How to say “power” in 48 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.
- poderes/poˈðeɾes/ Spanish
- قوة/quw.wa/ Arabic
- शक्ति/ʃək.t̪iː/ Hindi
- δύναμη/ˈði.na.mi/ Greek
- ძალა[d͡zäɫä] Georgian
- ক্ষমতা/kʰɔmot̪a/ Bengali
“power” in Spanish: poderes · French: pouvoirs · German: kräfte · Italian: poter · Arabic: قوة · Hindi: शक्ति · Greek: δύναμη
It is commonest in Latvian, where varu is the 103rd most used word.
Power in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gesag/xəˈsɐx/ authority, power #1,195
- Albanian mund/ˈmund/ can, to be able to; to have the opportunity,… #22
- Arabic قوة/quw.wa/ power, strength, might, force #473
- Armenian թափ/tʰɑpʰ/ sweep; power, might; impetuosity; swing #1,176
- Basque botere/boteɾe/ power, might #789
- Bengali ক্ষমতা/kʰɔmot̪a/ power, strength, might #356
- Bosnian moć/môːt͡ɕ/ #957
- Bulgarian власт[vɫast] power, authority, influence #1,405
- Catalan poders/puˈðɛs/ #1,536
- Chinese 魔力/mu̯ɔ³⁵ li⁵¹/ magical power; magical strength #1,800
- Croatian moć/môːt͡ɕ/ #878
- Czech moci[ˈmot͡sɪ] #1,057
- Danish magt[ˈmɑɡ̊d̥] #1,015
- Dutch kracht/krɑxt/ power, force, strength #743
- English government/ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt/ The body with the power to make and/or… #882
- Esperanto potenco/poˈtent͡so/ #1,546
- Finnish voimaa/ˈvoimaː/ power, strength, force, might #2,194
- French pouvoirs/puˈvwaʁ/ #1,971
- Georgian ძალა[d͡zäɫä] power, force, strength #399
- German kräfte/ˈkʁɛftə/ power, force, strength #1,906
- Greek δύναμη/ˈði.na.mi/ power, force, strength, brawn #560
- Hebrew יכולת/jˈχolet/ Ability, capability, power: the ability to do… #608
- Hindi शक्ति/ʃək.t̪iː/ power, energy, potency #574
- Hungarian erő[ˈɛrøː] strength, force, power #1,981
- Icelandic vald[ˈvalt] power, authority #1,149
- Indonesian kekuatan/kəkuˈatan/ strength, power #395
- Italian poter/poˈter/ #720
- Korean 힘[çim] strength; power #767
- Latvian varu/ˈʋaru/ #103
- Lithuanian jėga[jeːˈɡɐ] power, force #524
- Macedonian моќ[mɔc] power, might #555
- Malay tenaga/təˈnaɡa/ energy; power; strength #661
- Malayalam ശക്തി/ʃɐkt̪i/ power, force, strength #240
- Norwegian makt/ˈmɑkt/ #1,041
- Persian قدرت[qod̪.ɹǽt̪ʰ] power, authority #335
- Polish mocy/ˈmɔ.t͡sɘ/ #1,163
- Russian власти[ˈvɫasʲtʲɪ] authority, authorities, power #1,885
- Serbian moć/môːt͡ɕ/ #845
- Slovak zapnúť/zapnuːc/ to switch on, to power up, to enable #1,745
- Slovenian moč/móːt͡ʃ/ power, strength #285
- Spanish poderes/poˈðeɾes/ #2,408
- Swedish makt/ˈmakt/ power, might #1,213
- Tagalog kapangyarihan/kapaŋjaˈɾihan/ power; authority #590
- Tamil சக்தி/tʃɐkt̪iː/ power, ability, energy, force, strength #644
- Telugu అధికారులు/ˈadʰiˌkaːrulu/ a governor, a ruler, one in power or authority #711
- Ukrainian влада[ˈwɫadɐ] political dominion, political power, right to… #2,032
- Urdu طاقت/t̪ɑː.qət̪/ power, strength #364
- Vietnamese sức[sɨk̚˧˦] strength; power #429
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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