How to say “save” 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.
- salvar/salˈbaɾ/ Spanish
- спасти[spɐˈsʲtʲi] Russian
- बचाने/bə.t͡ʃɑː.neː/ Hindi
- σώσω/ˈso.so/ Greek
- הציל/(h)iˈt͡sil/ Hebrew
- বাঁচানো[ˈbã.t͡ʃaˌno] Bengali
“save” in Spanish: salvar · German: retten · Italian: salvare · Portuguese: salvar · Russian: спасти · Hindi: बचाने · Turkish: kurtarmak · Greek: σώσω
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where cứu is the 238th most used word.
Save in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gevlug/xəˈflœx/ to save oneself, seek refuge #1,013
- Albanian shpëtoj/ʃpətɔj/ to save, rescue #1,043
- Arabic إلا/ʔillaː/ except, save, but, barring; other than,… #226
- Basque salbatu/s̺albatu/ to save, rescue #359
- Bengali বাঁচানো[ˈbã.t͡ʃaˌno] to save #1,922
- Bosnian spasiti/spǎːsiti/ to save, salvage #888
- Bulgarian спася[spɐˈsʲɤ̟] to save, to rescue #1,278
- Catalan salvar[səlˈβa] to save, to rescue to survive, or rescue from… #563
- Chinese 救命/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/ to save a life; to rescue someone #321
- Croatian spasiti/spǎːsiti/ to save, salvage #723
- Czech zachránit[ˈzaxraːɲɪt] to save #819
- Danish redde/reðə/ to save, rescue #467
- Dutch redden/ˈrɛ.də(n)/ to save, rescue #481
- English saving/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/ Synonym of save #2,024
- Esperanto krom/krom/ except, save, sans #409
- Estonian päästma/ˈpæːstmɑ/ to save #1,193
- Finnish pelastaa/ˈpelɑstɑːˣ/ to save, rescue #797
- French sauf/sof/ except, save #605
- Galician salvar/salˈbaɾ/ to save #1,432
- German retten/ˈʁɛtn̩/ to save, to rescue #628
- Greek σώσω/ˈso.so/ to save, rescue #1,429
- Hebrew הציל/(h)iˈt͡sil/ To save, to rescue #1,589
- Hindi बचाने/bə.t͡ʃɑː.neː/ to save, rescue #622
- Icelandic bjargað/ˈpjarkað/ to save, rescue #2,216
- Indonesian menyelamatkan/məˌɲɛlaˈmatkan/ to save, to rescue #371
- Italian salvare/salˈva.re/ to save, rescue, retrieve, deliver #1,049
- Latvian glābt[ɡlâːpt] to save death; to protect from death #933
- Lithuanian gelbėti[¹ˈɡʲæˑlʲbʲeːtʲɪ] to save, to rescue #1,434
- Macedonian спаси[ˈspasi] to rescue, save #407
- Norwegian redd/ɾɛdː/ to rescue, save #236
- Polish uratować/u.raˈtɔ.vat͡ɕ/ to rescue, to save #1,254
- Portuguese salvar/sawˈva(ʁ)/ to save #706
- Romanian salvat[salˈvat] to save #789
- Russian спасти[spɐˈsʲtʲi] to save, to rescue #761
- Serbian spasiti/spǎːsiti/ to save, salvage #1,202
- Slovenian rešiti/rɛʃìːti/ to save #357
- Spanish salvar/salˈbaɾ/ to save #1,072
- Swedish räddade/ˈrɛdadɛ/ to save #819
- Tamil காப்பாற்று/kɑːpːɑːrːɯ/ to save, rescue #1,251
- Telugu తప్ప/t̪apːa/ save, but, except, unless, without #279
- Turkish kurtarmak/kuɾtaɾˈmak/ to save, rescue; to disentangle, set free #982
- Ukrainian врятувати[wrʲɐtʊˈʋate] to save, to rescue #856
- Urdu بچانا/bə.t͡ʃɑː.nɑː/ to save, rescue #1,589
- Vietnamese cứu[kiw˧˦] to save, to rescue, to relieve #238
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.