How to say “pleasure” in 37 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 Armenian, where բարով is the 126th most used word.
- Afrikaans plesier #432
- Albanian qejf #593
- Arabic متعة enjoyment, delight, pleasure #1,354
- Armenian բարով with pleasure, with love, willingly #126
- Bengali আনন্দ joy, pleasure, delight, glee, enjoyment, fun #624
- Bosnian zadovoljstvo #985
- Bulgarian удоволствие #699
- Catalan plaer #753
- Croatian zadovoljstvo #1,046
- Czech potěšení #2,020
- Danish gerne with pleasure; gladly, willingly, readily #169
- English fun Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure #427
- Esperanto plezuro #1,084
- Estonian lõbu pleasure, fun #1,421
- French plaisir #530
- Georgian სიამოვნებით with pleasure, gladly, fain #1,055
- German gern willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually… #324
- Greek χαρά joy; pleasure #269
- Hebrew תענוג pleasure, satisfaction #1,673
- Hindi आराम sensual pleasure, delight, bliss #395
- Hungarian örömmel gladly, willingly, with pleasure, with joy #1,306
- Icelandic gaman fun, pleasure, enjoyment #162
- Indonesian suka #147
- Latvian patika enjoyment, pleasure #709
- Lithuanian malonumas #1,792
- Macedonian задоволство satisfaction, pleasure #589
- Malay kegemaran pleasure, enjoyment #1,150
- Persian لذت #444
- Polish przyjemność #1,724
- Portuguese prazer #502
- Romanian plăcere #667
- Russian удовольствие #2,290
- Serbian zadovoljstvo #926
- Swedish nöje pleasure, joy, delight, fun #1,776
- Tamil இன்பம் pleasure, happiness, joy #1,183
- Turkish zevk #1,109
- Urdu خوشی happiness; pleasure; delight; joy #325
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.