How to say “meet” in 39 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.
- encontrar/enkonˈtɾaɾ/ Spanish
- встретиться[ˈfstrʲetʲɪt͡sə] Russian
- मिल/mɪl/ Hindi
- לקראת/likˈʁat/ Hebrew
- ხვდები[χʷde̞bi] Georgian
“meet” in Spanish: encontrar · French: rencontrer · German: tag · Portuguese: encontrar · Russian: встретиться · Hindi: मिल · Turkish: görüşmek
It is commonest in Hindi, where मिल is the 105th most used word.
Meet in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian takuar/takuaɾ/ to meet; to encounter #554
- Arabic تعرف/taʕarrafa/ to become acquainted, with, to meet #83
- Armenian պատահել/pɑtɑˈhel/ to meet accidentally, bump into #452
- Bosnian sresti/srêsti/ to encounter, meet #2,435
- Chinese 出事/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ to have an accident; to meet with a mishap;… #799
- Croatian sresti/srêsti/ to encounter, meet #2,432
- Czech setkání[ˈsɛtkaːɲiː] to meet #1,226
- Danish mødte[ˈmød̥ə] to meet, encounter #736
- Dutch ontmoeten/ˌɔntˈmu.tə(n)/ to meet #599
- English avoid/əˈvɔɪd/ To try not to meet or communicate with; to… #1,949
- Esperanto renkontis/renˈkontis/ to meet, to encounter #725
- Estonian kohtuma/kˈohtumɑ/ to meet, to get together #1,044
- Finnish tavata/ˈtɑʋɑtɑˣ/ to meet #317
- French rencontrer/ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ to meet #676
- Georgian ხვდები[χʷde̞bi] to meet #511
- German tag/taːk/ to meet #181
- Hebrew לקראת/likˈʁat/ to meet; toward: moving in the direction of #1,546
- Hindi मिल/mɪl/ to meet, encounter; have a meeting #105
- Hungarian találkozunk[ˈtɒlaːlkozuŋk] to meet #384
- Icelandic hitta/ˈhɪhta/ to meet #197
- Indonesian bertemu/bərˈtɛmu/ to meet #159
- Italian conosco/koˈnos.ko/ to know, to meet, to experience #532
- Lithuanian susitikti/sʊ.sɪˈtʲɪk.tʲɪ/ to meet up, get together #450
- Malay jumpa/ˈd͡ʒumpa/ to meet; to encounter #139
- Norwegian møtt/ˈmœt/ to meet #855
- Persian قرار[qæ.ɹɒ́ːɹ] agreement to meet #111
- Polish spotkanie/spɔtˈka.ɲɛ/ to meet #677
- Portuguese encontrar/ẽ.kõˈtɾa(ʁ)/ to meet #291
- Romanian întâlnit[ɨntɨlˈnit] to meet #656
- Russian встретиться[ˈfstrʲetʲɪt͡sə] to meet, to encounter, to come across #899
- Slovak stretnúť/stretnuːc/ to meet #466
- Slovenian srečati/sréːt͡ʃati/ to encounter, meet #1,150
- Spanish encontrar/enkonˈtɾaɾ/ to meet #371
- Swedish möta/ˈmøːta/ to meet #1,440
- Tagalog magkakilala/maɡkakiˈlala/ to happen to know or meet another #1,828
- Tamil கூடாது/kuːɖɑːd̪ɯ/ to join, to meet, to come together #115
- Turkish görüşmek/ɟøɾyʃˈmec/ to meet #1,191
- Ukrainian зустрітися[zʊˈstʲrʲitesʲɐ] to meet, to encounter, to come across +… #1,300
- Vietnamese gặp[ɣap̚˧˨ʔ] to meet, to see #131
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 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.