How to say “call” in 51 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 Tagalog, where hoy is the 94th most used word.
- Afrikaans noem to call, to name #267
- Albanian ej a call for attention. hey!, oi! #417
- Arabic أذكر to remind, to call to mind #922
- Armenian կանչ call, summons; appeal #1,206
- Basque deitu to call, summon #112
- Bengali ডাকা to call, to call for #892
- Bosnian zove to call, to be called #338
- Bulgarian сигнал signal, call #1,262
- Chinese 想到 to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate;… #221
- Croatian zove to call, to be called #357
- Czech zavolat to call #688
- Danish ringer To call, to telephone #368
- Dutch noemen to call, to name #618
- English ho halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or… #1,595
- Esperanto nomas to name, to call #711
- Estonian väljakutse #1,607
- Finnish vaatii to demand, insist, call for, order #1,332
- French appelle to call #246
- Galician chama to call; to refer to #528
- Georgian უწოდებს to call, to name #1,380
- German ruf to call out, to shout, to cry #653
- Greek κλήση #1,297
- Hebrew התקשר to phone, call someone on a telephone #783
- Hindi आवाज़ voice; call, cry #1,289
- Hungarian hívják to call #602
- Icelandic kalla to call, name, refer to #323
- Indonesian panggil to call #651
- Italian ecco used as an affirmative response to a call or… #185
- Korean 콜 #1,044
- Latvian sauc to call, to cry #183
- Macedonian повик #695
- Malay menelefon to call #966
- Malayalam വിളി #648
- Norwegian kaller to call, name #506
- Persian صدا sound, call, voice #369
- Polish nazywa to call, to name #601
- Portuguese chamar to call; to summon #700
- Romanian apel #1,126
- Russian зовут to call #341
- Serbian zove to call, to be called #341
- Slovak volá to call #293
- Slovenian klic #376
- Spanish llama to summon, to call #414
- Swedish kallar to call, denote, refer to; to give as a name #541
- Tagalog hoy expression used to call the attention of… #94
- Tamil அழைப்பு invitation, call #154
- Telugu పిలుపు A call #1,322
- Turkish çağrı call; announcement #2,145
- Ukrainian звати to call #564
- Urdu پکار cry, call #1,483
- Vietnamese gọi to call or hail #151
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.