How to say “enter” in 38 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 Basque, where sartu is the 78th most used word.
- Afrikaans ingaan go in; enter #777
- Albanian hyrë to enter, to go in, to get in #826
- Arabic أصبح to enter upon morning #269
- Armenian մտնել to enter #1,160
- Basque sartu to enter, go in, come in. get into #78
- Bengali ঢোকা to enter, to go into, to come into #1,601
- Bosnian uđi to enter, go into, come in #862
- Bulgarian вляза to enter, to go in, to walk in, to get in, to… #1,107
- Catalan entrar to enter #354
- Chinese 進來 to come in; to come inside; to enter #810
- Croatian ući to enter, go into, come in #684
- Dutch binnenkomen to enter, to come inside #1,973
- English through So as to enter, pass within or across, and… #212
- Esperanto eniru to enter, go in #356
- French entrer to enter #532
- Galician entrar to enter #501
- Georgian შემოსვლა to come in, to enter #605
- Greek μπω to enter, go in, come in, get in #1,041
- Hebrew נכנס To enter; to go in or come in #481
- Indonesian memasuki to enter #1,300
- Italian entrare to enter, to go in #470
- Latvian ieiet to enter, to go in #1,612
- Lithuanian įeiti to enter, go in #1,146
- Macedonian влезе to enter #490
- Malay masuk To enter #121
- Malayalam കടക്കുക to enter #2,293
- Polish wejść to go in; to walk in, to enter #723
- Portuguese entrar to enter; to go into #302
- Romanian intrat to enter, go in #564
- Russian войти to enter, to go in, to get in #1,581
- Serbian uđi to enter, go into, come in #830
- Slovak vojsť to enter, to step into, to go in #1,256
- Slovenian vstopiti to enter #849
- Spanish entrar to enter; to come in; to get in; to go in; to… #437
- Tagalog pumasok to enter; to go in #277
- Turkish gir to enter, to go in #907
- Ukrainian зайти to come in, to go in, to enter #1,000
- Urdu گھسنا to enter, get in #1,865
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.