How to say “instance” in 38 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 Spanish, where vez is the 71st most used word.
- Afrikaans byvoorbeeld for example, for instance #981
- Arabic نظرة instance noun of نَظَرَ: a look #295
- Bengali যথা as for instance, as for example, namely; as… #2,474
- Bosnian primjer example, instance #1,392
- Bulgarian случай instance, occasion, case #308
- Chinese 比如 to take for example; for example; for… #455
- Croatian primjer example, instance #1,031
- Czech například for instance, for example #1,454
- Dutch geval case, situation, instance #548
- English press An instance of applying pressure; an instance… #1,140
- Estonian näiteks for example, for instance #591
- Finnish esimerkiksi for example, for instance #2,075
- German wiedersehen reunion; seeing again; instance of seeing… #590
- Greek παράδειγμα example, instance #1,262
- Hebrew פעם A time: an instance, an occurrence #86
- Hungarian például for example, for instance #700
- Icelandic tilfelli case, instance, circumstance #1,694
- Indonesian contoh example, instance #1,782
- Italian volte time, instance, occasion #286
- Latvian piemēram for example, for instance #676
- Lithuanian atvejis case, instance #1,470
- Macedonian пример example, instance #578
- Malayalam തവണ time; an instance or occurrence #159
- Norwegian tilfelle a case or instance #1,216
- Persian مورد case; instance #79
- Romanian data an instance, occasion, time #346
- Russian например for example, for instance, e.g #754
- Serbian primer example, instance #884
- Slovak napríklad for example, for instance #479
- Spanish vez time, instance #71
- Swedish resa an instance of traveling, "a travel"; a trip,… #745
- Tagalog beses time; instance; repetition #251
- Tamil தடவை time, instance, occurrence, turn #661
- Telugu సారి time, turn, instance, occasion, repetition #644
- Turkish örneğin for example, for instance #2,235
- Ukrainian спочатку first, at first, initially, in the first… #650
- Urdu مثال example, instance, specimen, model, precedent #669
- Vietnamese chuyến trip, instance of travel #758
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.