How to say “strong” in 48 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.
- fuertes/ˈfweɾtes/ Spanish
- δυνατό/ˌðinaˈto/ Greek
- חזק/χaˈzak/ Hebrew
- ძლიერი[d͡zlie̞ɾi] Georgian
- তীব্র/t̪ibɾo/ Bengali
- வன்/ʋɐn/ Tamil
“strong” in Spanish: fuertes · French: forte · Italian: forti · Greek: δυνατό
It is commonest in Malay, where kuat is the 298th most used word.
Strong in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sterk/ˈstærk/ #361
- Albanian fortë[ˈfɔɹtə] #318
- Arabic قوي/qa.wi.ja/ to be or become strong, powerful #656
- Armenian ամուր/ɑˈmuɾ/ durable, strong, solid #438
- Bengali তীব্র/t̪ibɾo/ strong, violent, intense #1,444
- Bosnian jak/jâːk/ #1,341
- Bulgarian силен[ˈsilɛn] strong, powerful #1,071
- Catalan forta[ˈfɔr.tə] a strong person #1,093
- Chinese 有力/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/ powerful; strong #2,012
- Croatian jak/jâːk/ #1,496
- Czech silný[ˈsɪlniː] #1,353
- Danish stærk/ˈsdɛɐ̯ɡ/ #860
- Dutch sterk/stɛrk/ strong, having physical strength #807
- English loved/lʌvd/ To have a strong affection for #672
- Esperanto forta/ˈforta/ #633
- Estonian armastus/ˈɑrmɑstus/ A strong affection for somebody or something;… #700
- Finnish vahva/ˈʋɑhʋɑ/ strong, powerful #1,308
- French forte/fɔʁt/ strong; powerful #1,397
- Galician forte/ˈfɔɾte/ #427
- Georgian ძლიერი[d͡zlie̞ɾi] #359
- German kleiner/ˈklaɪ̯nɐ/ strong genitive/dative singular #569
- Greek δυνατό/ˌðinaˈto/ strong, loud #1,164
- Hebrew חזק/χaˈzak/ #385
- Hindi प्यार/pjɑːɾ/ love, strong affection #123
- Hungarian erős[ˈɛrøːʃ] #604
- Icelandic sterkur[ˈstɛr̥kʏr] #1,000
- Indonesian kuat/ˈkuat/ #358
- Italian forti/ˈfɔrtɪ/ #2,064
- Korean 본드[po̞ndɯ] adhesive; strong glue #2,277
- Latvian stipri/ˈstipri/ strong, strongly; very, quite; adverbial form… #1,318
- Lithuanian stiprus[sʲtʲɪˈprʊs] #681
- Macedonian силен[ˈsilɛn] strong, powerful #904
- Malay kuat/ˈkuat/ strong, forceful, powerful, mighty #298
- Malayalam കൊതി/kod̪i/ strong desire #2,444
- Norwegian sterk/ˈstærk/ #827
- Persian قوی[qæ.viː] #1,152
- Polish silny/ˈɕil.nɘ/ #2,072
- Portuguese forte/ˈfɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ strength, strong suit #579
- Romanian puternic/puˈter.nik/ #715
- Serbian jak/jâːk/ #1,277
- Spanish fuertes/ˈfweɾtes/ #2,087
- Swedish stark/ˈstark/ #827
- Tagalog malakas/malaˈkas/ strong; hard #350
- Tamil வன்/ʋɐn/ strong, hard, powerful, mighty #1,069
- Turkish güçlü/ɟytʃ.ly/ powerful, strong #430
- Ukrainian сильний[ˈsɪlʲnei̯] #2,385
- Urdu طاقتور/t̪ɑː.qət̪.ʋəɾ/ strong, stout, powerful #686
- Vietnamese mạnh[majŋ̟˧˨ʔ] strong; powerful; vigorous #392
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