How to say “pregnant” 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 Persian, where حامله is the 941st most used word.
- Afrikaans swanger #1,278
- Albanian shtatzënë #1,213
- Arabic حبلى #2,279
- Armenian հղի #1,583
- Bengali গর্ভবতী #1,492
- Bulgarian бременна pregnant woman #1,067
- Catalan embarassada #1,632
- Czech těhotná #1,370
- Danish gravid #1,006
- Dutch zwanger #1,011
- Estonian rase #1,085
- Finnish raskaana #1,458
- French enceinte #1,112
- Georgian ორსული #1,170
- German schwanger #1,408
- Greek έγκυος #1,140
- Hebrew בהיריון #1,780
- Hindi गर्भवती #1,851
- Hungarian terhes pregnant, in a/the family way #1,222
- Indonesian hamil #1,177
- Italian incinta pregnant, expectant, with child #1,189
- Malay mengandung to be pregnant #1,583
- Malayalam ഗർഭിണി a pregnant woman #1,735
- Norwegian gravid #1,042
- Persian حامله #941
- Portuguese grávida pregnant woman #1,454
- Romanian gravidă pregnant woman #2,287
- Spanish embarazada #1,375
- Swedish gravid #1,211
- Tagalog buntis #1,813
- Telugu గర్భవతి pregnant woman #942
- Turkish hamile #950
- Ukrainian вагітна pregnant woman #2,343
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.