How to say “relation” in 34 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.
- relación/relaˈθjon/ Spanish
- ազգական/ɑzɡɑˈkɑn/ Armenian
- உறவு/ʊrɐʋɯ/ Tamil
- బంధువు/ˈbandʰuʋu/ Telugu
- تعلق/t̪ə.ʔəl.lʊq/ Urdu
“relation” in Spanish: relación · German: beziehung · Portuguese: relação
It is commonest in Urdu, where تعلق is the 309th most used word.
Relation in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic قصة/qisˤ.sˤa/ story, tale, relation #322
- Armenian ազգական/ɑzɡɑˈkɑn/ relation, relative; kinsman; kinswoman;… #559
- Bengali সম্পর্কে/ʃɔmpɔɾke/ regarding, concerning, in relation to #170
- Catalan relació[rə.lə.siˈo] #773
- Czech vztah[ˈfstax] #946
- Danish forhold/ˈfɒːˌhʌlˀ/ #649
- Dutch relatie/reːˈlaː.tsi/ #757
- Esperanto pri/pri/ about, regarding, concerning, in relation to #22
- Estonian suhe/ˈsuhe/ #1,093
- Finnish suhde/ˈsuhdeˣ/ #1,556
- French parents/pa.ʁɑ̃/ relative, relation, family member #474
- Galician relación/relaˈθjoŋ/ #759
- Georgian ურთიერთობა[uɾtʰie̞ɾtʰo̞bä] relationship, relation, intercourse,… #756
- German beziehung/bəˈtsiːʊŋ/ relation, relationship, connection #1,101
- Hindi संबंध/səm.bənd̪ʱ/ relationship, relation #1,209
- Icelandic samband[ˈsam.pant] connection, relation, rapport #405
- Indonesian hubungan[huˈbʊŋan] relation, relationship, connection, link #524
- Korean 관련[kwa̠ʎʎʌ̹n] connection, relation #810
- Macedonian однос[ˈɔdnɔs] relationship, relation #1,535
- Malay perhubungan/pərhuˈbuŋan/ connection, relation #1,964
- Norwegian forhold/ˈfɔrˌhɔl/ #770
- Persian رابطه[ɹɒː.be.t̪ʰé] relationship; bond; relation; connection #380
- Polish związek/ˈzvjɔw̃.zɛk/ connection, relation, relationship #1,096
- Portuguese relação/ʁe.laˈsɐ̃w̃/ relation, connection, association #668
- Russian связи[ˈsvʲæzʲɪ] tie, relation, bond, contact #905
- Slovak vzťah/fscax/ #558
- Slovenian odnos/ɔdnɔ́s/ #633
- Spanish relación/relaˈθjon/ #781
- Swedish relation/rɛlaˈɧuːn/ relation; how two things may be associated #1,868
- Tagalog relasyon/ɾelasˈjon/ relation; association #538
- Tamil உறவு/ʊrɐʋɯ/ relation, relationship #693
- Telugu బంధువు/ˈbandʰuʋu/ a relation, relative, kinsman #853
- Turkish rapor/ɾa.pɔɾ/ report, account, relation, paper, a document… #1,172
- Urdu تعلق/t̪ə.ʔəl.lʊq/ relation, connection #309
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 Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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