How to say “finally” in 33 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 Georgian, where ბოლოს is the 236th most used word.
- Arabic أخيرا finally, at last #1,094
- Armenian վերջապես finally, lastly, at last #1,664
- Bosnian konačno finally, at last #725
- Bulgarian накрая at last, finally #786
- Chinese 算是 finally; at long last #449
- Croatian konačno finally, at last #774
- Czech konečně at last, finally #528
- Danish endelig finally, eventually #586
- Dutch eindelijk at last, finally #640
- Esperanto finfine at last, finally #333
- Estonian lõpuks #402
- Finnish lopulta at last, eventually, finally, in the end #1,096
- French enfin finally; in the end #385
- Galician finalmente finally, lastly #1,004
- Georgian ბოლოს finally, at last, in the end #236
- German endlich eventually, at last, finally #474
- Greek τελικά finally, at last, after all, all things… #549
- Hebrew בסוף #634
- Icelandic loksins #548
- Korean 드디어 finally, at last #431
- Lithuanian pagaliau finally; at last #334
- Macedonian конечно finally, ultimately #445
- Norwegian endelig finally, eventually #691
- Persian بالاخره finally, in the end #390
- Portuguese finalmente eventually; at last, finally #690
- Russian наконец at last, finally #881
- Serbian konačno finally, at last #645
- Slovak napokon finally, at last, eventually #1,346
- Spanish finalmente lastly, finally, in the end #1,034
- Swedish äntligen at last, finally #826
- Turkish sonunda #312
- Ukrainian нарешті finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately,… #552
- Urdu بالآخر at last, finally #1,254
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.