How to say “hurt” in 30 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.
“hurt” in Spanish: herido · German: verletzt
It is commonest in Slovak, where bolí is the 532nd most used word.
Hurt in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans beseer/bəˈsiər/ to hurt, to injure, to wound #1,152
- Albanian lëndoj/ləndɔj/ to hurt, touch #1,501
- Arabic ضرر/dˤarar/ damage, injury, hurt, harm, mischief #1,837
- Basque mindu/mindu/ to hurt #1,030
- Bosnian povrijediti/poʋrjěːditi/ to hurt, injure, wound #1,453
- Bulgarian нараня[nɐrɐˈnʲɤ̟] to wound, to hurt, to injure #1,786
- Catalan ferit[fəˈɾit] #1,343
- Chinese 傷害/ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯⁵¹/ to injure; to hurt #1,598
- Croatian povrijediti/poʋrjěːditi/ to hurt, injure, wound #1,185
- Czech bolí[ˈboliː] to hurt, to ache #872
- Dutch gewond/ɣəˈʋɔnt/ to wound, hurt #1,100
- English smart/smɑɹt/ To hurt or sting #899
- Finnish sattuu/ˈsatːuː/ to hurt, be sore #966
- Georgian ტკივილი[tʼkʼivili] pain, ache, hurt #855
- German verletzt/fɐˈlɛt͡st/ to hurt, to injure #805
- Hindi चोट/t͡ʃoːʈ/ injury, hurt, wound #414
- Hungarian fáj[ˈfaːj] to hurt, ache, be sore #730
- Icelandic meiddur[ˈmeit(ː)ʏr] hurt, wounded #1,737
- Indonesian sakit/ˈsakit/ ill; sick; hurt #222
- Latvian sāp/ˈsaːp/ to hurt #825
- Macedonian боли[ˈbɔli] to hurt, ache #534
- Polish boli/ˈbɔ.li/ to hurt #980
- Portuguese ferido/feˈɾi.du/ injured, hurt, sore, wounded #1,870
- Romanian doare[ˈdo̯are] to hurt, ache #912
- Serbian povrediti/poʋrěːditi/ to hurt, injure, wound #1,722
- Slovak bolí/bɔʎiː/ to hurt #532
- Slovenian boleti/bɔlèːti/ to hurt, to ache, to cause pain #1,779
- Spanish herido/eˈɾido/ hurt, injured #1,523
- Tagalog saktan/sakˈtan/ to hurt #980
- Vietnamese đau[ʔɗaw˧˧] to be hurt; to be wounded #404
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.