How to say “opinion” in 42 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.
- opinión/opiˈnjon/ Spanish
- γνώμη/ˈɣno.mi/ Greek
- דעה/deˈ(ʔ)a/ Hebrew
- აზრი[äzɾi] Georgian
- கருத்து Tamil
- അഭിപ്രായം/ɐb(ʱ)ipraːjɐm/ Malayalam
“opinion” in Spanish: opinión · French: avis · German: meinung · Italian: opinione · Portuguese: opinião · Greek: γνώμη
It is commonest in Tagalog, where palagay is the 360th most used word.
Opinion in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans mening/ˈmɪə̯.nəŋ/ An opinion #1,603
- Basque iritzi/iɾit͡s̻i/ #690
- Bosnian mišljenje/mîʃʎeːɲe / #1,108
- Bulgarian мнение[ˈmnɛniɛ] opinion, view, standpoint, belief #1,220
- Catalan opinió[u.pi.niˈo] #1,108
- Chinese 覺得/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ d̥ə³/ to think; to believe; to be of the opinion… #426
- Croatian mišljenje/mîʃʎeːɲe / #996
- Czech názor[ˈnaːzor] #1,035
- Danish mening[ˈmeːneŋ] an opinion #543
- Dutch meen/ˈmeːn/ to think; to have an opinion or assumption #665
- English agree/əˈɡɹi/ To be in harmony about an opinion, statement,… #891
- Esperanto opinias/ˌopiˈnias/ to think, to have an opinion; to opine #227
- Estonian arvamus/ˈɑrvɑmus/ #1,519
- Finnish mielestäni/ˈmielesˌtænɪ/ in one's opinion #1,097
- French avis/a.vi/ #609
- Galician opinión/ɔpiˈnjoŋ/ #734
- Georgian აზრი[äzɾi] #614
- German meinung/ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ/ #856
- Greek γνώμη/ˈɣno.mi/ opinion, perception #720
- Hebrew דעה/deˈ(ʔ)a/ opinion, point of view #2,256
- Hungarian szerintem[ˈsɛrintɛm] in one's opinion, to one's way of thinking #137
- Icelandic meina[ˈmeiːna] to think, be of a certain opinion #304
- Indonesian pendapat/pənˈdapat/ #1,477
- Italian opinione/o.piˈnjo.ne/ opinion, mind, view, attitude #2,096
- Korean 의견[ˈɰi(ː)ɡjʌ̹n] an opinion about something #1,908
- Lithuanian nuomonė[¹ˈnuɔmoːnʲeː] #1,721
- Malay pendapat/pənˈdapat/ opinion; view; idea; sentiment #756
- Malayalam അഭിപ്രായം/ɐb(ʱ)ipraːjɐm/ #500
- Norwegian mening/ˈmeːnɪŋ/ an opinion #918
- Persian گمان[ɡ̥o.mɒːn] assumption; supposition; opinion; conjecture;… #1,834
- Portuguese opinião/o.pi.niˈɐ̃w̃/ #1,237
- Romanian părere/pəˈɾeɾe/ opinion, view, judgement, belief, notion,… #1,137
- Russian по-моему[pɐ‿ˈmo(j)ɪmʊ] in my opinion; methinks #966
- Serbian mišljenje/mîʃʎeːɲe / #996
- Slovak názor/naːzɔr/ opinion, view #556
- Spanish opinión/opiˈnjon/ #1,049
- Swedish tycker/ˈtʏkːɛr/ to be of the opinion, to think #194
- Tagalog palagay/palaˈɡaj/ opinion; thought #360
- Tamil கருத்து #775
- Turkish bence/benˈd͡ʒe/ I think, in my opinion #167
- Ukrainian по-моєму[pɔ ˈmɔjemʊ] in my opinion #2,444
- Urdu خیال/xə.jɑːl/ thought, idea, opinion; reasoning,… #105
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