How to say “reach” in 40 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.
- достать[dɐˈstatʲ] Russian
- 得出/tɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ Chinese
- հասնել/hɑsˈnel/ Armenian
- എത്തുക/et̪t̪uɡɐ/ Malayalam
- అందని/ˈandani/ Telugu
“reach” in German: reicht · Chinese: 得出 · Russian: достать
It is commonest in Icelandic, where ná is the 188th most used word.
Reach in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic تناول/ta.naː.wul/ to reach one's hand to a thing, to touch or… #572
- Armenian հասնել/hɑsˈnel/ to reach #954
- Basque iritsi/iɾit͡s̺i/ to arrive, to reach #175
- Bosnian stigao/ˈstiɡɐo/ to arrive, reach #756
- Catalan abast[əˈβast] #2,308
- Chinese 得出/tɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ to reach; to obtain; to arrive at #1,548
- Croatian stigao/ˈstiɡɐo/ to arrive, reach #814
- Czech přišel[ˈpr̝̊ɪʃɛl] to reach a place by walking; to come #301
- Danish nå/nɔːˀ/ to reach #196
- Dutch bereiken/bəˈrɛi̯kə(n)/ #1,071
- English won/wɑn/ To reach some destination or object, despite… #162
- Finnish pääse/ˈpæːse/ to get to, reach, arrive at/in #612
- Galician acadar/akaˈdaɾ/ to reach; to grab; to catch #1,727
- German reicht/ˈraɪçt/ to reach #596
- Greek αποφάσισα/ˌapoˈfasiˌsa/ to decide, resolve, reach a verdict #1,622
- Hebrew הגיע/(h)iˈɡia/ to arrive, to get, to reach #262
- Hindi पहुँचने/pə.ɦʊ̃t͡ʃ.neː/ to arrive, reach #1,273
- Hungarian ért[ˈeːrt] to reach, arrive, get somewhere #757
- Icelandic ná[ˈnauː] to reach #188
- Indonesian mencapai[mənˈt͡ʃapai̯] to reach, to get, to accomplish #898
- Italian arrivato/ar.riˈva.to/ to arrive, to come, to reach #655
- Latvian sasniegt/ˈsasnieɡt/ to achieve, to attain, to reach #2,265
- Lithuanian pasiekti/pɐˈsiəktɪ/ to reach #704
- Malay tiba/tiba/ To reach #373
- Malayalam എത്തുക/et̪t̪uɡɐ/ to reach #1,479
- Norwegian rakk/ˈrɑk/ to reach, extend #2,490
- Persian برسم/beɾesæm/ to arrive, to reach #1,015
- Polish doszło/ˈdɔ.ʂwɔ/ to arrive, to reach, to get to #2,105
- Portuguese chegar/ʃeˈɡa(ʁ)/ to arrive; to reach #303
- Russian достать[dɐˈstatʲ] to reach, to touch #1,651
- Serbian stigao/ˈstiɡɐo/ to arrive, reach #715
- Slovak zájsť/zaːjsc/ to go, to walk, to reach #1,216
- Slovenian sezi/ˈseːzi/ to reach for #2,480
- Spanish conseguir/konseˈɡiɾ/ to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish,… #556
- Swedish når/ˈnoːr/ to reach, attain #1,573
- Tagalog dumating/dumaˈtiŋ/ to arrive; to come; to reach #208
- Telugu అందని/ˈandani/ to reach #1,496
- Turkish vardı/vaɾˈdɯ/ to arrive; to reach a location #144
- Urdu پہنچنا/pə.ɦʊ̃t͡ʃ.nɑː/ to arrive, to reach #1,102
- Vietnamese đạt[ʔɗaːt̚˧˨ʔ] to reach; to attain #1,216
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.