How to say “forward” in 45 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.
- adelante/adeˈlante/ Spanish
- вперёд[f⁽ʲ⁾pʲɪˈrʲɵt] Russian
- आगे/ɑː.ɡeː/ Hindi
- წინ[t͡sʼin] Georgian
- առաջ/ɑˈrɑt͡ʃʰ/ Armenian
- മുന്നോട്ട്/mun̪n̪oːʈʈɨ/ Malayalam
“forward” in Spanish: adelante · Italian: avanti · Russian: вперёд · Hindi: आगे
It is commonest in Icelandic, where áfram is the 85th most used word.
Forward in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic أقبل/ʔaqbala/ to turn forward #1,294
- Armenian առաջ/ɑˈrɑt͡ʃʰ/ #128
- Basque aurrera/au̯reɾa/ #126
- Bengali অগ্রসর/ɔɡ.ɡrɔ.ʃɔr/ progressive, forward #1,732
- Bosnian naprijed/nâprjeːd/ forward, forwards #847
- Bulgarian напред[nɐˈprɛt] forward, onward, ahead #619
- Catalan endavant[ən.dəˈβan] #394
- Chinese 期待/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/ to look forward to; to await #488
- Croatian naprijed/nâprjeːd/ forward, forwards #617
- Czech dopředu[ˈdopr̝̊ɛdu] #1,788
- Danish frem/frɛm/ forward, toward #344
- Dutch uitzien/ˈœy̯tsin/ to look forward to #2,419
- English run/ɹʌn/ To move forward quickly upon two feet by… #316
- Esperanto antaŭen/anˈtau̯en/ forward, forth #583
- Estonian edasi/ˈed̥ɑsi/ forward, ahead #201
- Finnish välitä/ˈʋælitæˣ/ to transmit, convey, forward, pass on, relay #582
- French avance/a.vɑ̃s/ to advance, to go forward #885
- Galician adiante[aˈðjantɪ] ahead, forward #397
- Georgian წინ[t͡sʼin] forward, ahead #191
- German vorwärts/ˈfoːr.vɛrts/ forwards, forward; onwards, onward #1,658
- Greek ανυπομονώ/a.ni.po.moˈno/ to be impatient, look forward with impatience #1,884
- Hebrew הלאה/ˈhɔl.ʔɔ/ along, forward, onward, next #735
- Hindi आगे/ɑː.ɡeː/ #277
- Hungarian előre[ˈɛløːrɛ] forward, ahead #654
- Icelandic áfram/ˈauːfram/ forward, forth, on #85
- Indonesian lari/ˈlari/ to move forward quickly upon two feet by… #378
- Italian avanti/aˈvan.ti/ forward, ahead, onward #315
- Korean 전진[t͡ɕʌ̹ɲd͡ʑin] advance; forward movement #2,337
- Lithuanian pirmyn[pʲɪrʲ²ˈmʲiːn] forward, ahead #204
- Macedonian напред[ˈnaprɛt] forward, ahead, in front #402
- Malayalam മുന്നോട്ട്/mun̪n̪oːʈʈɨ/ #248
- Norwegian frem/ˈfrɛm/ #643
- Persian جلو[d͡ʒe.lów] forward, ahead #398
- Polish naprzód/ˈna.pʂut/ forward, forwards, forth, ahead #1,857
- Portuguese avançar/a.vɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ to go forward, advance #1,984
- Russian вперёд[f⁽ʲ⁾pʲɪˈrʲɵt] #1,116
- Serbian napred/nâpreːd/ forward, forwards #627
- Spanish adelante/adeˈlante/ #370
- Swedish fram/fram/ forth, forward, out #262
- Tagalog asahan/ʔaˈsahan/ to hope for; to look forward #1,250
- Tamil தள்ளு/t̪ɐɭːɯ/ to push, force, forward, shove away #673
- Telugu ఎదురుచూచు/ed̪uɾut͡ɕuːt͡ɕu/ to look forward, to anticipate #1,665
- Ukrainian вперед[ʍpeˈrɛd] forward, forwards, forth, onwards, ahead, on #321
- Urdu آگے/ɑː.ɡeː/ #224
- Vietnamese tiến[tiən˧˦] to advance; to go forward #403
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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