How to say “drop” in 32 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 Telugu, where కారు is the 107th most used word.
- Afrikaans drup A drop of a liquid #1,860
- Albanian pikë drop, droplet #636
- Arabic أسقط to drop, to let or cause to fall, to topple,… #2,424
- Armenian շաղ drop, dew #1,415
- Basque apaldu to lower, drop down #2,085
- Bengali ফেলা to drop, to let fall #566
- Bosnian upao to fall into, drop into #2,271
- Bulgarian падна to fall, to drop #1,154
- Chinese 算了 forget it; forget about it; drop it; leave it… #374
- Croatian kap #2,337
- Czech pusť to drop #1,118
- Dutch zak to fall, to drop, to sink #902
- Finnish pudota to fall; to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip #2,306
- German fall to fall, to drop #345
- Greek έπεσε to fall, fall off, drop #813
- Hindi पड़ा to fall, to fall down, to drop #678
- Icelandic falli fall, drop #1,729
- Indonesian menjatuhkan to drop #1,541
- Malay jatuh to fall; to drop #357
- Malayalam ഇട്ടു to drop something down, to put #635
- Persian قطره #2,049
- Portuguese cair to fall; to fall down; to drop #923
- Romanian scăpat to drop #899
- Serbian upao to fall into, drop into #2,191
- Slovak kvapka #2,484
- Slovenian kaplja #1,762
- Spanish tiro to drop intentionally #1,616
- Swedish tappade to drop #1,384
- Tagalog bagsak fall; drop; crash #826
- Telugu కారు to flow, drop, run out, run in drops, trickle #107
- Urdu قطرہ drop/droplet #1,739
- Vietnamese mê to drop off to sleep, to lose consciousness #1,016
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.