How to say “prostitute” in 32 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 Slovak, where kurva is the 174th most used word.
- Albanian kurvë prostitute, hooker, call girl #954
- Basque puta whore, prostitute #263
- Bengali বেশ্যা a female prostitute #1,437
- Bosnian kurva whore, prostitute #1,447
- Bulgarian проститутка whore, prostitute #2,253
- Chinese 婊子 female prostitute; whore #368
- Croatian kurva whore, prostitute #1,709
- Dutch hoer whore, prostitute #1,516
- English whore Synonym of prostitute: a person who offers… #2,156
- Finnish huora prostitute, whore #2,073
- Georgian ბოზო whore, prostitute, tart #1,173
- Greek πόρνη harlot; prostitute; whore #1,607
- Hebrew זונה female prostitute #433
- Hindi वेश्या #1,927
- Indonesian pelacur #854
- Korean 창녀 prostitute, hooker #1,526
- Lithuanian prostitutė #2,003
- Macedonian курва whore, prostitute #997
- Malay pelacur #1,052
- Malayalam വേശ്യ #900
- Persian جنده a prostitute #611
- Polish kurwa prostitute, whore #304
- Russian блядь whore, slut, prostitute #1,340
- Serbian kurva whore, prostitute #1,555
- Slovak kurva prostitute, whore, hooker, slut #174
- Slovenian kurba whore, prostitute #569
- Tagalog puta #820
- Telugu వేశ్య a prostitute, courtesan, harlot, whore #1,054
- Turkish fahişe prostitute, hooker, whore #1,454
- Ukrainian курва whore, prostitute #467
- Urdu رنڈی #1,453
- Vietnamese đĩ whore; prostitute #2,022
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.