How to say “quite” in 36 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.
- bastante/basˈtante/ Spanish
- совсем[sɐfˈsʲem] Russian
- बिल्कुल/bɪl.kʊl/ Hindi
“quite” in Spanish: bastante · German: ganz · Russian: совсем · Hindi: बिल्कुल · Turkish: oldukça
It is commonest in Hungarian, where igen is the 18th most used word.
Quite in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian shumë/ˈʃumə/ very, really; quite #32
- Armenian բավական/bɑvɑˈkɑn/ enough, quite #325
- Basque nahiko/nahiko/ #165
- Bosnian prilično/prǐːlit͡ʃno/ rather, pretty, quite, fairly #526
- Catalan força[ˈfɔr.sə] much, a lot of, very, quite #418
- Chinese 好些/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/ quite a lot; a good deal of #1,489
- Croatian prilično/prǐːlit͡ʃno/ rather, pretty, quite, fairly #453
- Czech docela[ˈdot͡sɛla] #474
- Danish helt/hɛlˀt/ completely, altogether, quite, fully,… #137
- Dutch best/bɛst/ quite, rather #360
- English pretty/ˈpɹɪt.i/ Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also very #296
- Estonian päris/ˈpæris/ #229
- Finnish aivan/ˈɑi̯ʋɑn/ very, rather, quite #126
- French exactement/ɛɡ.zak.tə.mɑ̃/ exactly, quite #466
- Georgian საკმაოდ[säkʼmäo̞tʰ] enough, pretty, quite, rather #524
- German ganz/ɡan(t)s/ quite, rather #145
- Hebrew מאוד/me.(ʔ)ud/ Very, quite #77
- Hindi बिल्कुल/bɪl.kʊl/ quite, at all, wholly, absolutely, utterly #322
- Hungarian igen[ˈiɡɛn] quite, very, rather, highly #18
- Icelandic næsta[ˈnaista] very, quite #360
- Indonesian lumayan/luˈmajan/ quite, somewhat, rather #1,482
- Italian proprio/ˈprɔ.prjo/ really, quite, indeed #128
- Korean 한참[ha̠ɲt͡ɕʰa̠m] A while; quite a while #802
- Latvian gluži/ˈɡluʒi/ quite, very; completely #524
- Macedonian прилично[ˈprilit͡ʃnɔ] quite, rather, pretty #546
- Malay agak/ˈaɡak/ rather; quite; somewhat; fairly #336
- Norwegian helt/ˈheːlt/ completely, altogether, quite, fully,… #135
- Polish dość/ˈdɔɕt͡ɕ/ #388
- Portuguese maior/majˈɔʁ/ very, quite #437
- Russian совсем[sɐfˈsʲem] quite, entirely, totally #254
- Serbian prilično/prǐːlit͡ʃno/ rather, pretty, quite, fairly #498
- Spanish bastante/basˈtante/ quite, rather, pretty, fairly #384
- Swedish ganska/ˈɡanska/ pretty, quite, rather #490
- Tamil ஆமாம்/ɑːmɑːm/ yes, quite so, indeed #28
- Turkish oldukça/oɫduktʃɑ/ #320
- Ukrainian зовсім[ˈzɔu̯sʲim] quite, entirely, totally #300
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.