How to say “show” in 50 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 Bulgarian, where не is the 3rd most used word.
- Afrikaans wys to show #246
- Albanian tregoj to show, indicate, point at #276
- Arabic أرى to show #152
- Basque erakutsi to show #232
- Bengali জ্বী used to show agreement - yes, correct #783
- Bosnian pokazati to show, demonstrate #825
- Bulgarian не used to show disagreement or negation, no #3
- Catalan mostra to show, display #1,254
- Chinese 演出 to perform; to put on a show #529
- Croatian pokazati to show, demonstrate #660
- Czech ukazuje to show #1,969
- Danish vis to show #559
- Dutch show a show #973
- Esperanto montru to show, to indicate, to point out #518
- Estonian näidata to show #656
- Finnish näyttää to show, present, display #186
- French montrer to show #591
- Galician presente to present; to show; to submit #941
- Georgian მაჩვენე to show #696
- German show show, spectacle #1,201
- Greek σόου #1,277
- Hebrew הראה to show #1,405
- Hindi दिखाने to show #806
- Hungarian mutatni to show something to someone #1,803
- Icelandic virtist to respect, to show respect #745
- Indonesian menunjukkan to show #446
- Italian spettacolo show, performance, play, review #1,163
- Korean 쇼 #788
- Latvian izrādi performance, show, play #1,882
- Lithuanian šou #669
- Macedonian шоу #995
- Malay a Used to show excitement or to show agreement #322
- Norwegian vis to show #576
- Persian نمایش show, exposition, display, exhibition #1,449
- Polish pokaż to show; to point; sometimes with a gesture… #849
- Portuguese provas to prove, show, to demonstrate that something… #778
- Romanian apărut to appear, show up, turn up, emerge #959
- Russian шоу #745
- Serbian pokaži to show, demonstrate #879
- Slovak šou #754
- Slovenian pokazati to show, demonstrate #537
- Spanish muestra to show #1,435
- Swedish visar to show, to display #603
- Tagalog ipakita to show; to let someone see #321
- Tamil சுட்டு to point out, show, designate, indicate #532
- Telugu తమాషా #317
- Turkish göster to show, to display #784
- Ukrainian шоу #797
- Urdu دکھانا to show #776
- Vietnamese mẽ outward show; appearance; air #1,198
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.