How to say “reality” in 37 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 Bengali, where আসলে is the 109th most used word.
- Arabic حقيقة truth, reality #342
- Armenian իրականում in reality, actually #674
- Bengali আসলে in reality #109
- Bosnian stvarnost #2,416
- Bulgarian всъщност actually, in reality, in fact #202
- Catalan realitat #476
- Croatian stvarnost #2,309
- Danish virkeligheden #1,658
- Dutch eigenlijk actually, really, in reality, strictly… #312
- English even In reality #133
- Esperanto realo #2,074
- Estonian reaalsus #2,276
- Finnish totta truth, reality, real thing #131
- French réalité reality; actuality; truth #1,275
- Galician realidade #505
- Greek πραγματικότητα reality, actuality #642
- Hindi तथ्य fact, truth, reality #1,618
- Hungarian valójában really, in reality, in truth, actually, as a… #463
- Indonesian bohong not in line with reality and truth; untrue,… #777
- Italian realtà #915
- Korean 현실 reality; the actual case #2,003
- Latvian īstenībā in reality, in fact, actually, really #1,097
- Malay realiti reality; the state of being real #1,609
- Malayalam വസ്തുത fact, reality #1,526
- Norwegian virkeligheten #2,290
- Persian واقع reality; fact #402
- Polish rzeczywistości #2,391
- Portuguese realidade #1,126
- Romanian realitate #1,502
- Russian реально really, in reality #1,892
- Serbian stvarnost #2,400
- Spanish realidad #347
- Swedish verkligheten #2,321
- Tagalog katotohanan truth; reality; veracity #427
- Tamil உண்மை truth, fact, reality #271
- Ukrainian насправді in fact, in reality, really, actually, as a… #378
- Urdu دراصل in reality, in fact, actually, truly, in… #1,022
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.