How to say “buy” in 43 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.
- comprar/komˈpɾaɾ/ Spanish
- купить[kʊˈpʲitʲ] Russian
- اشترى/iʃ.ta.raː/ Arabic
- αγοράσω/ˌaɣoˈraso/ Greek
- קנה/kaˈna/ Hebrew
- ვიყიდეთ[viχʼide̞tʰ] Georgian
“buy” in Spanish: comprar · German: kaufen · Italian: comprare · Portuguese: comprar · Russian: купить · Arabic: اشترى · Greek: αγοράσω
It is commonest in Basque, where erosi is the 271st most used word.
Buy in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans koop/kʊə̯p/ To buy #330
- Arabic اشترى/iʃ.ta.raː/ to buy, to purchase #2,173
- Armenian գնում/ɡəˈnum/ to buy, to purchase #304
- Basque erosi/eɾos̺i/ to buy #271
- Bengali কেনা/ke.na/ to buy, to purchase #1,465
- Bosnian kupiti/kǔːpiti/ to buy, purchase #966
- Bulgarian повярвам[poˈvʲa̟rvɐm] to believe, swallow, buy #471
- Catalan comprar[kumˈpɾa] to buy #652
- Croatian kupiti/kǔːpiti/ to buy, purchase #773
- Czech koupit[ˈkou̯pɪt] to buy #928
- Danish købe[ˈkʰøːb̥ə] #581
- Dutch gekocht/ɣə.ˈkɔxt/ to buy, purchase #1,056
- Esperanto aĉeti/aˈt͡ʃeti/ to buy; to purchase #557
- Estonian osta/ˈostɑ/ to buy #615
- Finnish ostaa/ˈostɑːˣ/ to buy, purchase #888
- French acheter/aʃ.te/ to purchase; buy #712
- Galician mercar/meɾˈkaɾ/ to buy #847
- Georgian ვიყიდეთ[viχʼide̞tʰ] to buy #1,199
- German kaufen[ˈkaʊ̯fn̩] to buy, to purchase #740
- Greek αγοράσω/ˌaɣoˈraso/ to buy, to purchase #1,604
- Hebrew קנה/kaˈna/ to buy, to purchase #1,153
- Icelandic kaupa[ˈkʰœiːpa] to buy #415
- Indonesian membeli/məmbəˈli/ to buy, to obtain in exchange for money or… #538
- Italian comprare/komˈpra.re/ to buy #1,136
- Lithuanian pirkti[²ˈpʲɪrʲˑktʲɪ] to buy #1,308
- Macedonian купи[ˈkupi] to buy, purchase #753
- Malay beli/bəˈli/ to buy #572
- Malayalam വാങ്ങുക/ʋaːŋŋuɡɐ/ to receive, buy #1,814
- Norwegian kjøpe/ˈçøːpə/ to buy, to purchase #560
- Polish kupić/ˈku.pit͡ɕ/ to buy #951
- Portuguese comprar/kõˈpɾa(ʁ)/ to buy #656
- Romanian cumpărat/ˌkumpəˈɾat/ to buy, purchase #980
- Russian купить[kʊˈpʲitʲ] to buy, to purchase #879
- Serbian kupiti/kǔːpiti/ to buy, purchase #1,182
- Slovak kúpiť/kuːpic/ to buy #534
- Slovenian kupiti/kupìːti/ to buy #589
- Spanish comprar/komˈpɾaɾ/ to buy #808
- Swedish handlar/ˈhandlar/ to shop, buy #438
- Tagalog bumili/bumiˈli/ to buy #469
- Tamil வாங்கு/ʋɑːŋɡɯ/ to buy, purchase #2,187
- Ukrainian купити[kʊˈpɪte] to buy, to purchase #901
- Urdu خریدنا/xə.ɾiːd̪.nɑː/ to buy, to purchase #1,731
- Vietnamese mua[muə˧˧] to buy; to purchase #422
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 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.