How to say “later” in 42 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 Malayalam, where പിന്നെ is the 18th most used word.
- Albanian ani then, later; later #1,616
- Basque gero #57
- Bosnian kasnije later on, afterwards #310
- Bulgarian после later, afterwards #197
- Catalan després #126
- Chinese 再見 goodbye; see you later #755
- Croatian kasnije later on, afterwards #365
- Czech později #445
- Danish efter after; subsequent; later in time than #83
- Dutch straks later today, shortly, in a moment #590
- English after Behind; later in time; following #161
- Esperanto poste afterwards, later #127
- Estonian pärast after, afterwards, following, later, past,… #76
- Finnish näkemiin see you later, see you, goodbye #1,180
- French après after, later than in time #146
- Galician tarde late, later #204
- Georgian მოგვიანებით #426
- German später #375
- Greek μετά afterwards, later #105
- Hebrew לאחר After, at a later time than #300
- Hungarian majd sometime, later #60
- Icelandic sjáumst see you soon!, see you later!, later #276
- Indonesian sebentar #246
- Italian dopo after, later #154
- Korean 이따가 a little later; after a while; a short time… #1,130
- Latvian pēc after, afterwards, later, later on #59
- Macedonian после afterwards, later #173
- Malay kelak soon, later, afterwards #2,338
- Malayalam പിന്നെ later; at some unspecified time in the future #18
- Persian بعدا afterwards, later #518
- Polish potem then, later, afterwards #201
- Portuguese depois #112
- Russian увидимся see you later #542
- Serbian posle #266
- Slovak neskôr #240
- Spanish después later, afterwards, afterward, post #160
- Tagalog mamaya later; shortly #307
- Tamil பின்னர் after, afterwards, subsequently, later, later… #118
- Telugu భావి future, later, subsequent #1,518
- Turkish sonra later, after, afterwards, post- #44
- Ukrainian потому #128
- Vietnamese sau #124
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.