How to say “enough” in 49 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.
- достаточно[dɐˈstatət͡ɕnə] Russian
- كفاية/ki.faː.ja/ Arabic
- पर्याप्त[pəɾˈja(ː)pt̪] Hindi
- αρκετά/ˌarceˈta/ Greek
- מספיק/masˈpik/ Hebrew
- საკმარისი[säkʼmäɾisi] Georgian
“enough” in German: genug · Russian: достаточно · Arabic: كفاية · Hindi: पर्याप्त · Turkish: yeter · Greek: αρκετά
It is commonest in Malayalam, where മതി is the 66th most used word.
Enough in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans genoeg/xəˈnux/ #165
- Albanian mjaft[ˈmjaft] enough, sufficiently #173
- Arabic كفاية/ki.faː.ja/ #835
- Armenian բավական/bɑvɑˈkɑn/ enough, quite #325
- Basque nahikoa/nahikoa/ #156
- Bengali যথেষ্ট/d͡ʒɔt̪ʰeʃʈo/ sufficient, enough #256
- Bosnian dovoljno/dôʋoːʎno/ enough, sufficiently #234
- Bulgarian достатъчно[doˈstatɐt͡ʃno] sufficiently; enough #201
- Catalan prou[ˈpɾɔw] enough, an adequate number or amount #187
- Chinese 足以/t͡su³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ sufficient to; enough to #1,246
- Croatian dovoljno/dôʋoːʎno/ enough, sufficiently #233
- Czech dost[ˈdost] #168
- Danish nok[ˈnʌɡ̊] #74
- Dutch genoeg/ɣəˈnux/ #196
- English dare/dɛ(ə)ɹ/ To have enough courage #971
- Estonian piisavalt/ˈpiːsɑvɑlt/ #381
- Finnish riittää/ˈriːtːæːˣ/ to be enough, suffice, do #368
- French suffit/sy.fi/ to be enough, to suffice #585
- Galician pouco/ˈpowko/ a little of something; not enough #153
- Georgian საკმარისი[säkʼmäɾisi] enough, sufficient #346
- German genug/ɡəˈnuːk/ enough, sufficient, an adequate number or… #283
- Greek αρκετά/ˌarceˈta/ #235
- Hebrew מספיק/masˈpik/ Enough, sufficiently #159
- Hindi पर्याप्त[pəɾˈja(ː)pt̪] enough, sufficient, adequate, ample #418
- Hungarian eleget[ˈɛlɛɡɛt] #1,529
- Icelandic nóg[ˈnouː(ɣ)] enough, to a sufficient degree #879
- Italian basta/ˈbas.ta/ enough! #269
- Latvian diezgan/ˈdiezɡan/ #362
- Lithuanian gana[ɡɐˈnɐ] enough, sufficiently #243
- Macedonian доволно[ˈdɔvɔɫnɔ] sufficiently, enough #175
- Malay sudahlah/suˈdahlah/ That's enough #1,092
- Malayalam മതി/mɐd̪i/ #66
- Norwegian nok/nɔkː/ #118
- Persian بس[bæs] enough, sufficiently #345
- Polish wystarczy/vɘˈstar.t͡ʂɘ/ to suffice, to be enough, to do #448
- Portuguese suficiente/su.fi.siˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ sufficient; enough #456
- Romanian destul/desˈtul/ enough, plenty, sufficient #223
- Russian достаточно[dɐˈstatət͡ɕnə] enough, sufficiently #374
- Serbian dovoljno/dôʋoːʎno/ enough, sufficiently #236
- Slovak dosť/dɔsc/ #134
- Slovenian dovolj/dɔʋɔ́l/ enough, sufficient #108
- Spanish suficiente/sufiˈθjente/ sufficient, enough #391
- Swedish nog/nuːɡ/ enough, sufficient #118
- Tagalog sapat/saˈpat/ sufficiently; enough; adequately #513
- Tamil போதும்/poːd̪ʊm/ to suffice, be adequate or enough #699
- Telugu చాలు/t͡ɕaːlu/ to suffice, to be enough or sufficient, be… #124
- Turkish yeter/jeˈtæɾ/ enough, sufficient #325
- Ukrainian досить[ˈdɔsetʲ] enough, sufficiently #229
- Vietnamese cuộc[kuək̚˧˨ʔ] a continuous and long enough event that… #166
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