How to say “offer” in 38 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 Bulgarian, where нека is the 151st most used word.
- Afrikaans bied to offer #609
- Albanian ofroj to offer #1,445
- Armenian առաջարկ offer, suggestion, proposal #1,117
- Basque eskaini to offer #475
- Bosnian ponudio to offer, to put forward #1,882
- Bulgarian нека introduces suggestion, offer, or allowance of… #151
- Catalan oferta #1,293
- Chinese 提供 to provide; to offer; to supply #277
- Croatian ponuditi to offer, to put forward #1,691
- Czech nabídnout to offer #1,863
- Danish tilbud an offer #1,485
- Dutch bieden to offer #1,602
- Esperanto donacis To offer; give a present, gift; to donate #2,204
- Estonian pakume to offer #2,336
- Finnish esittää to express, offer, set/put forth, state #1,345
- French offre to offer; to provide #915
- Galician oferta #2,140
- German angebot offer, proposition #1,447
- Greek προσφορά offer, offering #1,161
- Icelandic veita to grant, to offer #886
- Indonesian menawarkan to offer #1,256
- Italian offerta #1,331
- Latvian piedāvājums An offer or proposition #1,680
- Lithuanian pasiūlymas suggestion, proposal, offer #1,149
- Macedonian понуда #1,221
- Malay tawaran #1,051
- Norwegian bud a bid or offer #1,722
- Portuguese oferta #1,679
- Romanian oferi to offer #1,169
- Russian представить to present, to offer #908
- Serbian ponudio to offer, to put forward #1,885
- Slovak ponuku #883
- Slovenian ponudba #894
- Spanish oferta #1,685
- Swedish bjuda to offer, to give as a gift #1,236
- Turkish satış offer, sale #2,032
- Ukrainian запропонувати to offer #2,102
- Vietnamese hiến to give, donate or offer #1,429
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.