How to say “enter” in 38 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.
- entrar/enˈtɾaɾ/ Spanish
- войти[vɐjˈtʲi] Russian
- μπω/ˈbo/ Greek
- נכנס/niχˈnas/ Hebrew
- մտնել/mətˈnel/ Armenian
- ঢোকা/ɖʱoka/ Bengali
“enter” in Spanish: entrar · French: entrer · Italian: entrare · Portuguese: entrar · Russian: войти · Turkish: gir · Greek: μπω
It is commonest in Basque, where sartu is the 78th most used word.
Enter in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans ingaan/ˈənxɑːn/ go in; enter #777
- Albanian hyrë/hyɾə/ to enter, to go in, to get in #826
- Arabic أصبح/ʔasˤ.baħ/ to enter upon morning #269
- Armenian մտնել/mətˈnel/ to enter #1,160
- Basque sartu/s̺artu/ to enter, go in, come in. get into #78
- Bengali ঢোকা/ɖʱoka/ to enter, to go into, to come into #1,601
- Bosnian uđi/ˈudʑɪ/ to enter, go into, come in #862
- Bulgarian вляза[ˈvlʲa̟zɐ] to enter, to go in, to walk in, to get in, to… #1,107
- Catalan entrar[ənˈtɾa] to enter #354
- Chinese 進來/t͡ɕin⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ to come in; to come inside; to enter #810
- Croatian ući/ǔːt͡ɕi/ to enter, go into, come in #684
- Dutch binnenkomen/ˈbɪnə(n)koːmə(n)/ to enter, to come inside #1,973
- English through/θɹu/ So as to enter, pass within or across, and… #212
- Esperanto eniru/eˈniru/ to enter, go in #356
- French entrer/ɑ̃.tʁe/ to enter #532
- Galician entrar/enˈtɾaɾ/ to enter #501
- Georgian შემოსვლა[ʃe̞mo̞sʷɫä] to come in, to enter #605
- Greek μπω/ˈbo/ to enter, go in, come in, get in #1,041
- Hebrew נכנס/niχˈnas/ To enter; to go in or come in #481
- Indonesian memasuki/məmaˈsuki/ to enter #1,300
- Italian entrare/enˈtra.re/ to enter, to go in #470
- Latvian ieiet/ˈieiet/ to enter, to go in #1,612
- Lithuanian įeiti/iːˈɛɪ̌.tʲɪ/ to enter, go in #1,146
- Macedonian влезе[ˈvlɛzɛ] to enter #490
- Malay masuk/ˈmasok/ To enter #121
- Malayalam കടക്കുക/kɐɖɐkkuɡɐ/ to enter #2,293
- Polish wejść/ˈvɛjɕt͡ɕ/ to go in; to walk in, to enter #723
- Portuguese entrar/ẽˈtɾa(ʁ)/ to enter; to go into #302
- Romanian intrat[inˈtrat] to enter, go in #564
- Russian войти[vɐjˈtʲi] to enter, to go in, to get in #1,581
- Serbian uđi/ˈudʑɪ/ to enter, go into, come in #830
- Slovak vojsť/vɔjsc/ to enter, to step into, to go in #1,256
- Slovenian vstopiti/ʋstɔpìːti/ to enter #849
- Spanish entrar/enˈtɾaɾ/ to enter; to come in; to get in; to go in; to… #437
- Tagalog pumasok/puˈmasok/ to enter; to go in #277
- Turkish gir/ɟir/ to enter, to go in #907
- Ukrainian зайти[zɐi̯ˈtɪ] to come in, to go in, to enter #1,000
- Urdu گھسنا/ɡʱʊs.nɑː/ to enter, get in #1,865
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 Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.