How to say “shoot” in 32 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.
- disparar/dispaˈɾaɾ/ Spanish
- стрелять[strʲɪˈlʲætʲ] Russian
- πυροβόλησε/pi.ɾoˈvo.li.se/ Greek
“shoot” in Spanish: disparar · German: schießen · Italian: sparato · Portuguese: disparar · Russian: стрелять · Greek: πυροβόλησε
It is commonest in Malay, where tembak is the 313th most used word.
Shoot in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans skiet/skit/ #466
- Albanian mitë/ˈmitə/ #2,468
- Bulgarian стрелям[ˈstrɛlʲɐm] to shoot, to propel #2,475
- Catalan disparar[dis.pəˈɾa] to shoot #736
- Chinese 開槍/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ to open fire; to shoot; to discharge a firearm #1,998
- Czech střílet[ˈstr̝̊iːlɛt] to shoot, fire #1,639
- Danish skyde[ˈsɡ̊yːðə] to shoot #658
- Dutch schiet/ˈsxit/ to shoot, fire #486
- English target/ˈtɑɹ.ɡɪt/ A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice,… #1,536
- Esperanto pafis/ˈpafis/ to shoot, to fire #645
- Estonian tulistama/ˈtulistɑmɑ/ to shoot #1,811
- Finnish ampua/ˈɑmpuɑˣ/ to shoot, fire #1,274
- Galician disparar/dispaˈɾaɾ/ to shoot, fire #1,221
- German schießen[ˈʃiːsn̩] to shoot; to fire #1,049
- Greek πυροβόλησε/pi.ɾoˈvo.li.se/ to shoot, fire #1,494
- Hungarian lőni[ˈløːni] to shoot, fire #2,435
- Icelandic skjóta[ˈscouːta] to shoot #1,405
- Indonesian menembak/mənəmˈbak/ to shoot; to fire #511
- Italian sparato/spaˈra.to/ to shoot, to fire #914
- Korean 제기랄[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)ɡiɾa̠ɭ] damn it!; shoot! #607
- Macedonian пукај[ˈpukaj] to shoot, fire #886
- Malay tembak/tembaʔ/ to shoot #313
- Norwegian skyte/ˈʃyːtə/ to shoot #659
- Polish strzelać/ˈstʂɛ.lat͡ɕ/ to shoot, to fire a projectile weapon #1,993
- Portuguese disparar/d͡ʒis.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ to shoot, to fire #1,472
- Russian стрелять[strʲɪˈlʲætʲ] to shoot, to fire #1,819
- Slovak strieľať/strɪ̯eʎac/ to shoot, fire #875
- Spanish disparar/dispaˈɾaɾ/ to shoot, to fire #1,953
- Swedish sköt/ˈɧøːt/ to shoot a weapon, to fire a weapon #642
- Tagalog barilin/baɾiˈlin/ to shoot with a gun #981
- Ukrainian стріляти[stʲrʲiˈlʲate] to shoot, to fire #1,349
- Vietnamese bắn[ʔɓan˧˦] to fire; to shoot #305
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), 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.