How to say “request” in 43 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.
- 부탁[ˈpu(ː)tʰa̠k̚] Korean
- अनुरोध/ə.nʊ.ɾoːd̪ʱ/ Hindi
- խնդիր/χənˈtʰiɾ/ Armenian
- অনুরোধ/onuɾod̪ʱ/ Bengali
- അപേക്ഷ/ɐbeːkʂɐ/ Malayalam
- خواهش[xɒː.ɦeʃ] Persian
“request” in Italian: richiesta · Korean: 부탁 · Hindi: अनुरोध · Turkish: rica
It is commonest in Persian, where خواهش is the 144th most used word.
Request in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian kërkesë/kəɾkɛsə/ #1,879
- Armenian խնդիր/χənˈtʰiɾ/ #826
- Basque eskatu/es̺katu/ to ask, request #157
- Bengali অনুরোধ/onuɾod̪ʱ/ to request, to ask for #606
- Bosnian molim/ˈmolɪm/ to ask, request, beg #85
- Bulgarian моля[ˈmɔlʲɐ] to ask, to request #90
- Catalan demanar[də.məˈna] to ask for; to request #461
- Chinese 要求/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/ to ask; to request; to require; to demand; to… #170
- Croatian molim/ˈmolɪm/ to ask, request, beg #88
- Czech požádat[ˈpoʒaːdat] to ask, to request #1,582
- Danish bad[ˈb̥að] to ask, request #369
- Dutch verzoek/vərˈzuk/ request, friendly demand, petition #1,895
- English please/pliz/ Used to make a polite request #121
- Esperanto petas/ˈpetas/ to ask for, request, beg, bid #151
- Estonian palus/ˈpɑlus/ to ask for, request #944
- Finnish pyydän/ˈpyːdæn/ to ask, request #391
- Galician pedir[pɪˈðiɾ] to ask for; to request; to order #880
- Georgian მაპატიეთ[mäpʼätʼie̞tʰ] Said as a request to pass somebody #554
- Greek ζήτησα/ˈzi.ti.sa/ to ask for, request #1,056
- Hebrew ביקש/biˈkeʃ/ to ask for, request #932
- Hindi अनुरोध/ə.nʊ.ɾoːd̪ʱ/ request, entreaty #1,356
- Hungarian kérem[ˈkeːrɛm] to ask, to make a request #139
- Icelandic krefst/kʰrɛfst/ to demand, to request #1,005
- Indonesian minta/ˈminta/ to ask, ask for, request #237
- Italian richiesta/riˈkjɛs.ta/ request, demand, claim, call #1,702
- Korean 부탁[ˈpu(ː)tʰa̠k̚] request, favor #858
- Latvian prasa/ˈprasa/ to ask for, to request, to demand #1,603
- Malay tolong/to.loŋ/ Used to make a polite request #117
- Malayalam അപേക്ഷ/ɐbeːkʂɐ/ #1,109
- Persian خواهش[xɒː.ɦeʃ] #144
- Polish proszę/ˈprɔ.ʂɛ/ to ask for, to request #53
- Portuguese pedir/peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ to ask for; to request #492
- Romanian cer/t͡ʃer/ to request, to ask for #396
- Russian попросить[pəprɐˈsʲitʲ] to ask for, to request #1,425
- Serbian molim/ˈmolɪm/ to ask, request, beg #88
- Slovak žiadosť/ʒɪ̯adɔsc/ request, petition, application #1,095
- Slovenian prositi/prɔsìːti/ to ask, to make a request #814
- Swedish be/ˈbeː/ to ask for, request someone else to do… #392
- Tagalog pakiusap/pakiˈʔusap/ request; favor #199
- Tamil கோரிக்கை/koːɾɪkːɐɪ̯/ demand, request, solicitation #2,105
- Turkish rica/ɾiˈd͡ʒaː/ #853
- Urdu بنتی/bɪn.t̪iː/ request, beseech #1,550
- Vietnamese xin[sin˧˧] to ask for; to beg for; to request #83
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.