How to say “contact” in 36 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.
- contacto/konˈtaɡto/ Spanish
- 연락[jʌ̹ɭɭa̠k̚] Korean
- संपर्क/səm.pəɾk/ Hindi
- מגע/maˈɡa/ Hebrew
- যোগাযোগ/d͡ʒoɡad͡ʒoɡ/ Bengali
- தொடர்பு/t̪oɖɐɾbɯ/ Tamil
“contact” in Spanish: contacto · French: contact · German: kontakt · Italian: contatto · Korean: 연락 · Hindi: संपर्क · Turkish: temas
It is commonest in Persian, where تماس is the 251st most used word.
Contact in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans kontak/kɔnˈtak/ #604
- Arabic اتصل/it.ta.sˤa.la/ to be in contact with; to be connected with,… #403
- Bengali যোগাযোগ/d͡ʒoɡad͡ʒoɡ/ #455
- Bosnian kontakt/kǒntakt/ #1,249
- Bulgarian контакт[konˈtakt] #1,464
- Catalan contacte[kunˈtak.tə] #941
- Chinese 交往/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to have contact; to socialize; to associate #796
- Croatian kontakt/kǒntakt/ #1,307
- Czech kontakt[ˈkontakt] #1,612
- Danish kontakt[kɔnˈtɑɡd] to contact #847
- Dutch contact/kɔnˈtɑkt/ physical contact, touching #663
- English touch/tʌt͡ʃ/ To make physical contact with; to bring the… #590
- Esperanto kontakto/konˈtakto/ #2,217
- Estonian piire/ˈpiːre/ The line of contact or transition area of… #2,166
- French contact/kɔ̃.takt/ contact; contact #1,054
- German kontakt/kɔnˈtakt/ #1,204
- Greek επαφή/ˌepaˈfi/ touch, contact #881
- Hebrew מגע/maˈɡa/ contact, touch #1,736
- Hindi संपर्क/səm.pəɾk/ #730
- Indonesian kontak/ˈkɔntak/ #1,315
- Italian contatto/konˈtat.to/ #1,072
- Korean 연락[jʌ̹ɭɭa̠k̚] contact, connection, liaison #691
- Macedonian контакт[ˈkɔntakt] #815
- Malay menyentuh/məɲənˈtoh/ To make physical contact with; to bring the… #984
- Norwegian kontakt/kʊnˈtɑkt/ to contact #717
- Persian تماس[t̪ʰæ.mɒ́ːs] #251
- Polish kontakt/ˈkɔn.takt/ #1,606
- Romanian contact/konˈtakt/ #1,364
- Russian связаться[svʲɪˈzat͡sːə] to communicate, to get in contact #2,211
- Serbian kontakt/kǒntakt/ #1,305
- Spanish contacto/konˈtaɡto/ #930
- Swedish kontakt/ˈkɔntakt/ #953
- Tamil தொடர்பு/t̪oɖɐɾbɯ/ #423
- Turkish temas/teˈmas/ #2,105
- Ukrainian контакт[kɔnˈtakt] #2,045
- Urdu رابطہ/ɾɑːb.t̪ɑ(ː)/ contact, in touch #375
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.