How to say “reach” in 40 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 Turkish, where vardı is the 144th most used word.
- Arabic تناول to reach one's hand to a thing, to touch or… #572
- Armenian հասնել to reach #954
- Basque iritsi to arrive, to reach #175
- Bosnian stigao to arrive, reach #756
- Catalan abast #2,308
- Chinese 得出 to reach; to obtain; to arrive at #1,548
- Croatian stigao to arrive, reach #814
- Czech přišel to reach a place by walking; to come #301
- Danish nå to reach #196
- Dutch bereiken #1,071
- English won To reach some destination or object, despite… #162
- Finnish pääse to get to, reach, arrive at/in #612
- Galician acadar to reach; to grab; to catch #1,727
- German reicht to reach #596
- Greek αποφάσισα to decide, resolve, reach a verdict #1,622
- Hebrew הגיע to arrive, to get, to reach #262
- Hindi पहुँचने to arrive, reach #1,273
- Hungarian ért to reach, arrive, get somewhere #757
- Icelandic ná to reach #188
- Indonesian mencapai to reach, to get, to accomplish #898
- Italian arrivato to arrive, to come, to reach #655
- Latvian sasniegt to achieve, to attain, to reach #2,265
- Lithuanian pasiekti to reach #704
- Malay tiba To reach #373
- Malayalam എത്തുക to reach #1,479
- Norwegian rakk to reach, extend #2,490
- Persian برسم to arrive, to reach #1,015
- Polish doszło to arrive, to reach, to get to #2,105
- Portuguese chegar to arrive; to reach #303
- Russian достать to reach, to touch #1,651
- Serbian stigao to arrive, reach #715
- Slovak zájsť to go, to walk, to reach #1,216
- Slovenian sezi to reach for #2,480
- Spanish conseguir to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish,… #556
- Swedish når to reach, attain #1,573
- Tagalog dumating to arrive; to come; to reach #208
- Telugu అందని to reach #1,496
- Turkish vardı to arrive; to reach a location #144
- Urdu پہنچنا to arrive, to reach #1,102
- Vietnamese đạt to reach; to attain #1,216
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.