How to say “command” in 43 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.
- mando/ˈmando/ Spanish
- команда[kɐˈmandə] Russian
- διαταγές/ˌðiataˈjes/ Greek
- আদেশ/ad̪eʃ/ Bengali
- ആജ്ഞ/äd͡ʒɲä/ Malayalam
- دستور[d̪æs.t̪ʰuːɹ] Persian
“command” in Spanish: mando · German: befehl · Russian: команда · Turkish: emir · Greek: διαταγές
It is commonest in Lithuanian, where komanda is the 409th most used word.
Command in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian komanda/kɔmanda/ #2,395
- Arabic أمر/ʔamara/ to order, to command, to bid, to instruct #139
- Armenian հրաման/həɾɑˈmɑn/ order, command #453
- Basque men/ˈmen/ a command #1,016
- Bengali আদেশ/ad̪eʃ/ command, order; direction #451
- Bulgarian заповед[ˈzapovɛt] command, order #794
- Catalan comandament[ku.mən.dəˈmen] order, commandment, command #1,571
- Chinese 命令/miŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/ order; command; directive #224
- Croatian zapovijed/zâpoʋijeːd/ order, command #1,614
- Czech rozkaz[ˈroskas] order, command #1,171
- Danish bud[ˈb̥uð] #1,488
- Dutch bevel/bəˈvɛl/ order, command #1,057
- English heading/ˈhɛdɪŋ/ To be in command of #1,772
- Esperanto ordonis/orˈdonis/ to order, to command #668
- Estonian käsk/kæsk/ order, command #1,104
- Finnish käski/ˈkæskɪ/ to order, command, tell #1,219
- Galician mando/ˈmando/ to order, command #1,356
- Georgian ბრძანება[b̥ɾd͡zäne̞bä] order, command, commandment, behest, bidding #1,060
- German befehl[bəˈfeːl] command, order #1,151
- Greek διαταγές/ˌðiataˈjes/ command, order #1,411
- Hebrew פקודה/pkuˈda/ order, command #1,811
- Hindi नियंत्रण/nɪ.jən.t̪ɾəɳ/ control, command, jurisdiction #694
- Icelandic skipun[ˈscɪːpʏn] command, order #1,067
- Indonesian perintah/pəˈrɪntah/ command, instruction, direction, order #521
- Italian comando/koˈman.do/ order, command #1,413
- Korean 명령[ˈmjɘ(ː)ŋɲʌ̹ŋ] order, command #1,161
- Latvian pavēles/ˈpaʋeːles/ order, command #1,830
- Lithuanian komanda[kɔ¹ˈmɑˑndɐ] #409
- Macedonian наредба[ˈnaɾɛdba] command, order #793
- Malay perintah/pərintah command, direction, order #738
- Malayalam ആജ്ഞ/äd͡ʒɲä/ command; order #1,139
- Persian دستور[d̪æs.t̪ʰuːɹ] command, order #438
- Polish rozkaz/ˈrɔs.kas/ order, command #1,546
- Portuguese mandar/mɐ̃ˈda(ʁ)/ to order, command #1,069
- Romanian ordine/ˈor.di.ne/ order, command #780
- Russian команда[kɐˈmandə] command, order #1,132
- Spanish mando/ˈmando/ #1,607
- Tagalog utos/ˈʔutos/ order; command; commandment #608
- Tamil கட்டளை/kɐʈːɐɭɐɪ̯/ order, command, commandment, precept, decree,… #459
- Turkish emir/e.miɾ/ #1,231
- Ukrainian команда[kɔˈmandɐ] command, order #813
- Urdu حکم/ɦʊkm/ order, command, decree #373
- Vietnamese bảo[ʔɓaːw˧˩] to inform; to command by telling #153
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), 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.