How to say “prepared” in 30 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.
“prepared” in Arabic: جاهز
It is commonest in Armenian, where պատրաստ is the 191st most used word.
Prepared in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans klaar/klɑːr/ ready, prepared #261
- Arabic جاهز/d͡ʒaː.hiz/ prepared, ready #482
- Armenian պատրաստ/pɑtˈɾɑst/ prepared, ready #191
- Basque gertu/ɡertu/ ready, prepared #322
- Bosnian spreman/sprêman/ ready, prepared #421
- Bulgarian готов[ɡoˈtɔf] ready, prepared #382
- Croatian spreman/sprêman/ ready, prepared #427
- Czech připravený[ˈpr̝̊ɪpravɛniː] ready, prepared #1,254
- Dutch bereid/bəˈrɛi̯t/ ready, prepared #1,182
- English ready/ˈɹɛd.i/ Prepared for immediate action or use #283
- German fertig/ˈfɛrtɪç/ ready for use; done; fully prepared #310
- Greek έτοιμος/ˈe.ti.mos/ ready, prepared #539
- Hebrew מוכן/muːˈχɔːn/ Ready, prepared #219
- Hindi तैयार/t̪ə̯i.jɑːɾ/ ready, prepared #211
- Indonesian siap/ˈsiap/ ready, prepared, all set #217
- Italian pronto/ˈpron.to/ ready, prepared #312
- Latvian ēdienu/ˈeːdieːnu/ food prepared for consumption; meal; dish #1,120
- Macedonian готово[ˈɡɔtɔvɔ] ready, prepared #379
- Malay sanggup/ˈsaŋɡup/ to be willing; to be ready; to be prepared #719
- Polish gotowy/ɡɔˈtɔ.vɘ/ ready, prepared #679
- Portuguese prestes/ˈpɾɛs.t͡ʃis/ ready, prepared #1,325
- Romanian pregătit/pre.ɡəˈtit/ #761
- Serbian spreman/sprêman/ ready, prepared #437
- Swedish beredd/bɛˈrɛd/ prepared, made #1,287
- Tagalog handa/hanˈdaʔ/ ready; prepared #411
- Tamil தயார்/t̪ɐjɑːɾ/ ready, prepared #303
- Telugu జున్ను/d͡ʑunːu/ colostrum, especially as prepared into an… #1,046
- Ukrainian готово[ɦɔˈtɔwɔ] done, ready, prepared #1,029
- Urdu بنا/bɪ.nɑː/ without, prepared without #219
- Vietnamese sẵn[san˦ˀ˥] ready; prepared #367
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 Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.