How to say “calm” in 39 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 Bengali, where শান্ত is the 246th most used word.
- Albanian qetësohem to calm down, to quiet down #2,414
- Arabic هادئ calm, restful, quiet, tranquil #1,412
- Basque lasaitu to calm down, to simmer down #327
- Bengali শান্ত quiet, calm #246
- Bulgarian спокойствие quiet, silence, calm #1,938
- Catalan tranquil tranquil, calm #454
- Chinese 冷靜 sober; calm #2,007
- Croatian smiriti to calm, soothe, pacify #2,298
- Danish rolig calm, quiet, peaceful #341
- Dutch kalm calm, tranquil, free of noise and disturbance #1,305
- English whoa Stop; calm down; slow down #501
- Esperanto trankviliĝu to calm down, quiet down #460
- Finnish rauhoitu to calm down, relax, unwind, get ahold of… #635
- French calme to calm, pacify, soothe #589
- Galician tranquilo calm, tranquil #920
- Georgian სიჩუმე calm, hush, quiet, quietness, quietude,… #1,125
- German ruhe calm, relative quietness #462
- Greek ηρέμησε to calm down #630
- Hebrew רגוע relaxed, calm #1,328
- Hungarian nyugodt calm, peaceful, tranquil #2,246
- Icelandic kyrr still, calm #339
- Indonesian tenang calm, motionless #295
- Italian tranquillo calm, sober, tranquil #1,030
- Latvian mierā peace, tranquility, calm, quiet, rest #493
- Lithuanian ramus #1,147
- Macedonian смири to appease, calm down #408
- Malay tenang calm, composed, still, collected,… #447
- Norwegian rolig calm, quiet, peaceful #413
- Persian آرام quiet, calm, tranquil, relaxed #1,265
- Polish spokój calm, calmness, peace, tranquility #334
- Portuguese calma #425
- Romanian ho Used to calm or stop a domestic animal,… #1,782
- Slovenian pogovoriti to calm by talking #341
- Spanish tranquilo calm, peaceful, tranquil, quiet #794
- Swedish lugnt calm, tranquil #373
- Tagalog mahinahon #1,803
- Turkish sakin #296
- Ukrainian заспокойся calm down, remain calm #925
- Vietnamese an calm; peaceful; comfortable; at ease; safe #327
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.