How to say “close” 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 Bulgarian, where до is the 59th most used word.
- Afrikaans sluit to close #568
- Albanian mbyllur to close, shut, seal #489
- Arabic قريب near, close, adjacent #535
- Armenian մոտ close to, near, by #86
- Bengali নিকট near, close to, about #1,088
- Bosnian blizu near, close #486
- Bulgarian до near, close to #59
- Catalan tanca to close #1,120
- Chinese 停止 to stop; to suspend; to close #204
- Croatian blizu near, close #484
- Czech zavři to close, to shut #1,524
- Danish luk to close #554
- Dutch dicht close, closely #546
- English care Close attention; concern; responsibility #244
- Esperanto fermu to close, to shut #728
- Estonian ligi closer; close, nearby, near #993
- Finnish melkein almost, nearly, close to #459
- French fin end, close, finish #404
- Galician pecha to close; to shut #1,576
- Georgian ახლოს close, closely, imminently, near, thereby #571
- German nächste near, close, nearby #638
- Greek γύρω around, close by #495
- Hebrew קרוב close, near #400
- Hungarian mellettem by, near, beside, close, next to him/her/it #1,994
- Indonesian dekat #337
- Italian prossima very near, near, close #653
- Korean 가까이 closely, close together; nearby #396
- Latvian aizveries to close up #506
- Lithuanian arti nearby, close, around #562
- Macedonian блиску close by #561
- Malay hampir very close or near to #302
- Norwegian nær #611
- Persian بستن to close, to shut #1,963
- Polish zamknij to close, to lock, to shut #464
- Portuguese perto close, closely, next #379
- Romanian aproape near, close, nearby #230
- Russian друг close friend #195
- Serbian blizu near, close #494
- Slovak blízky #1,550
- Slovenian skoraj almost, nearly, close #194
- Spanish cerca close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh #380
- Swedish nära near, close #401
- Tagalog pare buddy; close male friend #160
- Tamil மூடு to shut, close #275
- Telugu ముగింపు the end, close, conclusion #208
- Turkish yakın close by, nearby #412
- Ukrainian близько near, nearby, close #671
- Urdu تقریبا around, about, approximately, close to,… #402
- Vietnamese thân close or even best #312
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.