How to say “meet” 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 Arabic, where تعرف is the 83rd most used word.
- Albanian takuar to meet; to encounter #554
- Arabic تعرف to become acquainted, with, to meet #83
- Armenian պատահել to meet accidentally, bump into #452
- Bosnian sresti to encounter, meet #2,435
- Chinese 出事 to have an accident; to meet with a mishap;… #799
- Croatian sresti to encounter, meet #2,432
- Czech setkání to meet #1,226
- Danish mødte to meet, encounter #736
- Dutch ontmoeten to meet #599
- English avoid To try not to meet or communicate with; to… #1,949
- Esperanto renkontis to meet, to encounter #725
- Estonian kohtuma to meet, to get together #1,044
- Finnish tavata to meet #317
- French rencontrer to meet #676
- Georgian ხვდები to meet #511
- German tag to meet #181
- Hebrew לקראת to meet; toward: moving in the direction of #1,546
- Hindi मिल to meet, encounter; have a meeting #105
- Hungarian találkozunk to meet #384
- Icelandic hitta to meet #197
- Indonesian bertemu to meet #159
- Italian conosco to know, to meet, to experience #532
- Lithuanian susitikti to meet up, get together #450
- Malay jumpa to meet; to encounter #139
- Norwegian møtt to meet #855
- Persian قرار agreement to meet #111
- Polish spotkanie to meet #677
- Portuguese encontrar to meet #291
- Romanian întâlnit to meet #656
- Russian встретиться to meet, to encounter, to come across #899
- Slovak stretnúť to meet #466
- Slovenian srečati to encounter, meet #1,150
- Spanish encontrar to meet #371
- Swedish möta to meet #1,440
- Tagalog magkakilala to happen to know or meet another #1,828
- Tamil கூடாது to join, to meet, to come together #115
- Turkish görüşmek to meet #1,191
- Ukrainian зустрітися to meet, to encounter, to come across +… #1,300
- Vietnamese gặp to meet, to see #131
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.