How to say “lawyer” in 39 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 Tamil, where வழக்கறிஞர் is the 301st most used word.
- Albanian avokat #1,112
- Armenian փաստաբան lawyer, attorney, advocate, barrister, counsel #322
- Basque abokatu #614
- Bengali উকিল lawyer, vakil #1,038
- Bosnian advokat advocate, attorney, lawyer #1,151
- Bulgarian адвокат male lawyer, advocate, attorney, counsel,… #734
- Catalan advocat #1,018
- Croatian odvjetnik lawyer, attorney #1,045
- Czech právník #1,579
- Danish advokat lawyer, attorney #764
- Dutch advocaat attorney, lawyer #673
- English attorney A lawyer; one who advises or represents… #2,015
- Esperanto advokato lawyer, barrister, attorney #1,955
- Estonian advokaat #1,080
- French avocat lawyer, attorney #733
- Galician avogado lawyer, attorney #922
- German anwalt attorney, lawyer #979
- Hindi वकील #962
- Hungarian ügyvéd lawyer, attorney, counsel #1,478
- Italian avvocato lawyer, counsel, solicitor, barrister #697
- Korean 변호사 lawyer, solicitor, counsel, attorney,… #815
- Latvian advokāts #1,137
- Lithuanian advokatas #998
- Macedonian адвокат #651
- Malay peguam A lawyer #861
- Malayalam വക്കീൽ #1,237
- Norwegian advokat a lawyer #929
- Persian وکیل lawyer, attorney #1,685
- Portuguese advogado #799
- Romanian avocat lawyer, attorney, barrister #920
- Russian адвокат lawyer, attorney, barrister, solicitor,… #1,199
- Serbian advokat advocate, attorney, lawyer #1,074
- Slovak advokát advocate, lawyer #1,906
- Slovenian odvetnik lawyer, attorney #495
- Spanish abogado lawyer, solicitor, counsel #758
- Swedish advokat a lawyer, an attorney #851
- Tamil வழக்கறிஞர் lawyer, attorney, advocate #301
- Turkish avukat #966
- Ukrainian адвокат #985
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.