How to say “straight” in 43 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.
- derecho/deˈɾet͡ʃo/ Spanish
- прямо[ˈprʲamə] Russian
- مستقيم/mus.ta.qiːm/ Arabic
- 一直/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩³⁵/ Chinese
- 똑바로[t͈o̞k̚p͈a̠ɾo̞] Korean
- सीधे/siːd̪ʱeː/ Hindi
“straight” in Spanish: derecho · French: droit · Italian: diritto · Chinese: 一直 · Korean: 똑바로 · Russian: прямо · Arabic: مستقيم · Hindi: सीधे
It is commonest in Chinese, where 一直 is the 29th most used word.
Straight in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans reguit/ˈræxøyt/ straight, straight on #698
- Albanian drejt/dɾɛjt/ #336
- Arabic مستقيم/mus.ta.qiːm/ #2,328
- Armenian ուղիղ/uˈʁiʁ/ straight, directly #867
- Bengali সরাসরি/ʃɔɾaʃoɾi/ directly, straight ahead #584
- Bosnian pravo/prâʋo/ #289
- Bulgarian прав[praf] #333
- Catalan directe[diˈɾɛk.tə] directly; straight to, right to #1,693
- Chinese 一直/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩³⁵/ straight; straight ahead #29
- Croatian pravo/prâʋo/ #285
- Czech rovnou[ˈrovnou̯] straight away, right away #1,196
- Danish ret/rɛt/ #168
- Dutch rechter/ˈrɛx.tər/ #935
- English side/ˈsaɪ̯d/ A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional… #453
- Estonian otse/ˈotse/ #445
- Finnish suoraan/ˈsuo̯rɑːn/ #494
- French droit/dʁwa/ straight, straight on #391
- Georgian პირდაპირ[pʼiɾdäpʼiɾ] directly, straight #366
- Greek αμέσως/aˈme.sos/ immediately, at once, straight away #297
- Hebrew ישר/jaˈʃaʁ/ right, straight #558
- Hindi सीधे/siːd̪ʱeː/ #644
- Hungarian egyenesen[ˈɛɟɛnɛʃɛn] in a straight line #1,059
- Icelandic beint/pein̥t/ directly, straight #316
- Indonesian sisi/ˈsisi/ a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional… #598
- Italian diritto/diˈrit.to/ #990
- Korean 똑바로[t͈o̞k̚p͈a̠ɾo̞] straight, upright, even #594
- Lithuanian tiesiog[tʲjɛˈsʲoɡ] straight, right #79
- Macedonian право[ˈpravɔ] straight, directly #155
- Malay terus/təˈros/ straight; direct #227
- Malayalam നേരെ/n̪eːɾe/ #152
- Norwegian greit/ˈɡræ͡ɪt/ straight, easy #132
- Persian راست[ɹɒːst̪ʰ] #316
- Polish prosto/ˈprɔs.tɔ/ #817
- Russian прямо[ˈprʲamə] #232
- Serbian pravo/prâʋo/ #293
- Slovenian naravnost/naràːʋnɔst/ #411
- Spanish derecho/deˈɾet͡ʃo/ #661
- Swedish sidan/ˈsiːdan/ side; a bounding straight edge or surface #577
- Tamil நேர/neːɾɐ/ straight, straight on #1,014
- Telugu నేరుగా/neːɾuɡaː/ in a straight manner; straight, direct #286
- Turkish doğru/doːˈɾu/ toward, straight toward, straight to #77
- Ukrainian прямо[ˈprʲamɔ] #198
- Vietnamese thẳng[tʰaŋ˧˩] straight; upright #666
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.