How to say “buy” in 43 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 erosi is the 271st most used word.
- Afrikaans koop To buy #330
- Arabic اشترى to buy, to purchase #2,173
- Armenian գնում to buy, to purchase #304
- Basque erosi to buy #271
- Bengali কেনা to buy, to purchase #1,465
- Bosnian kupiti to buy, purchase #966
- Bulgarian повярвам to believe, swallow, buy #471
- Catalan comprar to buy #652
- Croatian kupiti to buy, purchase #773
- Czech koupit to buy #928
- Danish købe #581
- Dutch gekocht to buy, purchase #1,056
- Esperanto aĉeti to buy; to purchase #557
- Estonian osta to buy #615
- Finnish ostaa to buy, purchase #888
- French acheter to purchase; buy #712
- Galician mercar to buy #847
- Georgian ვიყიდეთ to buy #1,199
- German kaufen to buy, to purchase #740
- Greek αγοράσω to buy, to purchase #1,604
- Hebrew קנה to buy, to purchase #1,153
- Icelandic kaupa to buy #415
- Indonesian membeli to buy, to obtain in exchange for money or… #538
- Italian comprare to buy #1,136
- Lithuanian pirkti to buy #1,308
- Macedonian купи to buy, purchase #753
- Malay beli to buy #572
- Malayalam വാങ്ങുക to receive, buy #1,814
- Norwegian kjøpe to buy, to purchase #560
- Polish kupić to buy #951
- Portuguese comprar to buy #656
- Romanian cumpărat to buy, purchase #980
- Russian купить to buy, to purchase #879
- Serbian kupiti to buy, purchase #1,182
- Slovak kúpiť to buy #534
- Slovenian kupiti to buy #589
- Spanish comprar to buy #808
- Swedish handlar to shop, buy #438
- Tagalog bumili to buy #469
- Tamil வாங்கு to buy, purchase #2,187
- Ukrainian купити to buy, to purchase #901
- Urdu خریدنا to buy, to purchase #1,731
- Vietnamese mua to buy; to purchase #422
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.