How to say “moment” in 47 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 հիմա is the 41st most used word.
- Afrikaans toe then; at that time; at that moment #68
- Albanian çast #936
- Arabic لحظة moment, instant #193
- Armenian հիմա now, at present, at this moment in time #41
- Basque garai time, moment #376
- Bosnian trenutak #435
- Bulgarian момент moment, instant #300
- Catalan moment #175
- Chinese 現在 now; the present time; the present moment;… #148
- Croatian trenutak #409
- Czech chvíli #318
- Danish øjeblik blink of an eye, moment #272
- Dutch nu now, at the present moment #55
- Esperanto momenton moment, instant #372
- Estonian praegu now, at the moment, currently #172
- Finnish hetki moment, instant #355
- Galician momento moment, instant #212
- Georgian მომენტი breath, breathing, moment #1,172
- German als at the same moment, when, while, as #55
- Greek στιγμή moment, instant, jiffy #196
- Hebrew רגע a moment #146
- Hindi पल jiffy, moment #526
- Hungarian jelenleg currently, at present, at the moment #1,163
- Icelandic núna now, at the moment, currently #72
- Italian momento #215
- Korean 잠깐 for a short time, for a moment, awhile,… #119
- Latvian šobrīd now, currently, at this moment, at this point #512
- Macedonian момент #266
- Malay la At the present time or moment; now #426
- Malayalam നിമിഷം #118
- Norwegian øyeblikk moment, blink of an eye #399
- Persian لحظه #188
- Polish chwilę instant, moment #335
- Portuguese momento #282
- Romanian moment the time, the right moment #338
- Russian момент #505
- Serbian trenutak #411
- Slovak podrž to hold for a moment #1,387
- Slovenian zdaj now, at this moment #49
- Spanish momento moment, instant #166
- Swedish ögonblick a moment, an instant, a blink of an eye #729
- Tagalog teka wait a moment!; hold on for a while! #100
- Tamil பொழுது time, moment #1,168
- Turkish an #209
- Ukrainian момент moment, instant #488
- Urdu لمحہ an instant, a moment #1,009
- Vietnamese lúc moment, time #144
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.