How to say “stay” in 42 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 Albanian, where është is the 6th most used word.
- Albanian është to live, stay alive #6
- Arabic تبقى to remain, to continue, to stay #350
- Armenian մնաք to stay, to remain #418
- Bosnian ostati to stay, remain #445
- Bulgarian остана to stay, to remain #450
- Chinese 停留 to stay; to remain; to stop #1,583
- Croatian ostati to stay, remain #371
- Czech zůstat to stay, to remain #521
- Dutch blijven to stay, to remain #234
- English remains To stay after others or other parts have been… #2,255
- Esperanto restu to remain, to stay #255
- Estonian jää to stay, to remain #349
- Finnish pysy to stay, remain #440
- French reste to stay #209
- Galician queda to stay, remain #368
- Georgian დარჩება to stay #704
- Greek μείνε to stay, reside, live #533
- Hebrew נשאר to stay, to remain #561
- Hindi रहे to stay, remain #26
- Hungarian maradj to stay, remain #449
- Icelandic gista to stay the night, sleep over #1,478
- Indonesian menginap to stay and sleep #2,196
- Italian sta to stay, remain #76
- Korean 있다 to stay, remain in a location #164
- Lithuanian likti stay, remain, be left #464
- Macedonian остане to stay, remain #485
- Malay pondok A building for short-term stay; bungalow;… #2,122
- Malayalam താമസം living, stay; accommodation #436
- Norwegian blir to stay, remain #82
- Persian موندن to stay #957
- Polish zostać to stay, to remain #338
- Romanian stai to stay #131
- Russian остаться to remain, to stay #643
- Serbian ostati to stay, remain #527
- Slovak ostať to stay, to remain #671
- Slovenian ostal to stay, remain #298
- Swedish stanna to stay; to remain at a place #227
- Tagalog manatili to stay or remain unchanged or constant; to… #299
- Telugu ఆగారు to stop, stay, abstain, refrain #335
- Ukrainian залишитися to remain, to stay; to be left #1,103
- Urdu رہائش residence, stay #1,532
- Vietnamese tránh to stay out of the way #489
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.