How to say “result” in 42 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 English, where so is the 38th most used word.
- Albanian rezultat #1,952
- Arabic نتيجة #956
- Basque ondorio result, consequence #906
- Bengali ফলাফল consequence, result, effect, outcome #915
- Bosnian rezultat #1,594
- Bulgarian резултат #1,540
- Catalan resulta #1,305
- Chinese 一杯 good result in divination using moon blocks #400
- Croatian rezultat #1,725
- Dutch resultaten #2,391
- English so As a result; for that reason; therefore;… #38
- Esperanto rezulto #1,600
- Estonian tulemus result, outcome #1,747
- Finnish johtuu to result from, attributed to, be caused by,… #1,312
- French suite #378
- Galician resultado to result, to turn out, to end up, to prove #1,385
- Georgian შედეგი #714
- German damit therefore, as a result #144
- Greek αποτέλεσμα result, outcome #1,341
- Hindi परिणाम result, outcome #1,438
- Indonesian berhasil having a result #253
- Italian riuscita that has had a certain outcome or result #1,637
- Korean 결과 as a result of #732
- Latvian rezultāts #1,964
- Lithuanian rezultatas result; outcome #1,319
- Macedonian резултат #1,858
- Malay keputusan #476
- Malayalam ഫലം #654
- Norwegian følger consequence, result #651
- Persian نتیجه result; outcome; consequence #1,406
- Polish wyniki result, outcome, effect #1,538
- Portuguese resultado to result #1,705
- Romanian urmare result, consequence #2,047
- Serbian rezultat #1,591
- Slovak výsledok result, outcome #1,206
- Slovenian rezultat #842
- Spanish resulta to result, to turn out, to end up, to prove #1,388
- Swedish resultat A result, an effect #2,312
- Tagalog resulta result; outcome; consequence #721
- Tamil எனவே therefore, as a result, that's why, hence #59
- Ukrainian результат effect, result, return, outcome #1,967
- Urdu نتیجہ result, consequence, end, outcome #905
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.