How to say “power” in 48 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 Albanian, where mund is the 22nd most used word.
- Afrikaans gesag authority, power #1,195
- Albanian mund can, to be able to; to have the opportunity,… #22
- Arabic قوة power, strength, might, force #473
- Armenian թափ sweep; power, might; impetuosity; swing #1,176
- Basque botere power, might #789
- Bengali ক্ষমতা power, strength, might #356
- Bosnian moć #957
- Bulgarian власт power, authority, influence #1,405
- Catalan poders #1,536
- Chinese 魔力 magical power; magical strength #1,800
- Croatian moć #878
- Czech moci #1,057
- Danish magt #1,015
- Dutch kracht power, force, strength #743
- English government The body with the power to make and/or… #882
- Esperanto potenco #1,546
- Finnish voimaa power, strength, force, might #2,194
- French pouvoirs #1,971
- Georgian ძალა power, force, strength #399
- German kräfte power, force, strength #1,906
- Greek δύναμη power, force, strength, brawn #560
- Hebrew יכולת Ability, capability, power: the ability to do… #608
- Hindi शक्ति power, energy, potency #574
- Hungarian erő strength, force, power #1,981
- Icelandic vald power, authority #1,149
- Indonesian kekuatan strength, power #395
- Italian poter #720
- Korean 힘 strength; power #767
- Latvian varu #103
- Lithuanian jėga power, force #524
- Macedonian моќ power, might #555
- Malay tenaga energy; power; strength #661
- Malayalam ശക്തി power, force, strength #240
- Norwegian makt #1,041
- Persian قدرت power, authority #335
- Polish mocy #1,163
- Russian власти authority, authorities, power #1,885
- Serbian moć #845
- Slovak zapnúť to switch on, to power up, to enable #1,745
- Slovenian moč power, strength #285
- Spanish poderes #2,408
- Swedish makt power, might #1,213
- Tagalog kapangyarihan power; authority #590
- Tamil சக்தி power, ability, energy, force, strength #644
- Telugu అధికారులు a governor, a ruler, one in power or authority #711
- Ukrainian влада political dominion, political power, right to… #2,032
- Urdu طاقت power, strength #364
- Vietnamese sức strength; power #429
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.