How to say “immediately” 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.
- немедленно[nʲɪˈmʲedlʲɪn(ː)ə] Russian
- 立刻/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/ Chinese
- αμέσως/aˈme.sos/ Greek
- מייד/miˈjad/ Hebrew
- անմիջապես/ɑnmit͡ʃʰɑˈpes/ Armenian
- உடனடியாக/ʊɖɐnɐɖɪjɑːɡɐ/ Tamil
“immediately” in French: immédiatement · German: sofort · Portuguese: imediatamente · Chinese: 立刻 · Russian: немедленно · Turkish: hemen · Greek: αμέσως
It is commonest in Slovenian, where takoj is the 107th most used word.
Immediately in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian menjëherë/mɛɲəhɛɾə/ #282
- Arabic حال/ħaːla/ during, right after, immediately upon #123
- Armenian անմիջապես/ɑnmit͡ʃʰɑˈpes/ immediately, instantly, promptly, right away #341
- Bosnian odmah/ôdmaːx/ right now, immediately #188
- Bulgarian веднага[vɛdˈnaɡɐ] immediately; right away #213
- Catalan immediatament[im.mə.ðiˌa.təˈmen] immediately; right away; straight away #1,137
- Chinese 立刻/li⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/ immediately; at once #378
- Croatian odmah/ôdmaːx/ right now, immediately #194
- Czech hned[ˈɦnɛt] immediately, right away #199
- Danish straks[ˈsd̥ʁɑɡ̊s] at once, immediately, straight away, right… #699
- Dutch gelijk/ɣəˈlɛi̯k/ immediately, at once #295
- English last/læst/ The immediately before the present #172
- Esperanto tuj/tui̯/ #117
- Estonian kohe/ˈkohe/ at once, immediately, right away #122
- Finnish välittömästi/ˈʋælitːømæstiˣ/ immediately, right away, at once #1,726
- French immédiatement/i.me.djat.mɑ̃/ #1,318
- Galician logo/ˈlɔɡo/ immediately, promptly #136
- Georgian მაშინ[mäʃin] At the time or immediately after something… #111
- German sofort/zoˈfɔʁt/ immediately, at once #302
- Greek αμέσως/aˈme.sos/ immediately, at once, straight away #297
- Hebrew מייד/miˈjad/ #1,253
- Hindi तुरंत/t̪ʊ.ɾənt̪/ at once, immediately #712
- Hungarian azonnal[ˈɒzonːɒl] immediately, at once, right away #314
- Icelandic strax/straks/ immediately, right away #175
- Italian subito/ˈsu.bi.to/ at once, immediately, as soon as possible,… #273
- Korean 당장[ta̠ŋd͡ʑa̠ŋ] At once; immediately thereafter; right now #143
- Macedonian веднаш[ˈvɛdnaʃ] #145
- Malay langsung/ˈlaŋsuŋ/ directly; immediately #477
- Malayalam ഉടൻ/uɖɐn/ #516
- Norwegian straks/ˈstrɑks/ immediately; right away #559
- Persian بلافاصله[bé.lɒː.fɒː.se.le] #2,330
- Polish zaraz/ˈza.ras/ at once, immediately #257
- Portuguese imediatamente/i.me.d͡ʒiˌa.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ #953
- Romanian imediat/i.me.diˈat/ #286
- Russian немедленно[nʲɪˈmʲedlʲɪn(ː)ə] immediately, at once, forthwith #872
- Serbian odmah/ôdmaːx/ right now, immediately #187
- Slovenian takoj/takóːj/ #107
- Spanish mismo/ˈmismo/ right, exactly, immediately #149
- Swedish genast/jɛˈnast/ immediately, at once, right away #1,207
- Tagalog agad/ʔaˈɡad/ immediately; at once #336
- Tamil உடனடியாக/ʊɖɐnɐɖɪjɑːɡɐ/ immediately, instantly, right away #517
- Telugu వెంటనే/ˈʋenʈaneː/ immediately, at once #189
- Turkish hemen/heˈmæn/ immediately, without delay #118
- Ukrainian негайно[neˈɦai̯nɔ] #446
- Urdu ابھی/əbʱiː/ immediately, right away, shortly, at once,… #120
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