How to say “finally” in 33 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.
- أخيرا/ʔa.xiː.ran/ Arabic
- 算是/su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ Chinese
- 드디어[tɯdiʌ̹] Korean
- τελικά/ˌteliˈka/ Greek
- בסוף/baˈsof/ Hebrew
- ბოლოს[b̥o̞ɫo̞s] Georgian
“finally” in French: enfin · Chinese: 算是 · Korean: 드디어 · Arabic: أخيرا · Turkish: sonunda · Greek: τελικά
It is commonest in Georgian, where ბოლოს is the 236th most used word.
Finally in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic أخيرا/ʔa.xiː.ran/ finally, at last #1,094
- Armenian վերջապես/veɾt͡ʃʰɑˈpes/ finally, lastly, at last #1,664
- Bosnian konačno/kǒnat͡ʃno/ finally, at last #725
- Bulgarian накрая[nɐˈkrajɐ] at last, finally #786
- Chinese 算是/su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ finally; at long last #449
- Croatian konačno/kǒnat͡ʃno/ finally, at last #774
- Czech konečně[ˈkonɛt͡ʃɲɛ] at last, finally #528
- Danish endelig/ˈɛnəli/ finally, eventually #586
- Dutch eindelijk/ˈɛi̯n.də.lək/ at last, finally #640
- Esperanto finfine/finˈfine/ at last, finally #333
- Estonian lõpuks/ˈlɤpuks/ #402
- Finnish lopulta/ˈlopultɑ/ at last, eventually, finally, in the end #1,096
- French enfin/ɑ̃.fɛ̃/ finally; in the end #385
- Galician finalmente/finalˈmente/ finally, lastly #1,004
- Georgian ბოლოს[b̥o̞ɫo̞s] finally, at last, in the end #236
- German endlich/ˈɛntlɪç/ eventually, at last, finally #474
- Greek τελικά/ˌteliˈka/ finally, at last, after all, all things… #549
- Hebrew בסוף/baˈsof/ #634
- Icelandic loksins/ˈlɔksɪns/ #548
- Korean 드디어[tɯdiʌ̹] finally, at last #431
- Lithuanian pagaliau[pɐɡɐ²ˈlʲɛʊˑ] finally; at last #334
- Macedonian конечно[ˈkɔnɛt͡ʃnɔ] finally, ultimately #445
- Norwegian endelig/ˈɛndəlɪ/ finally, eventually #691
- Persian بالاخره[be.læ.xæ.ɹe] finally, in the end #390
- Portuguese finalmente/fiˌnawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ eventually; at last, finally #690
- Russian наконец[nəkɐˈnʲet͡s] at last, finally #881
- Serbian konačno/kǒnat͡ʃno/ finally, at last #645
- Slovak napokon/napɔkɔn/ finally, at last, eventually #1,346
- Spanish finalmente/fiˌnalˈmente/ lastly, finally, in the end #1,034
- Swedish äntligen/ˈɛntˌlɪ(ɡ)ɛn/ at last, finally #826
- Turkish sonunda/sonunˈda/ #312
- Ukrainian нарешті[nɐˈrɛʃtʲi] finally, in the end, eventually, ultimately,… #552
- Urdu بالآخر/bɪl.ɑː.xɪɾ/ at last, finally #1,254
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.