How to say “direct” in 31 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 Macedonian, where се is the 3rd most used word.
- Albanian drejtë #155
- Arabic أيها vocative particle preceding a noun used in… #82
- Bulgarian никого direct object form of ни́кой #529
- Chinese 直接 #212
- Danish direkte direct, straight #894
- Dutch gewend to direct oneself, turn #1,927
- English them Used as the direct object of a verb #87
- Estonian suunata to guide, to direct #2,437
- French réalisé to direct #1,733
- Galician dirixir to lead, direct #2,419
- Georgian პირდაპირი above board, burly, direct, downright, plump,… #871
- German guck to look, to direct one's gaze at something #1,353
- Hebrew כיוון To direct #862
- Hindi तुम्हारे direct masculine plural #122
- Hungarian irányítani to direct, guide #2,451
- Icelandic beina to aim, to direct, to point #1,554
- Indonesian data a fact known from direct observation #1,134
- Italian diritti straight, direct #2,132
- Lithuanian vadovauti to lead, direct, supervise #1,517
- Macedonian се Short reflexive direct object pronoun #3
- Malay terus straight; direct #227
- Persian رک direct, frank, straightforward #2,139
- Polish cie used to direct usually horses to turn left #1,161
- Portuguese os third-person plural direct objective personal… #17
- Slovak riadiť to direct, to manage #1,060
- Slovenian neposreden #2,078
- Spanish directo direct, straightforward #1,740
- Tagalog si direct marker placed before names or terms of… #19
- Telugu నేరుగా in a straight manner; straight, direct #286
- Urdu پہلے direct masculine plural #73
- Vietnamese hỡi vocative particle, used for direct address #2,047
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.