How to say “exactly” in 45 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.
- точно[ˈtot͡ɕnə] Russian
- بالضبط/bi‿dˤ.dˤab.tˤi/ Arabic
- ठीक/ʈʰiːk/ Hindi
- ακριβώς/a.kɾiˈvos/ Greek
- בדיוק/be.diˈjuk/ Hebrew
- სწორედ[st͡sʼo̞ɾe̞tʰ] Georgian
“exactly” in French: juste · Portuguese: exatamente · Russian: точно · Arabic: بالضبط · Hindi: ठीक · Turkish: tam · Greek: ακριβώς
It is commonest in Urdu, where ٹھیک is the 30th most used word.
Exactly in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans presies/prəˈsis/ exactly, just, right #323
- Albanian pikërisht/pikəɾiʃt/ precisely, exactly #488
- Arabic بالضبط/bi‿dˤ.dˤab.tˤi/ exactly, precisely #189
- Armenian հենց/hent͡sʰ/ right, very, precisely, exactly #99
- Basque zehatz/s̻eat͡s̻/ exactly, precisely #754
- Bengali ঠিক/ʈʰik/ right, exactly, just #19
- Bosnian upravo/upraʋo/ exactly, precisely #196
- Bulgarian точно[ˈtɔt͡ʃno] exactly, precisely, accurately #102
- Catalan exactament[əɡˌzak.təˈmen] #442
- Chinese 到底/tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ actually; exactly #70
- Croatian upravo/upraʋo/ exactly, precisely #190
- Czech právě[ˈpraːvjɛ] just, exactly #182
- Danish stik/ˈsdeɡ/ exactly in the direction indicated; directly,… #1,649
- Dutch precies/prəˈsis/ exactly, precisely #319
- English dead/dɛd/ #252
- Esperanto ekzakte/ekˈzakte/ #2,082
- Estonian just/just/ exactly, precisely, just #100
- Finnish juuri/ˈjuːri/ right, just, exactly, precisely #107
- French juste/ʒyst/ exactly, precisely #95
- Galician exactamente/ɛkˌsaktaˈmente/ #634
- Georgian სწორედ[st͡sʼo̞ɾe̞tʰ] exactly, precisely #586
- German genau/ɡəˈnaʊ̯/ just, exactly #169
- Greek ακριβώς/a.kɾiˈvos/ exactly, precisely #173
- Hebrew בדיוק/be.diˈjuk/ exactly, precisely #107
- Hindi ठीक/ʈʰiːk/ #36
- Hungarian pont[ˈpont] exactly, just, precisely #289
- Icelandic einmitt[ˈeinmɪht] exactly, precisely #180
- Indonesian persis[pərˈsɪs] exact; exactly like; same #1,033
- Italian giusto/ˈd͡ʒus.to/ just, exactly #205
- Korean 마치[ma̠t͡ɕʰi] exactly the same, as if, just like #288
- Lithuanian būtent[¹ˈbuːtʲɛnt] exactly, precisely #283
- Macedonian баш[baʃ] exactly, precisely #179
- Malay betul/bəˈtol/ #91
- Norwegian akkurat[ˈɑkːʉɾɑːt] right, exactly #180
- Polish dokładnie/dɔˈkwad.ɲɛ/ #309
- Portuguese exatamente/eˌza.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ #1,458
- Romanian exact/eɡˈzakt/ exactly, precisely #263
- Russian точно[ˈtot͡ɕnə] exactly, precisely, accurately #178
- Serbian upravo/upraʋo/ exactly, precisely #207
- Spanish mismo/ˈmismo/ right, exactly, immediately #149
- Swedish precis/prɛˈsiːs/ precisely; exactly #175
- Turkish tam/tam/ #115
- Ukrainian точно[ˈtɔt͡ʃnɔ] exactly, precisely, accurately #146
- Urdu ٹھیک/ʈʰiːk/ #30
- Vietnamese chính[t͡ɕïŋ˧˦] exactly; precisely #163
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