How to say “real” in 39 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 Polish, where jeśli is the 37th most used word.
- Albanian vërtetë true, real #96
- Arabic حقيقي true, real, actual #326
- Armenian իրական real, actual #400
- Basque egiazko true, real #714
- Bengali আসল real, genuine, true #248
- Catalan realment really; in a real way #328
- Chinese 真名 real name #2,067
- Czech skutečný real, actual #1,338
- Danish faktisk actual, real #259
- English really In a way or manner that is real, not unreal #98
- Estonian tõeline real, actual #515
- Finnish totta truth, reality, real thing #131
- French réel #1,676
- Galician auténtico authentic, real, true #2,402
- Georgian ნამდვილი #242
- German wahr true, real #334
- Greek αληθινό true, real #981
- Hebrew אמיתי real, true, actual #391
- Hindi वास्तव true, real, genuine, actual, factual, ],… #186
- Hungarian igazi real, true, genuine, authentic #292
- Icelandic ekta real, genuine #1,022
- Indonesian fakta fact: something which is real; something… #1,288
- Italian reale #1,135
- Korean 부동산 real estate #1,173
- Latvian īsts real, true, genuine, not false or artificial #606
- Malay sejati real; true #1,112
- Malayalam യഥാർത്ഥ #444
- Norwegian sant true, real, genuine #157
- Persian واقعی real; actual #730
- Polish jeśli introduces a real conditional clause; if #37
- Portuguese real true, real #761
- Romanian real #989
- Slovak ozajstný #1,893
- Spanish verdadero true, real #935
- Swedish faktiskt actually, for real #328
- Tagalog real true; real; genuine #2,338
- Turkish gerçekten really, for real #68
- Ukrainian якщо if, in case introduces a real condition; for… #44
- Vietnamese thật actually, for real #70
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.