How to say “shout” in 30 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 Georgian, where ყვირილი is the 74th most used word.
- Afrikaans skree to shout, to scream #712
- Albanian bërtitur to shout, yell #2,301
- Arabic صاح to yell, to shout #374
- Bengali চিৎকার #403
- Bulgarian вик cry, shout #2,131
- Catalan cridar to yell, shout #1,034
- Chinese 呼叫 to call; to shout; to cry out #654
- Czech křičet to shout #2,312
- Danish råbe to call, cry out, shout #2,279
- Dutch roep to cry, shout #1,548
- English calls A cry or shout #961
- Esperanto krias to cry, shout, yell #1,235
- Estonian karjuma to scream, to shout #2,082
- French cris cry; shout; scream #2,301
- Georgian ყვირილი cry, shout, yell #74
- German ruf to call out, to shout, to cry #653
- Greek φωνάζεις to shout, yell, bawl #2,160
- Hindi बुला to shout #734
- Icelandic öskra to scream, to shout, to yell #1,145
- Macedonian вика to shout, yell #284
- Malay jeritan exclamation, shout #1,850
- Norwegian skriker to scream, shout, cry out #2,365
- Portuguese gritar to shout, to scream, to yell #1,521
- Slovak kričať to cry, to shout, to scream, to yell #1,062
- Slovenian vpiti to shout, to yell, to scream #1,780
- Swedish skriker to scream, to yell, to shout #1,915
- Tagalog sigaw shout; yell; howl; bawl #428
- Tamil கத்து to yell, shout, scream, make a loud noise #1,067
- Urdu بلانا to shout #1,606
- Vietnamese la to cry, to shout #731
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.