How to say “drunk” 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 Norwegian, where full is the 464th most used word.
- Arabic سكران drunk, intoxicated, inebriated #2,485
- Armenian հարբած #557
- Basque mozkor #976
- Bengali মাতাল #775
- Bosnian pijan drunk, intoxicated #1,396
- Bulgarian пиян #1,317
- Catalan beguda drunk, intoxicated #1,849
- Croatian pijan drunk, intoxicated #1,320
- Czech opilý #2,158
- English drunk While drunk #945
- Estonian purjus #966
- German betrunken drunk, inebriated #1,520
- Greek μεθυσμένος drunk, intoxicated, inebriated, drunken #1,818
- Hebrew שיכור drunk, intoxicated, inebriated #1,060
- Hindi शराबी #2,192
- Hungarian részeg drunk, drunken #1,519
- Indonesian mabuk #692
- Italian ubriaco #1,826
- Lithuanian girtas #891
- Macedonian пијан drunk, drunken #1,267
- Malay mabuk drunk; intoxicated; inebriated #672
- Norwegian full #464
- Persian مست drunk, intoxicated, inebriated #695
- Polish zrobione drunk, intoxicated #2,353
- Portuguese bêbado drunk; under the influence of alcohol #2,047
- Romanian beat drunk, drunken, intoxicated; tipsy #1,410
- Serbian pijan drunk, intoxicated #1,342
- Slovak opitý #916
- Spanish borracho drunk, inebriated #1,665
- Swedish full #588
- Tagalog lasing drunk; inebriated #824
- Turkish sarhoş #903
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.