How to say “perform” 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.
“perform” in Chinese: 表演
It is commonest in Chinese, where 表演 is the 259th most used word.
Perform in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans uitvoer/ˈøytˌfuːr/ to execute, carry out; perform #1,847
- Albanian luaj/luaj/ to play, perform #588
- Arabic عمل/ʕa.mi.la/ to work, perform #138
- Basque operatu/opeɾatu/ to perform surgery, to operate #2,308
- Bosnian obaviti/ǒbaʋiti/ to do, perform, complete, carry out #1,613
- Bulgarian правя[ˈpravʲɐ] to do, to perform, to carry out #199
- Chinese 表演/pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to perform; to act; to play #259
- Croatian obaviti/ǒbaʋiti/ to do, perform, complete, carry out #1,212
- Danish gør/ɡœr/ to do, perform, execute #57
- Dutch bedrijf/bəˈdrɛi̯f/ to do, to perform, to carry out #830
- English cut/kʌt/ To perform an incision on, for example with a… #457
- Esperanto prezentas/preˈzentas/ to perform, to play, to reenact, to depict,… #979
- Finnish tehdä/ˈtehdæˣ/ to do, perform, execute, carry out #81
- French marier/ma.ʁje/ to marry, to marry off; to perform or cause… #1,209
- Galician cumprir/kumˈpɾiɾ/ to carry out, to do, to perform #2,376
- Hindi कर/kəɾ/ to do, to perform, to execute #18
- Indonesian melakukan/məlaˈkukan/ to do, to perform, to take action #79
- Latvian veikt/ˈʋeikt/ to do, to perform #1,111
- Lithuanian atlikti/ɐt̪ʲˈlʲɪ.kʲt̪ʲɪ/ to perform, execute #718
- Macedonian врши[ˈvr̩ʃi] to perform, carry out #2,309
- Malay melakukan/məlaˈkukan/ to do, to perform, to take action #174
- Polish zagrać/ˈza.ɡrat͡ɕ/ to play, to perform music using a musical… #2,404
- Portuguese agir/aˈʒi(ʁ)/ to do something; to act; to function; to… #1,628
- Serbian obaviti/ǒbaʋiti/ to do, perform, complete, carry out #2,059
- Spanish hacer/aˈθeɾ/ to do, perform, execute, carry out #68
- Swedish skär/ɧæːr/ to cut; to perform an incision #1,748
- Tagalog ministro/miˈnistɾo/ person trained to perform religious ceremonies #1,809
- Tamil செய்ய/tʃɛjːɐ/ to do, perform, create, make, accomplish #26
- Telugu చేస్తున్నాను/ˈceːstunˌnaːnu/ to do, make, perform #47
- Vietnamese diễn[ziən˦ˀ˥] to act; to perform #445
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 Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.