How to say “promise” in 45 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 Bengali, where করার is the 69th most used word.
- Afrikaans belowe to promise #472
- Albanian premtoj to promise #536
- Arabic وعد to promise something #1,375
- Armenian խոստում promise, vow, pledge #1,094
- Bengali করার agreement, condition, promise, stipulation #69
- Bosnian obećanje #2,323
- Bulgarian обещавам to promise #625
- Catalan prometo to promise #719
- Chinese 前途 prospects; promise; future; outlook #1,549
- Croatian obećanje #2,198
- Czech slib #1,381
- Danish lov to promise #537
- Dutch beloof to promise #697
- English swear To take an oath, to promise intensely,… #817
- Esperanto promesas to promise #753
- Estonian lubadus #2,396
- Finnish lupasin to promise, vow #1,692
- French promis to promise #730
- Galician promesa #2,283
- Georgian პირობა #1,284
- German versprochen to promise #880
- Greek υπόσχομαι to promise #736
- Hebrew נשבע to swear, to promise #711
- Hindi वादा promise, agreement #358
- Icelandic lofa to promise #412
- Indonesian janji #497
- Italian giuro oath, promise, resolution #856
- Korean 약속 #686
- Lithuanian žadėjai to promise #1,850
- Macedonian вети to promise #756
- Malay janji #380
- Norwegian løfte a promise or vow #1,814
- Persian قول promise, vow, one's word #247
- Polish słowo used to make a promise; word; you have my word #708
- Portuguese prometo to promise #988
- Romanian promit to promise #721
- Serbian obećanje #2,150
- Slovak sľub #973
- Slovenian obljubiti to promise #1,276
- Spanish prometo to promise #894
- Swedish lovade to promise #974
- Tagalog pangako #339
- Tamil சத்தியம் promise, oath #211
- Urdu وعدہ #178
- Vietnamese hứa to promise; to make a promise #530
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.