How to say “release” in 31 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 Hindi, where छोड़ is the 152nd most used word.
- Albanian lësho to let, let go, release #884
- Arabic سراح #1,566
- Armenian արձակել to release, to set free, to liberate #797
- Bosnian pusti to let, let go, release #303
- Catalan alliberar to liberate; free; release #2,372
- Chinese 推出 to release; to launch; to present to the… #2,424
- Croatian pusti to let, let go, release #370
- Danish slap to let go, release, drop #440
- English throw To hurl; to release with some force from… #689
- Esperanto liberigu to free, liberate, release #1,531
- French lâche to release; to loosen; to let go #1,328
- German entlassen to release #1,877
- Hebrew שחרר To free, release, let go: to set free from… #1,378
- Hindi छोड़ to release, let go #152
- Icelandic lausn #1,221
- Indonesian melepaskan to release from one's grasp #1,023
- Lithuanian atleisti to release, let go #852
- Macedonian пушти to let, let go, release #281
- Malayalam വിട് to leave something, release hold #169
- Polish puść to let go, to release #1,344
- Romanian elibera to free, set free, release #2,447
- Serbian pusti to let, let go, release #325
- Slovak pustiť to release, let go #873
- Slovenian spustiti to let go, to release #973
- Swedish släpp to let go; release #385
- Tagalog bumitiw to release one's hold; to let go of; to unhand #1,660
- Tamil வெளியீடு the act of publishing; release; issue #1,085
- Telugu విడుదల leaving, release, liberation #550
- Turkish bırakmak to let go, release, relinquish #1,216
- Ukrainian звільнити to free, to liberate, to release, to set free #1,666
- Vietnamese thả to release; to let go; to set free #687
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.