How to say “immediately” in 45 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 Slovenian, where takoj is the 107th most used word.
- Albanian menjëherë #282
- Arabic حال during, right after, immediately upon #123
- Armenian անմիջապես immediately, instantly, promptly, right away #341
- Bosnian odmah right now, immediately #188
- Bulgarian веднага immediately; right away #213
- Catalan immediatament immediately; right away; straight away #1,137
- Chinese 立刻 immediately; at once #378
- Croatian odmah right now, immediately #194
- Czech hned immediately, right away #199
- Danish straks at once, immediately, straight away, right… #699
- Dutch gelijk immediately, at once #295
- English last The immediately before the present #172
- Esperanto tuj #117
- Estonian kohe at once, immediately, right away #122
- Finnish välittömästi immediately, right away, at once #1,726
- French immédiatement #1,318
- Galician logo immediately, promptly #136
- Georgian მაშინ At the time or immediately after something… #111
- German sofort immediately, at once #302
- Greek αμέσως immediately, at once, straight away #297
- Hebrew מייד #1,253
- Hindi तुरंत at once, immediately #712
- Hungarian azonnal immediately, at once, right away #314
- Icelandic strax immediately, right away #175
- Italian subito at once, immediately, as soon as possible,… #273
- Korean 당장 At once; immediately thereafter; right now #143
- Macedonian веднаш #145
- Malay langsung directly; immediately #477
- Malayalam ഉടൻ #516
- Norwegian straks immediately; right away #559
- Persian بلافاصله #2,330
- Polish zaraz at once, immediately #257
- Portuguese imediatamente #953
- Romanian imediat #286
- Russian немедленно immediately, at once, forthwith #872
- Serbian odmah right now, immediately #187
- Slovenian takoj #107
- Spanish mismo right, exactly, immediately #149
- Swedish genast immediately, at once, right away #1,207
- Tagalog agad immediately; at once #336
- Tamil உடனடியாக immediately, instantly, right away #517
- Telugu వెంటనే immediately, at once #189
- Turkish hemen immediately, without delay #118
- Ukrainian негайно #446
- Urdu ابھی immediately, right away, shortly, at once,… #120
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.