How to say “quite” in 36 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 Hungarian, where igen is the 18th most used word.
- Albanian shumë very, really; quite #32
- Armenian բավական enough, quite #325
- Basque nahiko #165
- Bosnian prilično rather, pretty, quite, fairly #526
- Catalan força much, a lot of, very, quite #418
- Chinese 好些 quite a lot; a good deal of #1,489
- Croatian prilično rather, pretty, quite, fairly #453
- Czech docela #474
- Danish helt completely, altogether, quite, fully,… #137
- Dutch best quite, rather #360
- English pretty Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also very #296
- Estonian päris #229
- Finnish aivan very, rather, quite #126
- French exactement exactly, quite #466
- Georgian საკმაოდ enough, pretty, quite, rather #524
- German ganz quite, rather #145
- Hebrew מאוד Very, quite #77
- Hindi बिल्कुल quite, at all, wholly, absolutely, utterly #322
- Hungarian igen quite, very, rather, highly #18
- Icelandic næsta very, quite #360
- Indonesian lumayan quite, somewhat, rather #1,482
- Italian proprio really, quite, indeed #128
- Korean 한참 A while; quite a while #802
- Latvian gluži quite, very; completely #524
- Macedonian прилично quite, rather, pretty #546
- Malay agak rather; quite; somewhat; fairly #336
- Norwegian helt completely, altogether, quite, fully,… #135
- Polish dość #388
- Portuguese maior very, quite #437
- Russian совсем quite, entirely, totally #254
- Serbian prilično rather, pretty, quite, fairly #498
- Spanish bastante quite, rather, pretty, fairly #384
- Swedish ganska pretty, quite, rather #490
- Tamil ஆமாம் yes, quite so, indeed #28
- Turkish oldukça #320
- Ukrainian зовсім quite, entirely, totally #300
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.