How to say “entirely” in 35 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 Chinese, where 完全 is the 86th most used word.
- Albanian plotësisht fully, completely, entirely, totally,… #754
- Arabic كافة all of, altogether, entirely #1,899
- Armenian լիովին fully, entirely, completely, perfectly #515
- Bengali একদম at all, entirely, thoroughly #196
- Bosnian potpuno completely, entirely, wholly #433
- Bulgarian съвсем completely, entirely, absolutely, totally #460
- Chinese 完全 completely; absolutely; entirely #86
- Croatian potpuno completely, entirely, wholly #447
- Czech naprosto absolutely, totally, entirely, completely #665
- Dutch geheel #2,258
- English whole In entirety; entirely; wholly #302
- Esperanto tute entirely; wholly; utterly; completely; totally #134
- Finnish kokonaan entirely, fully, totally #1,913
- Georgian სულ completely, entirely, all, the whole of #101
- Hebrew לגמרי totally, completely, entirely #283
- Hungarian egész entirely, completely #96
- Icelandic alveg entirely, completely #148
- Indonesian semuanya altogether, entirely #122
- Korean 아예 Altogether; entirely #771
- Lithuanian visai completely, entirely #145
- Macedonian целосно wholly, fully, entirely, integrally #562
- Malay habis completely; utterly; entirely #612
- Norwegian kul used as an intensifier: completely, entirely,… #1,628
- Persian سراسر from end to end; throughout; entirely #1,647
- Polish zupełnie completely, absolutely, entirely, totally #754
- Portuguese absolutamente absolutely; completely; entirely; totally;… #1,701
- Russian совсем quite, entirely, totally #254
- Serbian potpuno completely, entirely, wholly #412
- Slovenian popolnoma completely, fully, entirely #263
- Spanish absolutamente absolutely; completely; entirely; totally;… #1,342
- Swedish helt entirely, absolutely, wholly, completely #192
- Tamil முழுக்க fully, completely, entirely #1,205
- Ukrainian зовсім quite, entirely, totally #300
- Urdu سراسر totally, completely, entirely,… #1,641
- Vietnamese tiệt completely; totally; entirely #502
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.