How to say “let” 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.
- давайте[dɐˈvajtʲe] Russian
- թող/tʰoʁ/ Armenian
- گذاشتم/ɡozɒːʃtæm/ Persian
“let” in Russian: давайте
It is commonest in Armenian, where թող is the 66th most used word.
Let in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian le/lɛ/ #145
- Arabic أشعر/ʔaʃʕara/ to let know, to notify, to inform, to give… #144
- Armenian թող/tʰoʁ/ #66
- Basque laga/laɡa/ to let, to allow #1,836
- Bengali ফেলা/fæla/ to drop, to let fall #566
- Bosnian neka/ˈnɛkɐ/ let, may #193
- Bulgarian позволя[pozvoˈlʲa̟] to let, to allow, to permit #860
- Catalan avisar[ə.βiˈza] to inform, let someone know #2,279
- Chinese 放手/fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to let go; to lose one's grip #604
- Croatian neka/ˈnɛkɐ/ let, may #187
- Czech ať[ˈac] #173
- Danish lad/ˈlaðˀ/ #69
- Dutch ontslagen/ɔntˈslaːɣən/ to discharge, to let go, to free of one's… #1,151
- English say/seɪ/ For example; let us assume #101
- Esperanto permesu/perˈmesu/ to let, permit, allow #415
- Estonian lase/ˈlɑse/ to let, to allow, to permit #169
- Finnish päästää/ˈpæːstæːˣ/ to let #1,576
- French lâche/laʃ/ to release; to loosen; to let go #1,328
- Georgian იყოს[iχʼo̞s] let it/her/him be #104
- German lassen[ˈlasn̩] to allow; to permit; to let #161
- Greek αφήσω/aˈfiso/ to leave, allow, let, let go, let go of,… #487
- Hebrew שחרר/ʃiˈχʁeʁ/ To free, release, let go: to set free from… #1,378
- Hindi छोड़/t͡ʃʰoːɽ/ to release, let go #152
- Hungarian hadd[ˈhɒd] let, please #248
- Indonesian lepaskan/ləˈpaskan/ let go #397
- Italian permesso/perˈmes.so/ to allow, to let, to permit, to authorize, to… #781
- Korean 글쎄요[kɯɭs͈e̞jo] well, let me see #444
- Lithuanian tegu[tʲɛˈɡʊ] let, may #373
- Macedonian нека[ˈnɛka] let, may #207
- Malay lepaskan/ləˈpaskan/ let go #293
- Norwegian slipp/ˈʃlɪp/ to escape, be let off, to avoid, to not have… #392
- Persian گذاشتم/ɡozɒːʃtæm/ to let, to permit, to allow #599
- Polish puść/ˈpuɕt͡ɕ/ to let go, to release #1,344
- Portuguese permitir/peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ to permit, to allow, to let #2,326
- Russian давайте[dɐˈvajtʲe] to let #253
- Serbian neka/ˈnɛkɐ/ let, may #190
- Slovak pustiť/puscic/ to release, let go #873
- Slovenian spustiti/spustìːti/ to let go, to release #973
- Swedish släpp/ˈslɛp/ to let go; release #385
- Tagalog ipakita/ʔipaˈkita/ to show; to let someone see #321
- Tamil விடு/ʋɪɖɯ/ to let go #236
- Turkish bırak/bɯˈɾak/ let alone #204
- Ukrainian давайте[dɐˈʋai̯te] come on!; let us, let's #203
- Urdu چھوڑنا/t͡ʃʰoːɽnɑː/ to let go #1,202
- Vietnamese thả[tʰaː˧˩] to release; to let go; to set free #687
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.