How to say “protection” in 32 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.
- protección/pɾoteɡˈθjon/ Spanish
- حماية/ħi.maː.ja/ Arabic
- 보호[ˈpo̞(ː)βo̞] Korean
- रक्षा/ɾək.ʂɑː/ Hindi
- προστασία/pɾo.staˈsi.a/ Greek
- রক্ষা/rokʰːa/ Bengali
“protection” in Spanish: protección · French: protection · German: schützen · Italian: protezione · Korean: 보호 · Arabic: حماية · Hindi: रक्षा · Greek: προστασία
It is commonest in Tamil, where பாதுகாப்பு is the 160th most used word.
Protection in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans beskerming/bəsˈkærməŋ/ #1,009
- Albanian mbrojtje/mbɾɔjtjɛ/ defence, protection #1,201
- Arabic حماية/ħi.maː.ja/ #652
- Bengali রক্ষা/rokʰːa/ #283
- Bulgarian охрана[oˈxranɐ] guarding, protection, security #1,392
- Catalan protecció[pɾu.tək.siˈo] #1,368
- Danish beskyttelse/beˈsɡødəlsə/ #1,925
- Dutch beveiliging/bəˈvɛi̯ləɣɪŋ/ protection, security #1,560
- French protection/pʁɔ.tɛk.sjɔ̃/ #1,859
- Galician protección/pɾotɛkˈθjoŋ/ #1,815
- German schützen/ˈʃʏ.t͡sn̩/ #1,287
- Greek προστασία/pɾo.staˈsi.a/ protection, keeping safe #1,378
- Hebrew הגנה/haɡaˈna/ defense, protection #1,000
- Hindi रक्षा/ɾək.ʂɑː/ #496
- Icelandic vernd[ˈvɛ(r)nt] #1,833
- Indonesian perlindungan/pərlinˈduŋan/ cover, protection #1,244
- Italian protezione/pro.tetˈt͡sjo.ne/ #2,134
- Korean 보호[ˈpo̞(ː)βo̞] #1,244
- Lithuanian apsauga[ɐpsɒʊˈɡɐ] shield; defense; protection #843
- Macedonian заштита[ˈzaʃtita] #828
- Malay kawalan/kaˈwalan/ guard, protection #617
- Malayalam സംരക്ഷണം/sɐmɾɐkʂɐɳɐm/ #919
- Norwegian beskyttelse/bəˈʃʏtl̩sə/ #2,061
- Persian محافظت[mo.ɦɒː.fe.zæt̪ʰ] protection, conservation #372
- Polish ochrony/ɔˈxrɔ.nɘ/ #1,628
- Slovenian zaščita/zaʃt͡ʃíːta/ #1,508
- Spanish protección/pɾoteɡˈθjon/ #2,026
- Swedish skydda/ˈsxyda/ #625
- Tamil பாதுகாப்பு/pɑːd̪ʊɡɑːpːɯ/ protection, guard, watch #160
- Telugu సంరక్షణ/ˈsanrakˌʂaɳa/ protection, sustaining, support, maintenance,… #366
- Ukrainian захист[ˈzaxest] protection, aegis #1,654
- Urdu حفاظت/ɦɪ.fɑː.zət̪/ #259
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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