How to say “care” in 49 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 Malay, where kasih is the 69th most used word.
- Afrikaans sorg care; worry; concern #310
- Albanian kujdesem to take care of #698
- Arabic رعاية care, support, custody #1,536
- Armenian հոգ #431
- Basque zaindu to take care, look after #318
- Bengali যত্ন care, attention #581
- Bosnian smeta to mind, care about #789
- Catalan cura #953
- Chinese 不在乎 not to care; not to mind #357
- Croatian smeta to mind, care about #813
- Czech postarat to take care #1,487
- Danish hensyn care, concern, consideration, regard, respect #2,185
- Dutch zorgen #258
- English careful Taking care; attentive to potential danger,… #655
- Esperanto zorgojn #1,512
- Estonian ravi care, cure #1,218
- Finnish hoitaa to nurse, care for, take care of, look after #587
- French soin #1,012
- Galician quérote I love you; I care about you #1,499
- German sorgen concern, care, responsibility, aid #420
- Greek νοιάζει to care for #532
- Hebrew אכפת Used to indicate someone's care or concern… #224
- Hindi परवाह care, heed, notice #456
- Hungarian tőlem for all I care #450
- Icelandic vanda to do something with care and effort, to take… #624
- Indonesian peduli to care #279
- Italian cura #647
- Korean 조심 caution, care #897
- Lithuanian saugoti to protect, take care of, preserve #1,085
- Macedonian грижи care, concern, worry #265
- Malay kasih love, care, affection #69
- Malayalam ചികിത്സ treatment, medical care #1,003
- Norwegian pleide to nurse, care for, look after, take care of #931
- Polish uważaj to watch out, to take care, to look out #683
- Portuguese cuidado to take care; to look after #380
- Romanian care-i contraction of care + îi #599
- Russian заботиться to care, to take care, to look after #2,413
- Serbian smeta to mind, care about #776
- Slovak starostlivosť #1,410
- Slovenian briga #353
- Spanish cuidado to look after, take care of #378
- Swedish sköta to manage, to take care of, to care for, to… #1,371
- Tagalog pakialam care; concern; sympathy #345
- Tamil கவலை care, anxiety, solicitude #240
- Telugu శ్రద్ధ attention, care #431
- Turkish bakım care, attention, maintenance, upkeep #2,439
- Ukrainian увага #1,194
- Urdu توجہ attention, care #300
- Vietnamese quản to care #888
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.