How to say “prepare” 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 Dutch, where maken is the 129th most used word.
- Albanian gatuaj to cook, prepare, make ready #2,277
- Arabic أعد to prepare, make ready, equip #496
- Bulgarian приготвя to prepare #2,152
- Catalan preparat to prepare #729
- Chinese 準備 to prepare; to get ready #487
- Croatian pripremiti to prepare #2,085
- Czech připravit to prepare #1,256
- Dutch maken to make, create, prepare #129
- English cooking To prepare food for eating, typically by… #2,159
- Esperanto preparis to prepare #1,505
- French préparer to prepare #1,309
- Galician preparado to prepare #1,302
- German vorbereitet to prepare #1,833
- Greek ετοιμαστείτε to get ready, prepare oneself #2,438
- Hebrew הכין to prepare #2,425
- Hindi पकाने to cook, prepare food #2,002
- Hungarian készült to prepare #1,428
- Icelandic undirbúa to prepare #1,195
- Indonesian bersedia to prepare #1,179
- Italian preparato to prepare, make ready, get ready, arrange #1,995
- Lithuanian paruošti to prepare #1,102
- Macedonian подготвен to prepare #463
- Malayalam തയ്യാറാവുക to prepare oneself #2,255
- Norwegian forberedt to prepare #1,923
- Polish przygotować to prepare #1,473
- Portuguese preparar to prepare, to get ready #1,316
- Romanian pregătesc to prepare #1,805
- Spanish preparado to prepare #1,307
- Tagalog humanda to prepare; to get ready #1,419
- Tamil பொருத்து to adapt, fit, prepare, adjust #2,193
- Telugu అమర్చు to prepare, make ready #1,530
- Urdu پکانا to cook, prepare food #2,089
- Vietnamese biện to prepare #1,674
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.