How to say “rich” in 44 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 Malay, where mampu is the 334th most used word.
- Afrikaans ryk rich, wealthy #418
- Basque aberatsa rich, wealthy #808
- Bengali ধনী rich, wealthy #841
- Bosnian bogat rich, wealthy #2,011
- Bulgarian богат rich, wealthy #1,572
- Catalan rics #2,172
- Chinese 富有 wealthy; rich #1,239
- Croatian bogat rich, wealthy #2,046
- Danish rige rich, wealthy, affluent #1,327
- Dutch rijk #1,025
- English cake A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of… #1,470
- Esperanto riĉa rich, wealthy, affluent, well-to-do #2,213
- Estonian vaene poor, not rich #880
- Finnish rikas rich, wealthy, opulent, well off #2,228
- French riche #1,339
- Galician rico rich, wealthy #1,175
- Georgian მდიდარი rich, wealthy #941
- German reichen rich, wealthy #1,516
- Greek πλούσιος rich, wealthy, luxuriant #2,188
- Hebrew עשיר rich, wealthy, well off: having a lot of… #1,199
- Hindi अमीर #949
- Hungarian gazdag rich, wealthy #1,366
- Icelandic ríkur rich, wealthy #1,126
- Indonesian kaya rich, wealthy #784
- Italian ricco rich, wealthy, affluent #2,163
- Korean 부자 a rich person #2,222
- Latvian bagāts rich, wealthy #2,372
- Lithuanian turtingas rich, wealthy #1,238
- Macedonian богат rich, wealthy #1,404
- Malay mampu Rich, wealthy #334
- Norwegian rik #1,404
- Persian پولدار rich, well-off, wealthy #1,330
- Portuguese rico rich, wealthy #1,617
- Serbian bogat rich, wealthy #1,865
- Slovak bohatý #1,144
- Slovenian bogat rich, wealthy #797
- Spanish rico #1,359
- Swedish rik rich, wealthy #1,480
- Tagalog mayaman rich; wealthy #904
- Tamil பணக்காரன் a rich or wealthy man #1,828
- Telugu ధనవంతుడు one who is rich, wealthy man, rich man,… #1,876
- Turkish zengin rich, wealthy #795
- Urdu امیر #682
- Vietnamese giàu rich; affluent; wealthy #1,174
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.