How to say “save” 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 Arabic, where إلا is the 226th most used word.
- Afrikaans gevlug to save oneself, seek refuge #1,013
- Albanian shpëtoj to save, rescue #1,043
- Arabic إلا except, save, but, barring; other than,… #226
- Basque salbatu to save, rescue #359
- Bengali বাঁচানো to save #1,922
- Bosnian spasiti to save, salvage #888
- Bulgarian спася to save, to rescue #1,278
- Catalan salvar to save, to rescue to survive, or rescue from… #563
- Chinese 救命 to save a life; to rescue someone #321
- Croatian spasiti to save, salvage #723
- Czech zachránit to save #819
- Danish redde to save, rescue #467
- Dutch redden to save, rescue #481
- English saving Synonym of save #2,024
- Esperanto krom except, save, sans #409
- Estonian päästma to save #1,193
- Finnish pelastaa to save, rescue #797
- French sauf except, save #605
- Galician salvar to save #1,432
- German retten to save, to rescue #628
- Greek σώσω to save, rescue #1,429
- Hebrew הציל To save, to rescue #1,589
- Hindi बचाने to save, rescue #622
- Icelandic bjargað to save, rescue #2,216
- Indonesian menyelamatkan to save, to rescue #371
- Italian salvare to save, rescue, retrieve, deliver #1,049
- Latvian glābt to save death; to protect from death #933
- Lithuanian gelbėti to save, to rescue #1,434
- Macedonian спаси to rescue, save #407
- Norwegian redd to rescue, save #236
- Polish uratować to rescue, to save #1,254
- Portuguese salvar to save #706
- Romanian salvat to save #789
- Russian спасти to save, to rescue #761
- Serbian spasiti to save, salvage #1,202
- Slovenian rešiti to save #357
- Spanish salvar to save #1,072
- Swedish räddade to save #819
- Tamil காப்பாற்று to save, rescue #1,251
- Telugu తప్ప save, but, except, unless, without #279
- Turkish kurtarmak to save, rescue; to disentangle, set free #982
- Ukrainian врятувати to save, to rescue #856
- Urdu بچانا to save, rescue #1,589
- Vietnamese cứu to save, to rescue, to relieve #238
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.