How to say “rich” in 44 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.
- rico/ˈriko/ Spanish
- अमीर/ə.miːɾ/ Hindi
- πλούσιος/ˈplusios/ Greek
- עשיר/(ʔ)aˈʃiʁ/ Hebrew
- მდიდარი[mdidäɾi] Georgian
- ধনী/dʱo.ni/ Bengali
“rich” in Spanish: rico · French: riche · German: reichen · Italian: ricco · Portuguese: rico · Hindi: अमीर · Turkish: zengin · Greek: πλούσιος
It is commonest in Malay, where mampu is the 334th most used word.
Rich in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans ryk/ˈrɛɪk/ rich, wealthy #418
- Basque aberatsa/aˈβeɾatˌs̺a/ rich, wealthy #808
- Bengali ধনী/dʱo.ni/ rich, wealthy #841
- Bosnian bogat/bǒɡat/ rich, wealthy #2,011
- Bulgarian богат[boˈɡat] rich, wealthy #1,572
- Catalan rics[ˈriks] #2,172
- Chinese 富有/fu⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ wealthy; rich #1,239
- Croatian bogat/bǒɡat/ rich, wealthy #2,046
- Danish rige[ˈʁiːə] rich, wealthy, affluent #1,327
- Dutch rijk/rɛi̯k/ #1,025
- English cake/keɪk/ A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of… #1,470
- Esperanto riĉa/ˈrit͡ʃa/ rich, wealthy, affluent, well-to-do #2,213
- Estonian vaene/ˈvɑe̯ne/ poor, not rich #880
- Finnish rikas/ˈrikɑs/ rich, wealthy, opulent, well off #2,228
- French riche/ʁiʃ/ #1,339
- Galician rico/ˈriko/ rich, wealthy #1,175
- Georgian მდიდარი[mdidäɾi] rich, wealthy #941
- German reichen/ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩/ rich, wealthy #1,516
- Greek πλούσιος/ˈplusios/ rich, wealthy, luxuriant #2,188
- Hebrew עשיר/(ʔ)aˈʃiʁ/ rich, wealthy, well off: having a lot of… #1,199
- Hindi अमीर/ə.miːɾ/ #949
- Hungarian gazdag[ˈɡɒzdɒɡ] rich, wealthy #1,366
- Icelandic ríkur[ˈriːkʏr] rich, wealthy #1,126
- Indonesian kaya/ˈkaja/ rich, wealthy #784
- Italian ricco/ˈrik.ko/ rich, wealthy, affluent #2,163
- Korean 부자[ˈpu(ː)d͡ʑa̠] a rich person #2,222
- Latvian bagāts[baɡāːts] rich, wealthy #2,372
- Lithuanian turtingas[tʊrʲ¹ˈtʲɪŋɡɐs] rich, wealthy #1,238
- Macedonian богат[ˈbɔɡat] rich, wealthy #1,404
- Malay mampu[mam.pu] Rich, wealthy #334
- Norwegian rik/ˈriːk/ #1,404
- Persian پولدار[pʰuːl̪.d̪ɒ́ːɹ] rich, well-off, wealthy #1,330
- Portuguese rico/ˈʁi.ku/ rich, wealthy #1,617
- Serbian bogat/bǒɡat/ rich, wealthy #1,865
- Slovak bohatý/bɔɦatiː/ #1,144
- Slovenian bogat/bɔɡát/ rich, wealthy #797
- Spanish rico/ˈriko/ #1,359
- Swedish rik/riːk/ rich, wealthy #1,480
- Tagalog mayaman/maˈjaman/ rich; wealthy #904
- Tamil பணக்காரன்/pɐɳɐkːɑːɾɐn/ a rich or wealthy man #1,828
- Telugu ధనవంతుడు/ˈdʰanaˌʋantuɖu/ one who is rich, wealthy man, rich man,… #1,876
- Turkish zengin[zeɲˈɟin] rich, wealthy #795
- Urdu امیر/ə.miːɾ/ #682
- Vietnamese giàu[zaw˨˩] rich; affluent; wealthy #1,174
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