How to say “drunk” in 32 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.
- borracho/boˈrat͡ʃo/ Spanish
- سكران/sak.raːn/ Arabic
- शराबी/ʃə.ɾɑː.biː/ Hindi
- μεθυσμένος/me.θiˈzme.nos/ Greek
- שיכור/ʃiˈkoʁ/ Hebrew
- հարբած/hɑɾˈpʰɑt͡s/ Armenian
“drunk” in Spanish: borracho · German: betrunken · Italian: ubriaco · Portuguese: bêbado · Arabic: سكران · Hindi: शराबी · Turkish: sarhoş · Greek: μεθυσμένος
It is commonest in Norwegian, where full is the 464th most used word.
Drunk in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic سكران/sak.raːn/ drunk, intoxicated, inebriated #2,485
- Armenian հարբած/hɑɾˈpʰɑt͡s/ #557
- Basque mozkor/mos̻kor/ #976
- Bengali মাতাল/mat̪al/ #775
- Bosnian pijan/pǐjan/ drunk, intoxicated #1,396
- Bulgarian пиян[piˈja̟n] #1,317
- Catalan beguda[bəˈɣu.ðə] drunk, intoxicated #1,849
- Croatian pijan/pǐjan/ drunk, intoxicated #1,320
- Czech opilý[ˈopɪliː] #2,158
- English drunk/dɹʌŋk/ While drunk #945
- Estonian purjus/ˈpurjus/ #966
- German betrunken/bəˈtʁʊŋkŋ̩/ drunk, inebriated #1,520
- Greek μεθυσμένος/me.θiˈzme.nos/ drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, drunken #1,818
- Hebrew שיכור/ʃiˈkoʁ/ drunk, intoxicated, inebriated #1,060
- Hindi शराबी/ʃə.ɾɑː.biː/ #2,192
- Hungarian részeg[ˈreːsɛɡ] drunk, drunken #1,519
- Indonesian mabuk/ˈmabuk/ #692
- Italian ubriaco/u.briˈa.ko/ #1,826
- Lithuanian girtas/ˈɡɪrtɐs/ #891
- Macedonian пијан[ˈpi(j)an] drunk, drunken #1,267
- Malay mabuk/ˈmabok/ drunk; intoxicated; inebriated #672
- Norwegian full/fʉl/ #464
- Persian مست[mæst̪ʰ] drunk, intoxicated, inebriated #695
- Polish zrobione/zrɔˈbjɔ.nɛ/ drunk, intoxicated #2,353
- Portuguese bêbado/ˈbe.ba.du/ drunk; under the influence of alcohol #2,047
- Romanian beat[be̯at] drunk, drunken, intoxicated; tipsy #1,410
- Serbian pijan/pǐjan/ drunk, intoxicated #1,342
- Slovak opitý/ɔpitiː/ #916
- Spanish borracho/boˈrat͡ʃo/ drunk, inebriated #1,665
- Swedish full/ˈfɵlː/ #588
- Tagalog lasing/laˈsiŋ/ drunk; inebriated #824
- Turkish sarhoş/saɾˈhoʃ/ #903
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.