How to say “reality” in 37 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.
- realidad/realiˈdad/ Spanish
- 현실[ˈçɘ(ː)nɕʰiɭ] Korean
- πραγματικότητα/ˌpraɣmatiˈkotiˌta/ Greek
- واقع[vɒː.ʁeʔ] Persian
“reality” in Spanish: realidad · French: réalité · Italian: realtà · Portuguese: realidade · Korean: 현실 · Greek: πραγματικότητα
It is commonest in Spanish, where realidad is the 347th most used word.
Reality in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic حقيقة/ħa.qiː.qa/ truth, reality #342
- Armenian իրականում/iɾɑkɑˈnum/ in reality, actually #674
- Bengali আসলে/aʃole/ in reality #109
- Bosnian stvarnost/stʋǎːrnoːst/ #2,416
- Bulgarian всъщност[ˈfsɤʃnost] actually, in reality, in fact #202
- Catalan realitat[re.ə.liˈtat] #476
- Croatian stvarnost/stʋǎːrnoːst/ #2,309
- Danish virkeligheden/ˈviɐ̯ɡəliˌheðˀən/ #1,658
- Dutch eigenlijk/ˈɛi̯ɣə(n)lək/ actually, really, in reality, strictly… #312
- English even/ˈiːvən/ In reality #133
- Esperanto realo/reˈalo/ #2,074
- Estonian reaalsus/reˈɑːlsus/ #2,276
- Finnish totta/ˈtotːɑ/ truth, reality, real thing #131
- French réalité/ʁe.a.li.te/ reality; actuality; truth #1,275
- Galician realidade/realiˈdade/ #505
- Greek πραγματικότητα/ˌpraɣmatiˈkotiˌta/ reality, actuality #642
- Hindi तथ्य/t̪ət̪ʰ.jᵊ/ fact, truth, reality #1,618
- Hungarian valójában[ˈvɒloːjaːbɒn] really, in reality, in truth, actually, as a… #463
- Indonesian bohong/ˈbohoŋ/ not in line with reality and truth; untrue,… #777
- Italian realtà/re.alˈta/ #915
- Korean 현실[ˈçɘ(ː)nɕʰiɭ] reality; the actual case #2,003
- Latvian īstenībā/ˈiːsteniːbaː/ in reality, in fact, actually, really #1,097
- Malay realiti/re.a.li.ti/ reality; the state of being real #1,609
- Malayalam വസ്തുത/ʋɐst̪ut̪ɐ/ fact, reality #1,526
- Norwegian virkeligheten/ˈvɪrkəlɪˌheːtn̩/ #2,290
- Persian واقع[vɒː.ʁeʔ] reality; fact #402
- Polish rzeczywistości/ʐɛ.t͡ʂɘ.visˈtɔɕ.t͡ɕi/ #2,391
- Portuguese realidade/ʁe.a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/ #1,126
- Romanian realitate[realiˈtate] #1,502
- Russian реально[rʲɪˈalʲnə] really, in reality #1,892
- Serbian stvarnost/stʋǎːrnoːst/ #2,400
- Spanish realidad/realiˈdad/ #347
- Swedish verkligheten/ˈvɛrklɪɡˌheːtɛn/ #2,321
- Tagalog katotohanan/katotoˈhanan/ truth; reality; veracity #427
- Tamil உண்மை/ʊɳmɐɪ̯/ truth, fact, reality #271
- Ukrainian насправді[nɐˈsprau̯dʲi] in fact, in reality, really, actually, as a… #378
- Urdu دراصل/d̪ə.ɾə.səl/ in reality, in fact, actually, truly, in… #1,022
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Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.