How to say “control” in 34 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 Chinese, where 控制 is the 202nd most used word.
- Arabic قيادة leadership, control #939
- Bosnian kontrole #1,947
- Catalan controlar to control #1,748
- Chinese 控制 to control; to contain; to dominate #202
- Croatian kontrole #1,910
- Czech řídit to control #1,205
- Danish kontrol #1,091
- Dutch macht political power, control #938
- English master Someone who has control over something or… #632
- Esperanto kontrolo #2,287
- Georgian დაუფლება to gain control #832
- Greek έλεγχο control, check, audit #786
- Hebrew שליטה #775
- Hindi नियंत्रण control, command, jurisdiction #694
- Icelandic eftirlit surveillance, control, inspection, check #1,982
- Indonesian otak The control center of the central nervous… #808
- Korean 통제 control, regulation #1,336
- Lithuanian kontrolė inspection, checking, control #2,254
- Macedonian контрола #478
- Malay daerah Area under control of a certain country; a… #945
- Malayalam നിയന്ത്രണം #594
- Norwegian kontroll #868
- Persian کنترل #342
- Polish kontrolować to control #2,364
- Portuguese controlo to control #938
- Romanian control #880
- Russian проверить to examine, to check, to control, to verify,… #992
- Serbian kontrole #1,954
- Spanish control control, or running of a business #671
- Swedish kontroll #1,131
- Tamil கட்டுப்பாடு #518
- Turkish kontrol control, check #263
- Ukrainian контроль #1,515
- Urdu ریاست rule, control #444
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.