How to say “proud” in 30 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 Icelandic, where stoltur is the 695th most used word.
- Arabic فخور #1,074
- Armenian հպարտ #1,620
- Basque harrotu to become proud, become arrogant #1,873
- Bosnian ponosan #1,405
- Bulgarian горд #2,109
- Catalan orgullós #1,654
- Chinese 自豪 proud; gratified #996
- Croatian ponosan #1,474
- Czech hrdý #2,224
- Danish stolt #817
- Estonian uhke #723
- Finnish ylpeä proud; prideful #984
- French fier proud, gratified, honoured #1,262
- Galician orgulloso #1,817
- Georgian ამაყი #1,214
- German stolz #811
- Greek περήφανος #1,603
- Hebrew גאה #712
- Hungarian büszke #952
- Icelandic stoltur #695
- Indonesian bangga #847
- Korean 자랑스럽다 to be proud #2,174
- Macedonian горд #1,177
- Norwegian stolte #1,511
- Polish dumny #1,588
- Portuguese orgulhoso #2,073
- Serbian ponosan #1,413
- Slovak hrdý #834
- Spanish orgulloso #1,628
- Vietnamese kiêu arrogant, proud, haughty #1,919
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.