How to say “ready” in 44 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 Urdu, where تیار is the 118th most used word.
- Afrikaans klaar ready, prepared #261
- Albanian gatshëm #793
- Arabic مستعد #417
- Armenian պատրաստ prepared, ready #191
- Basque gertu ready, prepared #322
- Bengali নগদ ready money; cash #1,028
- Bosnian spreman ready, prepared #421
- Bulgarian готов ready, prepared #382
- Catalan llest #926
- Chinese 準備 to prepare; to get ready #487
- Croatian spreman ready, prepared #427
- Czech připravený ready, prepared #1,254
- Danish parat ready, at hand #1,144
- Dutch klaar #202
- English prepared To make ready for a specific future purpose;… #1,520
- Esperanto pretas to be ready #342
- Finnish syömään dinner's ready! #1,198
- French prêt #412
- Georgian მზად #161
- German fertig ready for use; done; fully prepared #310
- Greek έτοιμος ready, prepared #539
- Hebrew מוכן Ready, prepared #219
- Hindi तैयार ready, prepared #211
- Icelandic tilbúinn #328
- Indonesian siap ready, prepared, all set #217
- Italian pronto ready, prepared #312
- Latvian gatavs #239
- Macedonian готово ready, prepared #379
- Malay sanggup to be willing; to be ready; to be prepared #719
- Malayalam റെഡി #353
- Persian آماده #153
- Polish gotowy ready, prepared #679
- Portuguese pronta ready, finished #1,009
- Romanian dispus ready, willing #1,752
- Serbian spreman ready, prepared #437
- Spanish dispuesto willing, ready, game, down #1,977
- Swedish klara ready, finished, done #441
- Tagalog handa ready; prepared #411
- Tamil தயார் ready, prepared #303
- Telugu నగదు cash; ready money #344
- Turkish hazır #220
- Ukrainian готовий #475
- Urdu تیار #118
- Vietnamese sẵn ready; prepared #367
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.