How to say “party” in 45 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 Telugu, where జట్టు is the 232nd most used word.
- Afrikaans fees party; social gathering #576
- Albanian festë celebration, party #681
- Arabic حزب political party #2,199
- Bengali পার্টি #602
- Bulgarian парти #729
- Catalan festa celebration; party #566
- Chinese 受害人 aggrieved party; victim #1,504
- Croatian tulum #2,413
- Czech párty alternative form of party ” #871
- Danish fest #679
- Dutch feest #784
- Esperanto partio #1,847
- Estonian pidu party, celebration #654
- Finnish juhlat party, celebration, carnival, fiesta, jubilee #1,430
- French bal dance party, ball #1,742
- Galician partida #1,771
- German party #729
- Greek πάρτι #571
- Hebrew מסיבה A party: a social gathering for entertainment… #719
- Hindi पार्टी #349
- Hungarian buli #1,399
- Icelandic partí a party #924
- Indonesian pesta party, a social gathering, a gathering of… #456
- Italian gruppo group, cluster, party, team, covey #731
- Korean 파티 #557
- Lithuanian vakarėlis #731
- Malay pesta #1,000
- Malayalam കക്ഷി party, faction #732
- Norwegian fest celebration, party #816
- Persian حزب #1,708
- Polish imprezę #1,784
- Portuguese festa #451
- Romanian petrecere party; feast; celebration #672
- Russian вечеринка soirée, evening party #1,441
- Serbian žurka #1,914
- Slovenian stranka #617
- Spanish fiesta #446
- Swedish fest a party #922
- Tagalog partido party; political party #1,390
- Tamil கட்சி party, faction #273
- Telugu జట్టు a crowd; a party #232
- Turkish parti #628
- Ukrainian вечірка #1,671
- Urdu فریق party, group #2,219
- Vietnamese tiệc banquet; party; dinner #729
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.