How to say “request” in 43 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 Polish, where proszę is the 53rd most used word.
- Albanian kërkesë #1,879
- Armenian խնդիր #826
- Basque eskatu to ask, request #157
- Bengali অনুরোধ to request, to ask for #606
- Bosnian molim to ask, request, beg #85
- Bulgarian моля to ask, to request #90
- Catalan demanar to ask for; to request #461
- Chinese 要求 to ask; to request; to require; to demand; to… #170
- Croatian molim to ask, request, beg #88
- Czech požádat to ask, to request #1,582
- Danish bad to ask, request #369
- Dutch verzoek request, friendly demand, petition #1,895
- English please Used to make a polite request #121
- Esperanto petas to ask for, request, beg, bid #151
- Estonian palus to ask for, request #944
- Finnish pyydän to ask, request #391
- Galician pedir to ask for; to request; to order #880
- Georgian მაპატიეთ Said as a request to pass somebody #554
- Greek ζήτησα to ask for, request #1,056
- Hebrew ביקש to ask for, request #932
- Hindi अनुरोध request, entreaty #1,356
- Hungarian kérem to ask, to make a request #139
- Icelandic krefst to demand, to request #1,005
- Indonesian minta to ask, ask for, request #237
- Italian richiesta request, demand, claim, call #1,702
- Korean 부탁 request, favor #858
- Latvian prasa to ask for, to request, to demand #1,603
- Malay tolong Used to make a polite request #117
- Malayalam അപേക്ഷ #1,109
- Persian خواهش #144
- Polish proszę to ask for, to request #53
- Portuguese pedir to ask for; to request #492
- Romanian cer to request, to ask for #396
- Russian попросить to ask for, to request #1,425
- Serbian molim to ask, request, beg #88
- Slovak žiadosť request, petition, application #1,095
- Slovenian prositi to ask, to make a request #814
- Swedish be to ask for, request someone else to do… #392
- Tagalog pakiusap request; favor #199
- Tamil கோரிக்கை demand, request, solicitation #2,105
- Turkish rica #853
- Urdu بنتی request, beseech #1,550
- Vietnamese xin to ask for; to beg for; to request #83
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.