How to say “fact” in 41 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 Portuguese, where mesmo is the 76th most used word.
- Arabic فعلا indeed, in fact, actually, really, practically #419
- Armenian փաստորեն so, actually, in actual fact #405
- Bosnian zapravo in fact, really, actually #335
- Bulgarian всъщност actually, in reality, in fact #202
- Catalan fets #1,321
- Chinese 其實 actually; as a matter of fact; in fact #818
- Croatian zapravo in fact, really, actually #277
- Czech vlastně actually, as a matter of fact #263
- Dutch feit #1,183
- English actually In act or in fact; really; in truth;… #277
- Esperanto fakte actually, indeed, in fact, factually #378
- Finnish oikeastaan actually, in fact #706
- French faite #1,303
- Georgian სინამდვილეში in fact, in realty #390
- German sogar even, actually, in fact #436
- Greek γεγονός event, fact, occurrence #903
- Hebrew למעשה in fact, actually #279
- Hindi तथ्य fact, truth, reality #1,618
- Hungarian tulajdonképpen in fact, actually, practically #1,761
- Icelandic reyndar in fact, as a matter of fact, actually #329
- Indonesian sebenarnya actually, in fact #202
- Italian davvero really, in fact #98
- Korean 사실 in fact, actually #174
- Latvian patiesībā in truth, in fact, as a matter of fact #359
- Lithuanian faktas #1,204
- Macedonian всушност actually, in fact #219
- Malay memang indeed; in fact; really #159
- Malayalam വസ്തുത fact, reality #1,526
- Norwegian fakta a fact #2,083
- Persian راستش actually, in fact #347
- Polish fakt that's a fact; the fact is #1,506
- Portuguese mesmo really; actually; in fact #76
- Romanian fapt #249
- Russian вообще-то as a matter of fact, in fact, actually,… #473
- Serbian zapravo in fact, really, actually #360
- Slovak fakt #253
- Swedish faktum a fact #1,729
- Tamil உண்மை truth, fact, reality #271
- Turkish asıl actually, in fact #578
- Ukrainian насправді in fact, in reality, really, actually, as a… #378
- Urdu دراصل in reality, in fact, actually, truly, in… #1,022
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.