How to say “partner” in 30 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.
- socio/ˈsoθjo/ Spanish
- 夥計/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ Chinese
- 파트너[pʰa̠tʰɯnʌ̹] Korean
- שותף/ʃuˈtaf/ Hebrew
- সঙ্গী/ʃɔŋɡi/ Bengali
- భాగస్వామి/ˈbʰaːɡaˌsʋaːmi/ Telugu
“partner” in Spanish: socio · French: partenaire · German: partner · Portuguese: parceiro · Chinese: 夥計 · Korean: 파트너
It is commonest in Telugu, where భాగస్వామి is the 336th most used word.
Partner in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian partner/paɾtnɛɾ/ #1,328
- Bengali সঙ্গী/ʃɔŋɡi/ partner, companion #926
- Bosnian partner/pârtner/ #1,195
- Chinese 夥計/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/ partner; associate; mate; buddy #1,600
- Croatian partner/pârtner/ #1,205
- Czech partner[ˈpartnɛr] #2,433
- Danish partner/ˈpɑːdnɐ/ #1,175
- Dutch partner/ˈpɑrt.nər/ partner, love interest, romantic and/or… #924
- English girlfriend/ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/ A female partner in an unmarried romantic… #953
- Esperanto kunulo/kuˈnulo/ companion, partner, buddy #1,704
- French partenaire/paʁ.tə.nɛʁ/ #1,531
- German partner[ˈpaʁtnɐ] partner, associate #989
- Hebrew שותף/ʃuˈtaf/ partner, affiliate, copartner #1,090
- Indonesian dansa/dan.sa/ Western-style partner dance #1,797
- Italian amico/aˈmi.ko/ friend, companion, partner #161
- Korean 파트너[pʰa̠tʰɯnʌ̹] #962
- Lithuanian partneris[¹ˈpɑˑrʲtʲnʲɛrʲɪs] partner, associate #1,448
- Macedonian партнер[ˈpartnɛr] #706
- Malay lawan/ˈlawan/ A partner, counterpart #630
- Malayalam ഇണ/iɳɐ/ mate; a breeding partner #1,723
- Norwegian kjæresten/ˈçæːrəstn̩/ a romantic partner, boyfriend, girlfriend #807
- Persian شریک[ʃæ.ɹiːkʰʲ] partner, associate #2,337
- Portuguese parceiro/paʁˈse(j).ɾu/ partner, sidekick #1,414
- Romanian partener/ˌparteˈner/ #1,701
- Serbian partner/pârtner/ #1,303
- Spanish socio/ˈsoθjo/ #2,271
- Swedish partner/ˈpatnɛr/ #1,149
- Tagalog kasosyo/kaˈsosjo/ business partner; shareholder #1,854
- Telugu భాగస్వామి/ˈbʰaːɡaˌsʋaːmi/ partner, shareholder #336
- Ukrainian партнер[pɐrtˈnɛr] #2,225
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.