How to say “strong” in 48 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 Hindi, where प्यार is the 123rd most used word.
- Afrikaans sterk #361
- Albanian fortë #318
- Arabic قوي to be or become strong, powerful #656
- Armenian ամուր durable, strong, solid #438
- Bengali তীব্র strong, violent, intense #1,444
- Bosnian jak #1,341
- Bulgarian силен strong, powerful #1,071
- Catalan forta a strong person #1,093
- Chinese 有力 powerful; strong #2,012
- Croatian jak #1,496
- Czech silný #1,353
- Danish stærk #860
- Dutch sterk strong, having physical strength #807
- English loved To have a strong affection for #672
- Esperanto forta #633
- Estonian armastus A strong affection for somebody or something;… #700
- Finnish vahva strong, powerful #1,308
- French forte strong; powerful #1,397
- Galician forte #427
- Georgian ძლიერი #359
- German kleiner strong genitive/dative singular #569
- Greek δυνατό strong, loud #1,164
- Hebrew חזק #385
- Hindi प्यार love, strong affection #123
- Hungarian erős #604
- Icelandic sterkur #1,000
- Indonesian kuat #358
- Italian forti #2,064
- Korean 본드 adhesive; strong glue #2,277
- Latvian stipri strong, strongly; very, quite; adverbial form… #1,318
- Lithuanian stiprus #681
- Macedonian силен strong, powerful #904
- Malay kuat strong, forceful, powerful, mighty #298
- Malayalam കൊതി strong desire #2,444
- Norwegian sterk #827
- Persian قوی #1,152
- Polish silny #2,072
- Portuguese forte strength, strong suit #579
- Romanian puternic #715
- Serbian jak #1,277
- Spanish fuertes #2,087
- Swedish stark #827
- Tagalog malakas strong; hard #350
- Tamil வன் strong, hard, powerful, mighty #1,069
- Turkish güçlü powerful, strong #430
- Ukrainian сильний #2,385
- Urdu طاقتور strong, stout, powerful #686
- Vietnamese mạnh strong; powerful; vigorous #392
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.