How to say “precisely” in 33 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 French, where juste is the 95th most used word.
- Afrikaans juis exactly, precisely #540
- Albanian pikërisht precisely, exactly #488
- Arabic بالضبط exactly, precisely #189
- Armenian հենց right, very, precisely, exactly #99
- Basque zehatz exactly, precisely #754
- Bosnian upravo exactly, precisely #196
- Bulgarian точно exactly, precisely, accurately #102
- Catalan precisament #2,495
- Chinese 正是 to be precisely; to just happen to be; to be… #296
- Croatian upravo exactly, precisely #190
- Danish præcis precisely, specifically #520
- Dutch precies exactly, precisely #319
- English exactly Without approximation; precisely #377
- Esperanto precize #811
- Estonian just exactly, precisely, just #100
- Finnish tarkkaan #2,130
- French juste exactly, precisely #95
- Georgian ზუსტად #272
- Greek ακριβώς exactly, precisely #173
- Hebrew בדיוק exactly, precisely #107
- Hungarian pont exactly, just, precisely #289
- Icelandic einmitt exactly, precisely #180
- Italian esattamente exactly, precisely, just #551
- Lithuanian būtent exactly, precisely #283
- Macedonian баш exactly, precisely #179
- Malay jangka to measure something precisely #1,264
- Romanian exact exactly, precisely #263
- Russian точно exactly, precisely, accurately #178
- Serbian upravo exactly, precisely #207
- Swedish precis precisely; exactly #175
- Turkish tıpkı exactly, precisely #606
- Ukrainian точно exactly, precisely, accurately #146
- Vietnamese chính exactly; precisely #163
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.