How to say “show” in 50 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.
- muestra/ˈmwestɾa/ Spanish
- шоу[ˈʂoʊ] Russian
- أرى/ʔaraː/ Arabic
- 쇼[ɕ͈o] Korean
- दिखाने/d̪ɪ.kʰɑː.neː/ Hindi
- σόου/sou/ Greek
“show” in Spanish: muestra · French: montrer · German: show · Italian: spettacolo · Korean: 쇼 · Russian: шоу · Arabic: أرى · Hindi: दिखाने
It is commonest in Arabic, where أرى is the 152nd most used word.
Show in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans wys/ˈvɛɪs/ to show #246
- Albanian tregoj/tɾɛɡɔj/ to show, indicate, point at #276
- Arabic أرى/ʔaraː/ to show #152
- Basque erakutsi/eɾakut͡s̺i/ to show #232
- Bengali জ্বী/d͡ʒi/ used to show agreement - yes, correct #783
- Bosnian pokazati/pokǎːzati/ to show, demonstrate #825
- Bulgarian не[nɛ] used to show disagreement or negation, no #3
- Catalan mostra[ˈmɔs.tɾə] to show, display #1,254
- Chinese 演出/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ to perform; to put on a show #529
- Croatian pokazati/pokǎːzati/ to show, demonstrate #660
- Czech ukazuje[ˈukazujɛ] to show #1,969
- Danish vis[ˈʋiˀs] to show #559
- Dutch show/ʃoː/ a show #973
- Esperanto montru/ˈmontru/ to show, to indicate, to point out #518
- Estonian näidata/ˈnæi̯d̥ɑtɑ/ to show #656
- Finnish näyttää/ˈnæy̯tːæːˣ/ to show, present, display #186
- French montrer/mɔ̃.tʁe/ to show #591
- Galician presente[pɾeˈsentɪ] to present; to show; to submit #941
- Georgian მაჩვენე[mät͡ʃʰʷe̞ne̞] to show #696
- German show/ʃɔʊ̯/ show, spectacle #1,201
- Greek σόου/sou/ #1,277
- Hebrew הראה/(h)eʁˈ(ʔ)a/ to show #1,405
- Hindi दिखाने/d̪ɪ.kʰɑː.neː/ to show #806
- Hungarian mutatni[ˈmutɒtni] to show something to someone #1,803
- Icelandic virtist/ˈvɪr̥tɪst/ to respect, to show respect #745
- Indonesian menunjukkan/mənunˈd͡ʒukan/ to show #446
- Italian spettacolo/spetˈta.ko.lo/ show, performance, play, review #1,163
- Korean 쇼[ɕ͈o] #788
- Latvian izrādi/ˈizraːdi/ performance, show, play #1,882
- Lithuanian šou[¹ˈʃɔʊ] #669
- Macedonian шоу[ˈʃɔu] #995
- Malay a[a] Used to show excitement or to show agreement #322
- Norwegian vis/ˈviːs/ to show #576
- Persian نمایش[næ.mɒː.jeʃ] show, exposition, display, exhibition #1,449
- Polish pokaż/ˈpɔ.kaʂ/ to show; to point; sometimes with a gesture… #849
- Portuguese provas/ˈprɔvɐs/ to prove, show, to demonstrate that something… #778
- Romanian apărut/ˌapəˈɾut/ to appear, show up, turn up, emerge #959
- Russian шоу[ˈʂoʊ] #745
- Serbian pokaži/ˈpokɐʒɪ/ to show, demonstrate #879
- Slovak šou/ˈʃɔw/ #754
- Slovenian pokazati/pɔkàːzati/ to show, demonstrate #537
- Spanish muestra/ˈmwestɾa/ to show #1,435
- Swedish visar/ˈviːsar/ to show, to display #603
- Tagalog ipakita/ʔipaˈkita/ to show; to let someone see #321
- Tamil சுட்டு/tʃʊʈːɯ/ to point out, show, designate, indicate #532
- Telugu తమాషా/ˈtamaːʂaː/ #317
- Turkish göster/ɟøsˈteɾ/ to show, to display #784
- Ukrainian шоу[ˈʃɔʊ] #797
- Urdu دکھانا/d̪ɪ.kʰɑː.nɑː/ to show #776
- Vietnamese mẽ[mɛ˦ˀ˥] outward show; appearance; air #1,198
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.