How to say “shout” in 30 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.
- बुला/bʊ.lɑː/ Hindi
- φωνάζεις/foˈna.zis/ Greek
- চিৎকার/t͡ʃit̪kaɾ/ Bengali
- بلانا/bʊlɑːnɑː/ Urdu
“shout” in Portuguese: gritar · Hindi: बुला · Greek: φωνάζεις
It is commonest in Macedonian, where вика is the 284th most used word.
Shout in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans skree/ˈskriə/ to shout, to scream #712
- Albanian bërtitur/bəɾtituɾ/ to shout, yell #2,301
- Arabic صاح/sˤaːħ/ to yell, to shout #374
- Bengali চিৎকার/t͡ʃit̪kaɾ/ #403
- Bulgarian вик[vik] cry, shout #2,131
- Catalan cridar[kɾiˈða] to yell, shout #1,034
- Chinese 呼叫/xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ to call; to shout; to cry out #654
- Czech křičet[ˈkr̝̊ɪt͡ʃɛt] to shout #2,312
- Danish råbe/rɔːbə/ to call, cry out, shout #2,279
- Dutch roep/rup/ to cry, shout #1,548
- English calls/kɔlz/ A cry or shout #961
- Esperanto krias/ˈkrias/ to cry, shout, yell #1,235
- Estonian karjuma/ˈkɑrjumɑ/ to scream, to shout #2,082
- French cris/kʁi/ cry; shout; scream #2,301
- Georgian ყვირილი[χʼʷiɾili] cry, shout, yell #74
- German ruf/ʁuːf/ to call out, to shout, to cry #653
- Greek φωνάζεις/foˈna.zis/ to shout, yell, bawl #2,160
- Hindi बुला/bʊ.lɑː/ to shout #734
- Icelandic öskra/ˈœskra/ to scream, to shout, to yell #1,145
- Macedonian вика[ˈvika] to shout, yell #284
- Malay jeritan/d͡ʒəˈritan/ exclamation, shout #1,850
- Norwegian skriker/ˈskriːkər/ to scream, shout, cry out #2,365
- Portuguese gritar/ɡɾiˈta(ʁ)/ to shout, to scream, to yell #1,521
- Slovak kričať/krit͡ʃac/ to cry, to shout, to scream, to yell #1,062
- Slovenian vpiti/ʋpìːti/ to shout, to yell, to scream #1,780
- Swedish skriker/ˈskriːkɛr/ to scream, to yell, to shout #1,915
- Tagalog sigaw/siˈɡaw/ shout; yell; howl; bawl #428
- Tamil கத்து/kɐt̪ːɯ/ to yell, shout, scream, make a loud noise #1,067
- Urdu بلانا/bʊlɑːnɑː/ to shout #1,606
- Vietnamese la[laː˧˧] to cry, to shout #731
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.