How to say “charge” in 35 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.
“charge” in Spanish: cargo · Portuguese: carga
It is commonest in Spanish, where cargo is the 1,020th most used word.
Charge in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gratis/ˈχrɑːtəs/ free, without charge #876
- Albanian sulm/sulm/ attack, charge #835
- Arabic مسؤول/mas.ʔuːl/ responsible, in charge, accountable #1,421
- Basque arduratu/arduɾatu/ to be in charge, be responsible, to take care… #518
- Bengali অভিযোগ/obʱid͡ʒoɡ/ accusation, charge, allegation #726
- Bosnian besplatno/běsplatno/ free of charge #1,850
- Bulgarian атака[ɐˈtakɐ] attack, assault, charge, storm #1,409
- Chinese 指控/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵¹/ to accuse; to charge with a crime #720
- Croatian besplatno/běsplatno/ free of charge #1,795
- Czech obvinění[ˈobvɪɲɛɲiː] accusation, charge #1,467
- Danish chef/ˈsjɛːˀf/ A boss; person in charge, person who directly… #545
- Dutch prijs/prɛi̯s/ price, fare, charge #882
- English director/dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ One who directs; the person in charge of… #1,173
- Estonian ilma/ˈilmɑ/ free of charge, on the house #221
- Galician carga/ˈkaɾɡa/ #1,330
- German umsonst/ʊmˈzɔnst/ free of charge, gratis #1,935
- Greek μονάδα/moˈnaða/ unit of measurement, charge unit #1,496
- Hindi शुल्क/ʃʊlk/ fee, payment, charge #2,365
- Icelandic ásaka[ˈauː.saːka] to accuse, to charge #2,241
- Indonesian gratis/ˈɡratis/ free, without charge #1,272
- Korean 담당[ta̠mda̠ŋ] responsibility, charge #1,155
- Lithuanian kaltinti[¹ˈkɑˑlʲtʲɪnʲtʲɪ] to accuse, to charge; to prosecute, to indict #1,756
- Macedonian бесплатно[ˈbɛspɫatnɔ] for free, free of charge, gratis #1,770
- Malay bos/bos/ a person in charge of a business or company #480
- Malayalam നടപടി/n̪ɐɖɐbɐɖi/ action; charge, process #1,317
- Persian بار[bɒːɹ] burden, load, charge #117
- Portuguese carga/ˈkaʁ.ɡɐ/ #2,169
- Romanian gratis/ˈɡra.tis/ free of charge, for free #1,756
- Serbian besplatno/běsplatno/ free of charge #1,980
- Spanish cargo/ˈkaɾɡo/ charge, burden #1,020
- Swedish chefen/ˈsxɛːfɛn/ A boss, manager; person in charge, person who… #735
- Tagalog libre/ˈlibɾe/ free; free of charge; gratis #931
- Telugu ఫిర్యాదు/ˈpʰirjaːdu/ a complaint, a charge #932
- Urdu مفت/mʊft̪/ free of charge #732
- Vietnamese xông[səwŋ͡m˧˧] to charge, to rush forward #1,760
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.