How to say “directly” 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 Latvian, where tieši is the 123rd most used word.
- Arabic مباشرة #315
- Armenian ուղղակի #352
- Bengali সরাসরি directly, straight ahead #584
- Bosnian ravno straight, directly #1,499
- Bulgarian право straight, right, directly #442
- Catalan directament #1,502
- Croatian ravno straight, directly #952
- Czech přímo #422
- Danish chef A boss; person in charge, person who directly… #545
- English hit To administer a blow to, directly or with a… #399
- Esperanto rekte #674
- Estonian otseselt #2,369
- French directement #1,727
- Galician directamente #1,649
- Georgian პირდაპირ directly, straight #366
- German direkt #667
- Greek γραμμή straight, directly #834
- Icelandic beint directly, straight #316
- Indonesian langsung #419
- Italian direttamente #1,813
- Korean 직접 #208
- Latvian tieši #123
- Macedonian право straight, directly #155
- Malay langsung directly; immediately #477
- Norwegian direkte #1,314
- Persian صاف #1,291
- Polish wprost directly, direct #1,815
- Romanian direct #671
- Serbian direktno directly, straight #1,579
- Slovenian neposredno directly, immediately #1,219
- Spanish directamente directly, firsthand #1,701
- Swedish direkt #514
- Turkish doğrudan #1,544
- Vietnamese nướng to roast or grill directly over fire or… #1,440
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.