How to say “responsibility” in 33 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 Tagalog, where bahala is the 387th most used word.
- Albanian përgjegjësi #1,425
- Arabic وزارة the office, responsibility, or burden of a… #1,243
- Armenian պատասխանատվություն #1,589
- Bosnian odgovornost #1,394
- Bulgarian отговорност #1,376
- Catalan responsabilitat #1,953
- Croatian odgovornost #1,357
- Czech zodpovědnost #2,118
- Danish ansvar #1,181
- Dutch verantwoordelijkheid #1,863
- English fault Culpability; the responsibility for a… #666
- French responsabilité #2,079
- Galician responsabilidade responsibility, responsibleness #1,560
- German sorgen concern, care, responsibility, aid #420
- Hebrew אחריות #1,154
- Icelandic ábyrgð #2,432
- Korean 담당 responsibility, charge #1,155
- Lithuanian atsakomybę #1,601
- Macedonian одговорност #1,242
- Malay tanggungjawab #1,322
- Malayalam ചുമതല responsibility; duty #848
- Norwegian ansvar #1,046
- Persian عهده responsibility, charge, duty #995
- Portuguese responsabilidade responsibility, responsibleness #1,774
- Russian ответственность #1,912
- Serbian odgovornost #1,354
- Spanish responsabilidad responsibility, responsibleness #1,821
- Swedish ansvar #1,276
- Tagalog bahala #387
- Tamil கடமை responsibility, duty, obligation #970
- Telugu బాధ్యత responsibility, liability #433
- Turkish sorumluluk #2,044
- Ukrainian відповідальність responsibility, accountability, liability #1,959
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.