How to say “directly” in 34 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.
- directamente/diˌɾeɡtaˈmente/ Spanish
- مباشرة/mubaːʃaratan/ Arabic
- 직접[t͡ɕik̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹p̚] Korean
- პირდაპირ[pʼiɾdäpʼiɾ] Georgian
- ուղղակի/uʁɑˈki/ Armenian
- সরাসরি/ʃɔɾaʃoɾi/ Bengali
“directly” in Spanish: directamente · French: directement · German: direkt · Italian: direttamente · Korean: 직접 · Arabic: مباشرة · Turkish: doğrudan
It is commonest in Latvian, where tieši is the 123rd most used word.
Directly in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic مباشرة/mubaːʃaratan/ #315
- Armenian ուղղակի/uʁɑˈki/ #352
- Bengali সরাসরি/ʃɔɾaʃoɾi/ directly, straight ahead #584
- Bosnian ravno/râːʋno/ straight, directly #1,499
- Bulgarian право[ˈpravo] straight, right, directly #442
- Catalan directament[diˌɾɛk.təˈmen] #1,502
- Croatian ravno/râːʋno/ straight, directly #952
- Czech přímo[ˈpr̝̊iːmo] #422
- Danish chef/ˈsjɛːˀf/ A boss; person in charge, person who directly… #545
- English hit/hɪt/ To administer a blow to, directly or with a… #399
- Esperanto rekte/ˈrekte/ #674
- Estonian otseselt/ˈotseselt/ #2,369
- French directement/di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃/ #1,727
- Galician directamente/diɾektaˈmente/ #1,649
- Georgian პირდაპირ[pʼiɾdäpʼiɾ] directly, straight #366
- German direkt/diˈʁɛkt/ #667
- Greek γραμμή/ɣɾaˈmi/ straight, directly #834
- Icelandic beint/pein̥t/ directly, straight #316
- Indonesian langsung/ˈlaŋsuŋ/ #419
- Italian direttamente/di.ret.taˈmen.te/ #1,813
- Korean 직접[t͡ɕik̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹p̚] #208
- Latvian tieši/ˈtieʃi/ #123
- Macedonian право[ˈpravɔ] straight, directly #155
- Malay langsung/ˈlaŋsuŋ/ directly; immediately #477
- Norwegian direkte/dɪˈrɛktə/ #1,314
- Persian صاف[sɒːf] #1,291
- Polish wprost/ˈfprɔst/ directly, direct #1,815
- Romanian direct/diˈrekt/ #671
- Serbian direktno/dǐrektno/ directly, straight #1,579
- Slovenian neposredno/nɛ́pɔsréːdnɔ/ directly, immediately #1,219
- Spanish directamente/diˌɾeɡtaˈmente/ directly, firsthand #1,701
- Swedish direkt/ˈdɪrɛkt/ #514
- Turkish doğrudan/doː.ɾuˈdan/ #1,544
- Vietnamese nướng[nɨəŋ˧˦] to roast or grill directly over fire or… #1,440
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.