How to say “perfect” in 39 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 ще is the 9th most used word.
- Afrikaans perfek #614
- Albanian qetë second-person plural simple perfect… #361
- Arabic صحيح complete, perfect, whole #65
- Armenian լիներ third-person singular future perfect… #300
- Bengali ফেলে chalita perfect participle of ফেলা #216
- Bosnian savršen perfect, faultless #1,441
- Bulgarian ще used to form the future and the future… #9
- Catalan perfecte #663
- Chinese 完美 perfect; consummate; flawless #239
- Croatian savršen perfect, faultless #1,333
- Czech perfektní #918
- Danish perfekte #1,541
- Dutch perfect #693
- Esperanto perfekta perfect, flawless #805
- Estonian täiuslik #867
- Finnish täydellinen perfect improved; excellent and delightful in… #957
- French parfait #495
- Galician perfecto #908
- German perfekt #879
- Greek τέλειος perfect, ideal, complete #2,050
- Hebrew מושלם perfect, flawless #547
- Hungarian tökéletes perfect, flawless #471
- Icelandic fullkominn #1,200
- Indonesian sempurna perfect; flawless #495
- Italian perfetto #571
- Lithuanian visiškas full, absolute, perfect, utter #1,018
- Macedonian совршен perfect, flawless #1,206
- Malay sempurna perfect; complete; full #570
- Malayalam മുഴു full, complete, perfect #2,176
- Norwegian perfekt #577
- Portuguese perfeito #731
- Romanian uită third-person singular simple perfect… #861
- Serbian savršen perfect, faultless #1,352
- Slovak dokonalý #1,190
- Slovenian popoln #552
- Spanish ha have; forms the perfect aspect #44
- Turkish mükemmel #398
- Urdu کامل #688
- Vietnamese đã having completed this action, perfect aspect #9
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.