How to say “real” in 39 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.
- אמיתי/(ʔ)amiˈti/ Hebrew
- ნამდვილი[nämdʷili] Georgian
- իրական/iɾɑˈkɑn/ Armenian
- আসল/aʃol/ Bengali
- യഥാർത്ഥ/jat̪(ʰ)aːrt̪t̪(ʰ)a/ Malayalam
- واقعی[vɒː.ʁe.ʔíː] Persian
“real” in French: réel · Italian: reale
It is commonest in Georgian, where ნამდვილი is the 242nd most used word.
Real in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian vërtetë/vəɾtɛt(ə)/ true, real #96
- Arabic حقيقي/ħaqiːqijj/ true, real, actual #326
- Armenian իրական/iɾɑˈkɑn/ real, actual #400
- Basque egiazko/eɡias̻ko/ true, real #714
- Bengali আসল/aʃol/ real, genuine, true #248
- Catalan realment[reˌalˈmen] really; in a real way #328
- Chinese 真名/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/ real name #2,067
- Czech skutečný[ˈskutɛt͡ʃniː] real, actual #1,338
- Danish faktisk/faktisk/ actual, real #259
- English really/ˈɹɪl.i/ In a way or manner that is real, not unreal #98
- Estonian tõeline/ˈtɤe̯line/ real, actual #515
- Finnish totta/ˈtotːɑ/ truth, reality, real thing #131
- French réel/ʁe.ɛl/ #1,676
- Galician auténtico/awˈtentiko/ authentic, real, true #2,402
- Georgian ნამდვილი[nämdʷili] #242
- German wahr/vaːr/ true, real #334
- Greek αληθινό/ˌaliθiˈno/ true, real #981
- Hebrew אמיתי/(ʔ)amiˈti/ real, true, actual #391
- Hindi वास्तव/ʋɑːs.t̪əʋ/ true, real, genuine, actual, factual, ],… #186
- Hungarian igazi[ˈiɡɒzi] real, true, genuine, authentic #292
- Icelandic ekta[ˈɛxta] real, genuine #1,022
- Indonesian fakta[ˈfak̚t̪a] fact: something which is real; something… #1,288
- Italian reale/reˈa.le/ #1,135
- Korean 부동산[pudo̞ŋsʰa̠n] real estate #1,173
- Latvian īsts[īːsts] real, true, genuine, not false or artificial #606
- Malay sejati/səˈd͡ʒati/ real; true #1,112
- Malayalam യഥാർത്ഥ/jat̪(ʰ)aːrt̪t̪(ʰ)a/ #444
- Norwegian sant/ˈsɑnt/ true, real, genuine #157
- Persian واقعی[vɒː.ʁe.ʔíː] real; actual #730
- Polish jeśli/ˈjɛ.ɕli/ introduces a real conditional clause; if #37
- Portuguese real/ʁeˈaw/ true, real #761
- Romanian real[reˈal] #989
- Slovak ozajstný/ˈɔzajstniː/ #1,893
- Spanish verdadero/beɾdaˈdeɾo/ true, real #935
- Swedish faktiskt/ˈfaktɪskt/ actually, for real #328
- Tagalog real/ɾeˈal/ true; real; genuine #2,338
- Turkish gerçekten/ɟæɾ.tʃecˈtæn/ really, for real #68
- Ukrainian якщо[jɐkʃˈt͡ʃɔ] if, in case introduces a real condition; for… #44
- Vietnamese thật[tʰət̚˧˨ʔ] actually, for real #70
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), 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.