How to say “contract” 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.
- contrato/konˈtɾato/ Spanish
- контракт[kɐnˈtrakt] Russian
- 合同/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- 계약[ˈkje̞(ː)ja̠k̚] Korean
- अनुबंध/ə.nʊ.bənd̪ʱ/ Hindi
- συμβόλαιο/siɱˈvole.o/ Greek
“contract” in Spanish: contrato · French: contrat · German: vertrag · Portuguese: contrato · Chinese: 合同 · Korean: 계약 · Russian: контракт · Hindi: अनुबंध
It is commonest in Tagalog, where kontrata is the 775th most used word.
Contract in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans kontrak/kɔnˈtrak/ #954
- Arabic واثق/waː.θiq/ to agree, to contract #602
- Armenian պայմանագիր/pɑjmɑnɑˈɡiɾ/ agreement, contract #771
- Bosnian ugovor/ûɡoʋoːr/ #1,247
- Bulgarian договор[ˈdɔɡovor] #1,558
- Catalan contracte[kunˈtɾak.tə] #2,023
- Chinese 合同/xɤ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ contract; agreement #1,073
- Croatian ugovor/ûɡoʋoːr/ #1,239
- Czech smlouvu[ˈsm̩lou̯vu] #1,848
- Danish kontrakt/kʌnˈtʁɑɡd/ #2,256
- Dutch contract/kɔnˈtrɑkt/ #1,796
- Esperanto kontrakton/konˈtrakton/ agreement, contract #2,377
- Estonian leping/ˈlepinɡ̊/ contract, pact #1,587
- Finnish sopimus/ˈsopimus/ agreement, arrangement, contract #1,468
- French contrat/kɔ̃.tʁa/ #1,374
- Galician contrato[konˈtɾatʊ] #1,465
- German vertrag/fərˈtraːk/ contract, agreement #1,846
- Greek συμβόλαιο/siɱˈvole.o/ contract, policy #1,773
- Hebrew הסכם/hesˈkem/ An agreement, contract, accord #1,460
- Hindi अनुबंध/ə.nʊ.bənd̪ʱ/ contract, agreement #1,563
- Icelandic samningur[ˈsamniŋkʏr] contract, deal #2,088
- Indonesian kontrak[ˈkɔn.trak] #1,545
- Korean 계약[ˈkje̞(ː)ja̠k̚] #1,437
- Latvian līgums/ˈliːɡums/ #1,981
- Norwegian avtale/ˈɑːvˌtɑːlə/ agreement, contract, appointment #677
- Persian قرارداد[qæ.ɹɒːɹ.d̪ɒ́ːd̪̥] #1,121
- Portuguese contrato/kõˈtɾa.tu/ #1,848
- Romanian contract/konˈtrakt/ #1,903
- Russian контракт[kɐnˈtrakt] contract, agreement #2,456
- Serbian ugovor/ûɡoʋoːr/ #1,193
- Slovak zmluva/ˈzmɫuva/ #1,708
- Slovenian pogodba/pɔɡóːdba/ #1,193
- Spanish contrato/konˈtɾato/ contract, agreement #1,669
- Swedish avtal/ˈɑːvtɑːl/ agreement, contract #1,722
- Tagalog kontrata/konˈtɾata/ #775
- Ukrainian контракт[kɔnˈtrakt] #1,852
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