How to say “put” in 49 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 Basque, where jarri is the 106th most used word.
- Afrikaans geplaas to place; to put something down #1,126
- Albanian vë to put, to place #420
- Arabic وضع to put; to lay; to place; to set; to… #272
- Armenian դնել to put, to lay #927
- Basque jarri to put, place, lay down #106
- Bengali রাখা to put, to place, to lay #306
- Bosnian srediti to arrange, settle, put in order #919
- Bulgarian надявам to put on #344
- Catalan posar to put, to place #365
- Chinese 放下 to lay down; to put down #236
- Croatian staviti to put, place #739
- Czech postavit to stand, put #1,472
- Danish sæt to put, place, set #387
- Dutch zet to set, to put #367
- English kill To put to death; to extinguish the life of #239
- Esperanto metu to put, place #533
- Estonian panna to put, to place, to set #390
- Finnish laita to put, set, place #720
- French mettre to put; to place #325
- Galician pon to put, place #645
- German angetan to put on, to dress #1,575
- Greek βάλω to put, place #638
- Hindi लगा to put, spread, apply, affix #252
- Hungarian állítja to place, put, set, stand, erect #1,950
- Icelandic láta to put #143
- Indonesian memakai to wear; to put on #475
- Italian messo to put, to place, to lay, to set #438
- Latvian liek to put #592
- Lithuanian dėti to place, to lay, to put #2,139
- Macedonian стави to put, place #367
- Malay letak to place; to put; to insert #606
- Malayalam ഇട്ടു to drop something down, to put #635
- Norwegian vent to stay put, to wait, to delay #160
- Persian بپوشم to put on, to wear #1,866
- Polish założę to put on #1,493
- Portuguese pôr to put; to place #619
- Romanian pus to put #343
- Russian поставить to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station #1,865
- Serbian srediti to arrange, settle, put in order #1,115
- Slovak daj to give, put #157
- Slovenian vstaviti to insert, to put #2,301
- Spanish poner to put, to place #601
- Swedish ordna to order, to sort, to put in order, to… #945
- Tagalog ayusin to be arranged; to be put in order #878
- Tamil பொறு to bear, tolerate, put up with #987
- Telugu ఉంచు to place, put, set, lay, let be, keep,… #933
- Turkish koymak to put #2,094
- Ukrainian поставити to put, to place, to set, to station, to… #1,790
- Vietnamese bỏ to put; to place #167
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.