How to say “charge” in 35 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 Persian, where بار is the 117th most used word.
- Afrikaans gratis free, without charge #876
- Albanian sulm attack, charge #835
- Arabic مسؤول responsible, in charge, accountable #1,421
- Basque arduratu to be in charge, be responsible, to take care… #518
- Bengali অভিযোগ accusation, charge, allegation #726
- Bosnian besplatno free of charge #1,850
- Bulgarian атака attack, assault, charge, storm #1,409
- Chinese 指控 to accuse; to charge with a crime #720
- Croatian besplatno free of charge #1,795
- Czech obvinění accusation, charge #1,467
- Danish chef A boss; person in charge, person who directly… #545
- Dutch prijs price, fare, charge #882
- English director One who directs; the person in charge of… #1,173
- Estonian ilma free of charge, on the house #221
- Galician carga #1,330
- German umsonst free of charge, gratis #1,935
- Greek μονάδα unit of measurement, charge unit #1,496
- Hindi शुल्क fee, payment, charge #2,365
- Icelandic ásaka to accuse, to charge #2,241
- Indonesian gratis free, without charge #1,272
- Korean 담당 responsibility, charge #1,155
- Lithuanian kaltinti to accuse, to charge; to prosecute, to indict #1,756
- Macedonian бесплатно for free, free of charge, gratis #1,770
- Malay bos a person in charge of a business or company #480
- Malayalam നടപടി action; charge, process #1,317
- Persian بار burden, load, charge #117
- Portuguese carga #2,169
- Romanian gratis free of charge, for free #1,756
- Serbian besplatno free of charge #1,980
- Spanish cargo charge, burden #1,020
- Swedish chefen A boss, manager; person in charge, person who… #735
- Tagalog libre free; free of charge; gratis #931
- Telugu ఫిర్యాదు a complaint, a charge #932
- Urdu مفت free of charge #732
- Vietnamese xông to charge, to rush forward #1,760
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.