How to say “opportunity” in 40 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 Albanian, where mund is the 22nd most used word.
- Albanian mund can, to be able to; to have the opportunity,… #22
- Arabic فرصة chance, occasion, opportunity #228
- Bengali সুযোগ opportunity, chance #253
- Bosnian šanse chance, opportunity #541
- Catalan oportunitat opportunity, chance #449
- Chinese 機會 opportunity; chance #896
- Croatian šanse chance, opportunity #561
- Czech šance chance, odds, opportunity or possibility #837
- English chance An opportunity or possibility #419
- Finnish tilaisuus opportunity, chance #1,773
- French occasion occasion, opportunity #1,255
- Galician oportunidade #652
- German gelegenheit opportunity, chance, instance, occasion #1,570
- Greek ευκαιρία occasion, opportunity, chance #376
- Hebrew הזדמנות An opportunity, a chance #460
- Hindi अवसर opportunity, chance #1,131
- Hungarian alkalommal occasion, opportunity, chance #1,292
- Icelandic tækifæri opportunity, chance #386
- Indonesian pilihan an option; a decision; an opportunity to… #453
- Italian occasione opportunity, chance, occasion, scope #1,115
- Korean 기회 #1,433
- Lithuanian proga chance, opportunity #757
- Macedonian прилика opportunity, chance #1,390
- Malayalam അവസരം opportunity, chance #243
- Norwegian mulighet an opportunity #1,188
- Persian فرصت opportunity, chance #431
- Polish szansę chance, opportunity #734
- Portuguese oportunidade #586
- Romanian oportunitate #2,345
- Russian возможность opportunity, chance, potential #874
- Serbian šanse chance, opportunity #517
- Slovak príležitosť occasion, opportunity #666
- Slovenian priložnost #262
- Spanish oportunidad opportunity, chance, shot, break, occasion,… #441
- Swedish tillfälle #1,694
- Tagalog pagkakataon opportunity; chance #309
- Tamil வாய்ப்பு chance, opportunity, opening #180
- Turkish fırsat opportunity, chance, occasion #1,090
- Urdu موقع chance, opportunity #383
- Vietnamese thể opportunity; swoop #32
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.