How to say “far” in 49 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 Persian, where تا is the 17th most used word.
- Afrikaans ver far, distant #247
- Albanian larg far, far away, afar, away. in space or time #227
- Arabic حتى until, as far as, to the point of, even up to #48
- Armenian մինչև as far as, till, until, to #95
- Bosnian dalje #244
- Bulgarian досега up until now, so far, heretofore #584
- Catalan lluny #512
- Chinese 甚至 even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent… #113
- Croatian dalje #265
- Czech daleko far, afar #543
- Danish borte far away, far off #2,140
- Dutch lang by far #210
- English way #111
- Esperanto for away, far, gone #163
- Estonian kaugele to far away, to afar #695
- Finnish kaukana far, far away, afar #823
- French loin far, distant #401
- Galician lonxe far, afar #404
- Georgian აქამდე so far, until now #385
- German weit #392
- Greek μέχρι until; up to; as far as #140
- Hebrew רחוק #582
- Hindi दूर distant, far #181
- Hungarian addig as far as #413
- Icelandic langt #237
- Indonesian jauh #274
- Italian fino till, until, as far as #325
- Korean 너무나 far too much; excessively #808
- Latvian tālu far, far away #489
- Macedonian далеку far, far away #419
- Malay jauh #295
- Malayalam ഇതുവരെ yet, thus far #162
- Norwegian lenger #276
- Persian تا until; as far as; up to #17
- Polish daleko #684
- Portuguese longe far, a long way #487
- Romanian departe #290
- Russian далеко far, far off, far away #704
- Serbian dalje #238
- Slovak zatiaľ so far, yet #300
- Slovenian daleč #271
- Spanish demasiado too much, excessively, far too much, overmuch #248
- Swedish längre #237
- Tagalog malayo #560
- Tamil அனைத்து so much, thus far #37
- Turkish uzak far, distant, remote #405
- Ukrainian поки for the present, for the time being. for now,… #218
- Urdu دور far, far off #113
- Vietnamese xa #349
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.