How to say “stop” in 51 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.
- parar/paˈɾaɾ/ Spanish
- остановить[ɐstənɐˈvʲitʲ] Russian
- توقف/ta.waq.qa.fa/ Arabic
- 停止/tʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 정지[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋd͡ʑi] Korean
- रुको/ɾʊ.koː/ Hindi
“stop” in Spanish: parar · French: arrête · German: aufhören · Portuguese: parar · Chinese: 停止 · Korean: 정지 · Russian: остановить · Arabic: توقف
It is commonest in Arabic, where توقف is the 141st most used word.
Stop in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian ndal[ndal] to stop, hold up #498
- Arabic توقف/ta.waq.qa.fa/ to stop, to come to a stop; to come to an end #141
- Armenian կասեցնել/kɑset͡sʰˈnel/ to suspend, stop #756
- Bengali থামা/tʰa.ma/ to stop #1,631
- Bosnian prestati/prěstati/ to stop, quit #821
- Bulgarian спри[spri] to stop, to come to a halt/stand/stop/standsti… #290
- Catalan para/ˈpaɾə/ to stop from continuing movement or action #665
- Chinese 停止/tʰiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to stop; to suspend; to close #204
- Croatian zaustaviti/zaǔstaʋiti/ to stop #695
- Czech přestaň[ˈpr̝̊ɛstaɲ] to stop, desist, cease #424
- Danish stop/ˈsdʌb/ to stop, halt #254
- Dutch stop/stɔp/ to stop, to halt #330
- English died/daɪd/ To stop living; to become dead; to undergo… #495
- Esperanto ĉesu/ˈt͡ʃesu/ to cease, desist, stop #253
- Estonian seisma/ˈsei̯smɑ/ to stand, to stop #850
- Finnish lopeta/ˈlopeta/ to stop, end, finish, quit #302
- French arrête/a.ʁɛt/ to stop, to come to a standstill; to halt, to… #251
- Galician parar/paˈɾaɾ/ to stop #856
- Georgian გაჩერდი[ɡ̊ät͡ʃʰe̞ɾdi] to stop #1,070
- German aufhören/ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːrən/ to stop; to quit; to cease #702
- Greek σταμάτα/staˈma.ta/ to halt, stop, stop off #272
- Hebrew נעצר/neʔeˈt͡saʁ/ to be stopped, to stop #1,622
- Hindi रुको/ɾʊ.koː/ to stop, to be stopped #210
- Hungarian ne[ˈnɛ] don't, should/shall not, stop #25
- Icelandic stoppa[ˈstɔhpa] to stop, to come to a stop #960
- Indonesian stasiun/staˈsiun/ place where a vehicle may stop #1,093
- Italian smettila/ˈzmeːtːila/ to stop or give up an activity; to leave off;… #637
- Korean 정지[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋd͡ʑi] stop, halt #1,083
- Latvian punktu/ˈpuŋktu/ stop/full stop, period #1,216
- Lithuanian nustoti/nʊˈstôː.tʲɪ/ to cease, stop #2,352
- Macedonian престане[ˈprɛstanɛ] to stop, cease #1,220
- Malay berhenti/bərhənˈti/ to stop, to cease, to halt, to desist #172
- Malayalam ഓഫ്/oːfɨ/ off, stop #225
- Norwegian slutt/slʉtː/ to stop, cease, quit; to no longer continue… #223
- Persian توقف[t̪ʰæ.væʁ.ɢóf] stop, stopping, halt #1,295
- Polish przestań/ˈpʂɛ.staɲ/ to stop doing something, to desist, to leave… #278
- Portuguese parar/paˈɾa(ʁ)/ to stop #430
- Romanian opri/oˈpri/ to stop the movement of something #696
- Russian остановить[ɐstənɐˈvʲitʲ] to stop, to bring to stop #856
- Serbian prestati/prěstati/ to stop, quit #975
- Slovak zastaviť/zastavic/ to stop, to halt #390
- Slovenian nehati/néːxati/ to stop #625
- Spanish parar/paˈɾaɾ/ to stop, halt #1,147
- Swedish sluta/²slʉːta/ to stop, to end #174
- Tagalog tigil/ˈtiɡil/ cessation; stop #334
- Tamil நிறுத்து/nɪrʊt̪ːɯ/ to stop, halt #158
- Telugu ఆపు/aːpu/ to stop #172
- Turkish dur/duɾ/ to stop #148
- Ukrainian зупинити[zʊpeˈnɪte] to stop #899
- Urdu اسٹیشن/ɪs.ʈeː.ʃən/ station, stop #875
- Vietnamese ngăn[ŋan˧˧] to stop or prevent someone from doing… #685
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