How to say “loss” in 32 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 Polish, where od is the 43rd most used word.
- Afrikaans verlies #1,193
- Albanian humbje #1,098
- Arabic فقدان #1,125
- Bengali লোকসান damage, loss, harm #1,645
- Bosnian gubitak #1,654
- Bulgarian загуба loss, waste #1,481
- Catalan pèrdua #1,432
- Croatian gubitak #1,548
- Czech ztráta #2,084
- Estonian kaotus #1,902
- French perte #1,757
- Greek απώλεια #2,141
- Hindi ऋण debt, loss #1,239
- Hungarian kár damage, loss, detriment #1,060
- Icelandic missi #1,141
- Indonesian kehilangan #265
- Italian perdita loss, waste, deprivation #1,776
- Macedonian загуба #2,092
- Malay kehilangan #306
- Malayalam നഷ്ടം #987
- Norwegian tap #2,104
- Persian ضرر detriment, loss, disadvantage, deficiency #1,995
- Polish od indicates separation, distance, loss of… #43
- Portuguese perda #1,703
- Romanian pierdere #2,025
- Serbian gubitak #1,733
- Spanish pérdida #1,987
- Tagalog kawalan loss; deprivation; depletion #1,884
- Tamil இழப்பு #681
- Telugu ఓటమి failure, loss, defeat #768
- Turkish kaybı #2,024
- Urdu نقصان loss, harm, harmful #407
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.