How to say “concerning” in 32 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.
“concerning” in French: concernant · Chinese: 關於
It is commonest in Urdu, where متعلق is the 1,444th most used word.
Concerning in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic متعلق/mu.ta.ʕal.liq/ related to, concerning, relevant #1,745
- Armenian նկատմամբ/nəkɑtˈmɑmpʰ/ towards, regarding, concerning #646
- Basque aldetik/aldetik/ regarding, concerning #612
- Bengali সম্পর্কে/ʃɔmpɔɾke/ regarding, concerning, in relation to #170
- Bulgarian относно[otˈnɔsno] about, concerning, regarding #851
- Chinese 關於/ku̯än⁵⁵ y³⁵/ concerning; regarding; as for; about #2,230
- Czech ohledně[ˈoɦlɛdɲɛ] regarding, concerning #828
- Danish angående/ˈanˌɡɔːˀənə/ about, concerning, pertaining to #1,515
- English discuss/dɪˈskʌs/ To converse or debate concerning a particular… #1,559
- Esperanto pri/pri/ about, regarding, concerning, in relation to #22
- French concernant/kɔ̃.sɛʁ.nɑ̃/ concerning, regarding #2,234
- Georgian შესახებ[ʃe̞säχe̞pʰ] about, concerning, regarding #137
- Greek αφορά/a.foˈra/ to be concerning, to be about #801
- Hebrew ציבורי/t͡sibuˈʁi/ Public: pertaining to the public; or… #1,991
- Icelandic um/ʏm/ about, concerning #14
- Indonesian peri[pəˈri] about, concerning; with regard to; on account… #1,718
- Italian circa/ˈt͡ʃir.ka/ regarding, concerning #786
- Malayalam പറ്റി/pɐrri/ about; concerning; regarding #69
- Norwegian angående/ˈɑŋˌɡoːənə/ about, concerning to #1,486
- Persian درباره[d̪æɹ bɒː.ɹé.je] about, concerning, regarding #119
- Polish wobec/ˈvɔ.bɛt͡s/ regarding, concerning, vis-à-vis, in relation… #1,434
- Portuguese sério/ˈsɛ.ɾju/ in a serious manner; in a manner concerning… #196
- Russian про[prə] about, concerning #268
- Slovak o/ɔ/ about, concerning #15
- Slovenian o/ɔ/ about, concerning #35
- Swedish angående/ˈaŋoːˌɛndɛ/ about, concerning #1,538
- Tagalog tungkol/tuŋˈkol/ about; regarding; concerning #120
- Tamil பற்றி/pɐrːiː/ of, about, concerning, regarding, respecting,… #30
- Telugu గురించి/ɡuɾiɲt͡ɕi/ about, regarding, concerning, on account of #27
- Turkish hakkında/hakkɯnˈda/ about, concerning #128
- Ukrainian про[prɔ] about, concerning #35
- Urdu متعلق/mʊ.t̪ə.(ʔ)əl.lɪq/ concerning, belonging to, relating to,… #1,444
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) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.