How to say “reply” in 44 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 Chinese, where 回答 is the 187th most used word.
- Albanian përgjigjem to respond, to reply, to answer #1,542
- Arabic إجابة reply, response, answer #1,551
- Armenian պատասխան answer, reply, response #392
- Bengali জবাব answer; reply #722
- Bosnian odgovoriti to answer, reply #1,726
- Bulgarian отговор answer, reply #955
- Catalan respondre to reply; to respond #1,905
- Chinese 回答 to reply; to answer; to respond #187
- Croatian odgovoriti to answer, reply #1,322
- Czech odpovědět to reply, to answer #2,425
- Danish svar to answer, reply, respond #575
- Dutch antwoord to answer, reply #617
- English answer A response or reply; something said or done… #509
- Esperanto respondu to reply, answer, respond #796
- Finnish vastata to answer, to reply; to respond #1,351
- French réponse response, answer, reply #851
- Galician responder to answer; to reply #1,774
- German antworten to answer, to reply #1,240
- Hebrew תגובה response, reaction, reply #1,327
- Hindi जवाब answer, reply, response #435
- Hungarian választ answer, reply #1,277
- Icelandic svara answer, reply #488
- Indonesian membalas to respond, to reply #1,428
- Italian rispondere to answer, to reply, to respond #1,193
- Lithuanian atsakyti to reply, to respond, to answer #864
- Macedonian одговори to answer, reply #618
- Malay jawab an answer or reply #588
- Malayalam മറുപടി #290
- Norwegian svar to reply, answer #586
- Persian جواب answer, reply #191
- Polish odpowiedź answer, response, reply #1,094
- Portuguese responder to answer; to reply #1,346
- Romanian răspunde to respond, reply, answer #853
- Russian ответ answer, reply, response #829
- Serbian odgovoriti to answer, reply #2,117
- Slovenian odgovoriti to answer, to reply #977
- Spanish respuesta reply, response, answer #817
- Swedish svara to answer, to reply, to respond #631
- Tagalog sagot reply; response #943
- Tamil பதில் answer, reply #190
- Turkish cevap response, reply, answer #364
- Ukrainian відповідь answer, reply, response #866
- Urdu جواب answer, reply, response #241
- Vietnamese đáp to reply or respond #1,217
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.