brengen to bring, to carry #372
- English create To bring into existence #1,626
- Esperanto alportis to bring, fetch #497
- Estonian tuua to bring #597
- Finnish vie to take away, take, bring away #336
- French ramener to take back, bring back, restore #1,103
- Galician trae to bring #970
- German bringen to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to… #281
- Hebrew הביא To bring #956
- Hindi लाने to bring #573
- Hungarian hoztam to bring, to carry #782
- Icelandic eyða to destroy, bring to nothing #2,267
- Indonesian bawa to carry, bring, take #264
- Italian portato to bring, fetch, take, carry #476
- Lithuanian atnešti to bring, to fetch #1,125
- Macedonian донесе to bring #429
- Malay kena to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be… #152
- Norwegian bringer to bring, fetch #1,980
- Persian آوردن to bring #775
- Polish przynieś to bring #1,718
- Portuguese trouxe #843
- Romanian aduc to bring #561
- Russian остановить to stop, to bring to stop #856
- Serbian nosi to carry, bring #689
- Slovak priniesť to bring #812
- Spanish traje to bring #827
- Swedish föra to move something or someone; to bring, to… #1,585
- Tagalog ibalik to return; to bring back #813
- Tamil கொண்டுவா to bring #1,374
- Ukrainian принести to bring, to fetch #1,014
- Urdu لانا to bring #1,952
- Vietnamese đưa to bring, to take, to give, to hand #149
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.