How to say “revenge” in 30 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.
- εκδίκηση/ekˈði.ci.si/ Greek
- נקמה/nəqɔˈmɔ/ Hebrew
- প্রতিশোধ/pro.t̪i.ʃod̪ʱ/ Bengali
- പ്രതികാരം/prad̪iɡaːɾam/ Malayalam
- انتقام[ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.ʁɒ́ːm] Persian
“revenge” in German: rache · Italian: vendetta · Portuguese: vingança · Greek: εκδίκηση
It is commonest in Malayalam, where പ്രതികാരം is the 495th most used word.
Revenge in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian hak/hak/ #2,405
- Armenian վրեժ/vəˈɾeʒ/ vengeance; revenge #1,435
- Bengali প্রতিশোধ/pro.t̪i.ʃod̪ʱ/ revenge, retaliation #679
- Bosnian osveta/ôsʋeta/ revenge, vengeance #2,494
- Bulgarian отмъщение[otmɐʃˈtɛniɛ] revenge, vengeance, retaliation #1,814
- Catalan venjança[bəɲˈʒan.sə] payback, revenge, vengeance #1,437
- Croatian osveta/ôsʋeta/ revenge, vengeance #2,407
- Danish hævn/hɛvˀn/ #1,358
- Dutch wraak/vraːk/ #1,301
- Estonian kättemaksu/ˈkætːemɑksu/ revenge, vengeance #1,663
- Galician vinganza[biŋˈɡanθɐ] revenge, vengeance #1,916
- Georgian შურისძიება[ʃuɾisd͡zie̞bä] retribution, revenge, vengeance, avenge #935
- German rache/ˈraxə/ revenge; vengeance #1,840
- Greek εκδίκηση/ekˈði.ci.si/ revenge, vengeance #1,511
- Hebrew נקמה/nəqɔˈmɔ/ #1,432
- Hungarian bosszút[ˈbosːuːt] #2,173
- Icelandic hefnd[ˈhɛmt] revenge, vengeance #1,571
- Italian vendetta/venˈdet.ta/ revenge, vengeance #1,999
- Lithuanian keršto[²ˈkʲɛrˑʃtoː] revenge, vengeance #1,867
- Macedonian одмазда[ˈɔdmazda] #1,284
- Malayalam പ്രതികാരം/prad̪iɡaːɾam/ #495
- Norwegian hevn/hevn/ #1,440
- Persian انتقام[ʔen̪.t̪ʰe.ʁɒ́ːm] revenge, vengeance #855
- Portuguese vingança/vĩˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/ #1,759
- Serbian osveta/ôsʋeta/ revenge, vengeance #2,484
- Slovak pomsta/pɔmsta/ #1,635
- Swedish hämnd/hɛm(n)d/ revenge, vengeance #1,878
- Tagalog higanti/hiɡanˈti/ revenge; vengeance; retaliation #2,436
- Turkish intikam/in.ti.kam/ vengeance, revenge, retaliation #1,756
- Urdu انتقام/ɪn.t̪ɪ.qɑːm/ revenge, vengeance #2,359
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.