How to say “exactly” in 45 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 Bengali, where ঠিক is the 19th most used word.
- Afrikaans presies exactly, just, right #323
- Albanian pikërisht precisely, exactly #488
- Arabic بالضبط exactly, precisely #189
- Armenian հենց right, very, precisely, exactly #99
- Basque zehatz exactly, precisely #754
- Bengali ঠিক right, exactly, just #19
- Bosnian upravo exactly, precisely #196
- Bulgarian точно exactly, precisely, accurately #102
- Catalan exactament #442
- Chinese 到底 actually; exactly #70
- Croatian upravo exactly, precisely #190
- Czech právě just, exactly #182
- Danish stik exactly in the direction indicated; directly,… #1,649
- Dutch precies exactly, precisely #319
- English dead #252
- Esperanto ekzakte #2,082
- Estonian just exactly, precisely, just #100
- Finnish juuri right, just, exactly, precisely #107
- French juste exactly, precisely #95
- Galician exactamente #634
- Georgian სწორედ exactly, precisely #586
- German genau just, exactly #169
- Greek ακριβώς exactly, precisely #173
- Hebrew בדיוק exactly, precisely #107
- Hindi ठीक #36
- Hungarian pont exactly, just, precisely #289
- Icelandic einmitt exactly, precisely #180
- Indonesian persis exact; exactly like; same #1,033
- Italian giusto just, exactly #205
- Korean 마치 exactly the same, as if, just like #288
- Lithuanian būtent exactly, precisely #283
- Macedonian баш exactly, precisely #179
- Malay betul #91
- Norwegian akkurat right, exactly #180
- Polish dokładnie #309
- Portuguese exatamente #1,458
- Romanian exact exactly, precisely #263
- Russian точно exactly, precisely, accurately #178
- Serbian upravo exactly, precisely #207
- Spanish mismo right, exactly, immediately #149
- Swedish precis precisely; exactly #175
- Turkish tam #115
- Ukrainian точно exactly, precisely, accurately #146
- Urdu ٹھیک #30
- Vietnamese chính exactly; precisely #163
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.