How to say “rescue” in 32 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 Norwegian, where redd is the 236th most used word.
- Albanian shpëtoj to save, rescue #1,043
- Arabic أنقذ to save, rescue #1,279
- Basque salbatu to save, rescue #359
- Bengali বাঁচাও rescue, escape #546
- Bulgarian спася to save, to rescue #1,278
- Catalan salvar to save, to rescue to survive, or rescue from… #563
- Chinese 救命 to save a life; to rescue someone #321
- Danish redde to save, rescue #467
- Dutch hulp help, assistance, rescue #369
- English saved To help to survive, or rescue from harm #934
- Esperanto savi to save, rescue #617
- Finnish pelastaa to save, rescue #797
- French sauver to save, rescue; to protect #610
- German retten to save, to rescue #628
- Greek σώσω to save, rescue #1,429
- Hebrew הציל To save, to rescue #1,589
- Hindi बचाने to save, rescue #622
- Icelandic bjarga aid, rescue, help #362
- Indonesian menyelamatkan to save, to rescue #371
- Italian salvare to save, rescue, retrieve, deliver #1,049
- Lithuanian gelbėti to save, to rescue #1,434
- Macedonian спаси to rescue, save #407
- Malay selamatkan to help someone survive, or rescue someone #340
- Norwegian redd to rescue, save #236
- Polish uratować to rescue, to save #1,254
- Romanian salvare #2,029
- Russian спасти to save, to rescue #761
- Tamil காப்பாற்று to save, rescue #1,251
- Turkish kurtarmak to save, rescue; to disentangle, set free #982
- Ukrainian врятувати to save, to rescue #856
- Urdu بچانا to save, rescue #1,589
- Vietnamese cứu to save, to rescue, to relieve #238
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.