How to say “certainly” in 45 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.
- claro/ˈklaɾo/ Spanish
- ज़रूर/zə.ɾuːɾ/ Hindi
- σίγουρα/ˈsi.ɣu.ɾa/ Greek
- নিশ্চিত/niʃt͡ʃit̪o/ Bengali
- ஒன்றாக/onrɑːɡɐ/ Tamil
- తప్పక/ˈtappaka/ Telugu
“certainly” in Spanish: claro · Italian: certo · Portuguese: certamente · Hindi: ज़रूर · Turkish: kesinlikle · Greek: σίγουρα
It is commonest in Czech, where no is the 46th most used word.
Certainly in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans darem/ˈdɑː.rəm/ certainly, indeed, really, at least #378
- Armenian հաստատ/hɑsˈtɑt/ surely, certainly #220
- Bengali নিশ্চিত/niʃt͡ʃit̪o/ certainly, surely, without doubt, positively #183
- Bosnian sigurno/sîɡuːrno/ #219
- Bulgarian сигурно[ˈsiɡorno] surely, certainly #211
- Catalan segurament[səˌɣu.ɾəˈmen] #1,088
- Chinese 一定/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ definitely; certainly; surely; must #24
- Croatian sigurno/sîɡuːrno/ #196
- Czech no[ˈno] certainly, indeed, of course #46
- Danish bestemt[b̥eˈsd̥ɛmˀd̥] certainly, definitely #893
- Dutch zeker/ˈzeː.kər/ certainly, surely #144
- English sure/ʃʊɹ/ Without doubt, certainly #136
- Esperanto ja/ja/ emphatic particle; indeed, certainly, surely,… #55
- Estonian kindlasti/ˈkind̥lɑsti/ certainly, definitely, surely #275
- Finnish varmasti/ˈʋɑrmɑstiˣ/ certainly, definitely, surely, positively #200
- French sûrement/syʁ.mɑ̃/ surely, certainly #597
- Galician abofé/aboˈfɛ/ truly, verily, certainly #1,434
- German ja[jɑː] obviously; certainly; of course; as you know;… #17
- Greek σίγουρα/ˈsi.ɣu.ɾa/ certainly, inescapably, inevitably,… #233
- Hebrew כמובן/kamuˈvan/ of course, naturally, certainly #196
- Hindi ज़रूर/zə.ɾuːɾ/ certainly, surely #801
- Hungarian biztos[ˈbistoʃ] surely, certainly #89
- Icelandic jú[ˈjuː] yes, certainly #187
- Indonesian tentu/tənˈtu/ surely, certainly, of course #142
- Italian certo/ˈt͡ʃɛr.to/ certainly, of course, surely, definitely #129
- Korean 물론[muɭɭo̞n] of course, certainly, naturally #182
- Macedonian сигурно[ˈsiɡurnɔ] surely, certainly #159
- Malay tentu/tənˈtu/ certainly; surely; of course #210
- Norwegian sikkert/ˈsɪkəʈ/ #275
- Persian حتما[hæt̪ʰ.mǽn] certainly, necessarily, surely #276
- Polish pewnie/ˈpɛv.ɲɛ/ surely, certainly #187
- Portuguese certamente/ˌsɛʁ.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ #1,390
- Romanian sigur/ˈsi.ɡur/ certainly, definitely, without a doubt #119
- Russian конечно[kɐˈnʲeʂnə] of course, certainly #115
- Serbian sigurno/sîɡuːrno/ #213
- Slovak určite/ˈurt͡ʃicɛ/ certainly, surely, definitely #179
- Slovenian pač/pát͡ʃ/ indeed, certainly #273
- Spanish claro/ˈklaɾo/ certainly, naturally, of course #165
- Swedish visst/vɪst/ with certainty, certainly #158
- Tagalog talaga/talaˈɡa/ surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly #51
- Tamil ஒன்றாக/onrɑːɡɐ/ certainly, surely, positively #224
- Telugu తప్పక/ˈtappaka/ #270
- Turkish kesinlikle/cesinlicˈle/ by all means, certainly, definitely, exactly,… #229
- Ukrainian авжеж[ɐu̯ˈʒɛʒ] certainly, for sure, indeed, of course #1,093
- Vietnamese hẳn[han˧˩] certainly; surely #705
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Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.