How to say “command” in 43 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 Arabic, where أمر is the 139th most used word.
- Albanian komanda #2,395
- Arabic أمر to order, to command, to bid, to instruct #139
- Armenian հրաման order, command #453
- Basque men a command #1,016
- Bengali আদেশ command, order; direction #451
- Bulgarian заповед command, order #794
- Catalan comandament order, commandment, command #1,571
- Chinese 命令 order; command; directive #224
- Croatian zapovijed order, command #1,614
- Czech rozkaz order, command #1,171
- Danish bud #1,488
- Dutch bevel order, command #1,057
- English heading To be in command of #1,772
- Esperanto ordonis to order, to command #668
- Estonian käsk order, command #1,104
- Finnish käski to order, command, tell #1,219
- Galician mando to order, command #1,356
- Georgian ბრძანება order, command, commandment, behest, bidding #1,060
- German befehl command, order #1,151
- Greek διαταγές command, order #1,411
- Hebrew פקודה order, command #1,811
- Hindi नियंत्रण control, command, jurisdiction #694
- Icelandic skipun command, order #1,067
- Indonesian perintah command, instruction, direction, order #521
- Italian comando order, command #1,413
- Korean 명령 order, command #1,161
- Latvian pavēles order, command #1,830
- Lithuanian komanda #409
- Macedonian наредба command, order #793
- Malay perintah command, direction, order #738
- Malayalam ആജ്ഞ command; order #1,139
- Persian دستور command, order #438
- Polish rozkaz order, command #1,546
- Portuguese mandar to order, command #1,069
- Romanian ordine order, command #780
- Russian команда command, order #1,132
- Spanish mando #1,607
- Tagalog utos order; command; commandment #608
- Tamil கட்டளை order, command, commandment, precept, decree,… #459
- Turkish emir #1,231
- Ukrainian команда command, order #813
- Urdu حکم order, command, decree #373
- Vietnamese bảo to inform; to command by telling #153
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.