How to say “conversation” in 44 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 Urdu, where بات is the 46th most used word.
- Afrikaans gesprek talk, conversation #889
- Albanian bisedë #1,130
- Arabic مكالمة conversation; discussion #789
- Bengali কথাবার্তা #814
- Bosnian razgovor talk, conversation #760
- Bulgarian хората talking, speaking, conversation #152
- Catalan conversa conversation, discussion #1,460
- Croatian razgovor talk, conversation #694
- Czech rozhovor #1,444
- Danish samtale conversation, talk, discourse #1,339
- Dutch gesprek talk, verbal conversation #878
- English buddy A person far removed from the conversation #811
- Estonian jutt discussion, conversation #697
- Finnish puhelu talk, conversation #1,985
- French conversation #1,358
- Galician conversa #1,928
- Georgian საუბარი conversation, talk #412
- German gespräch conversation, chat, talk #1,523
- Greek συζήτηση discussion, debate, conversation #1,113
- Hebrew שיחה conversation; talk, chat #682
- Hindi बातचीत #1,177
- Icelandic símtal phone call, phone conversation #1,215
- Indonesian pembicaraan #1,550
- Italian conversazione conversation, talk, interview #1,742
- Korean 대화 dialogue, conversation #842
- Latvian saruna talk, conversation, discourse #1,304
- Lithuanian pokalbis conversation, talking #1,068
- Macedonian разговор talk, conversation #805
- Malay bercakap To have a conversation #161
- Malayalam സംസാരം talk, speech, conversation #505
- Norwegian samtalen #1,502
- Persian مکالمه talk, conversation #1,986
- Polish rozmowy #1,545
- Russian поговорить to have a conversation, to talk #234
- Serbian razgovor talk, conversation #774
- Slovenian pogovor #432
- Spanish conversación #1,424
- Swedish samtal a conversation #774
- Tagalog makipag-usap to engage in conversation with someone #822
- Tamil பேச்சு conversation, speech, talk #385
- Telugu సంభాషణ conversation, discourse, talk #710
- Turkish sohbet #1,766
- Ukrainian розмова #1,928
- Urdu بات talk, conversation #46
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.