How to say “lot” in 43 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 Basque, where asko is the 31st most used word.
- Afrikaans veel much, a lot #232
- Albanian ndjeshëm a lot, lots #2,007
- Arabic كثيرا a lot; many; much #308
- Basque asko much, a lot #31
- Bengali বহুত many, much, a lot #1,565
- Bosnian mnogo many, a lot, lots #159
- Bulgarian много many, a lot of #36
- Catalan força much, a lot of, very, quite #418
- Chinese 很多 many; much; a lot #51
- Croatian puno much, a lot, lots #154
- Czech spousta a lot of, lots of, plenty of #857
- Dutch veel many, much, a lot of #112
- English miles much; a lot #865
- Esperanto multe a lot #149
- Estonian palju many, a lot #69
- Finnish paljon a lot, plenty, much #87
- French beaucoup much, very much, a lot #167
- Galician moito much, a lot, lots #103
- German viel much, a lot #127
- Greek πολλά much, many, a lot of #194
- Hebrew הרבה a lot #79
- Hindi ज़्यादा much, a lot #862
- Hungarian sokan many, a lot of people #1,207
- Icelandic fleiri many, a lot of #274
- Italian molto much, very much, a lot #77
- Korean 많이 many, much, a lot, plenty, in abundance #109
- Latvian daudz much, a lot; adverbial form of daudzi #75
- Lithuanian daug much, a lot #85
- Macedonian многу very, a lot #39
- Malay banyak many, much, a lot #89
- Malayalam ഒത്തിരി a lot, much #771
- Persian بخش lot; part; portion; section #326
- Polish dużo much, a lot #219
- Portuguese muito much; many; a lot of; lots of #33
- Romanian mulțime lot, ton, large quantity #1,743
- Russian гораздо much, far, by far, a lot, considerably, quite #1,037
- Serbian mnogo many, a lot, lots #129
- Spanish mucho much, a lot of #103
- Swedish mycket much, a lot #84
- Tamil நிறைய many, a lot of #101
- Ukrainian багато much, a lot #144
- Urdu زیادہ more, much, a lot, excessively #47
- Vietnamese nhiều many, much; a lot #107
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.