How to say “let” in 45 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 Armenian, where թող is the 66th most used word.
- Albanian le #145
- Arabic أشعر to let know, to notify, to inform, to give… #144
- Armenian թող #66
- Basque laga to let, to allow #1,836
- Bengali ফেলা to drop, to let fall #566
- Bosnian neka let, may #193
- Bulgarian позволя to let, to allow, to permit #860
- Catalan avisar to inform, let someone know #2,279
- Chinese 放手 to let go; to lose one's grip #604
- Croatian neka let, may #187
- Czech ať #173
- Danish lad #69
- Dutch ontslagen to discharge, to let go, to free of one's… #1,151
- English say For example; let us assume #101
- Esperanto permesu to let, permit, allow #415
- Estonian lase to let, to allow, to permit #169
- Finnish päästää to let #1,576
- French lâche to release; to loosen; to let go #1,328
- Georgian იყოს let it/her/him be #104
- German lassen to allow; to permit; to let #161
- Greek αφήσω to leave, allow, let, let go, let go of,… #487
- Hebrew שחרר To free, release, let go: to set free from… #1,378
- Hindi छोड़ to release, let go #152
- Hungarian hadd let, please #248
- Indonesian lepaskan let go #397
- Italian permesso to allow, to let, to permit, to authorize, to… #781
- Korean 글쎄요 well, let me see #444
- Lithuanian tegu let, may #373
- Macedonian нека let, may #207
- Malay lepaskan let go #293
- Norwegian slipp to escape, be let off, to avoid, to not have… #392
- Persian گذاشتم to let, to permit, to allow #599
- Polish puść to let go, to release #1,344
- Portuguese permitir to permit, to allow, to let #2,326
- Russian давайте to let #253
- Serbian neka let, may #190
- Slovak pustiť to release, let go #873
- Slovenian spustiti to let go, to release #973
- Swedish släpp to let go; release #385
- Tagalog ipakita to show; to let someone see #321
- Tamil விடு to let go #236
- Turkish bırak let alone #204
- Ukrainian давайте come on!; let us, let's #203
- Urdu چھوڑنا to let go #1,202
- Vietnamese thả to release; to let go; to set free #687
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.