How to say “sure” in 38 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 Urdu, where یقین is the 97th most used word.
- Arabic متأكد certain, sure #214
- Armenian համոզված sure, convinced, assured #622
- Basque baietz I bet that, I'm sure that #241
- Bosnian siguran sure, certain #266
- Bulgarian сигурен sure, certain, positive #237
- Chinese 確定 fixed; certain; sure #924
- Croatian siguran sure, certain #272
- Czech jistý certain, sure #478
- Danish selvfølgelig of course, naturally, sure #237
- Dutch zorg to make sure, to ensure #470
- Esperanto certa certain, sure #1,746
- Estonian kindel sure, certain #188
- Finnish varma sure, certain #254
- French sûr sure, certain #139
- Greek βέβαιος sure, certain #1,734
- Hebrew בטוח Confident, sure, certain #135
- Hindi निश्चित certain, definite, sure #520
- Hungarian bizonyos sure, certain #917
- Icelandic viss certain, sure, positive #182
- Indonesian pasti certain, sure #133
- Italian sicuro surely; for sure; certainly; definitely; of… #243
- Lithuanian įsitikinęs confident, sure, convinced, certain #671
- Macedonian сигурен sure, certain #205
- Malay pasti sure, certain #135
- Malayalam തീർച്ച for sure, surety #1,978
- Norwegian jepp yep, yes, sure, of course; used as an… #1,518
- Persian مطمئن sure; confident; certain; assured #241
- Polish jasne of course, naturally, sure, sure thing #221
- Romanian sigură sure, certain to be true #551
- Russian наверняка certainly, for sure #1,025
- Serbian siguran sure, certain #273
- Slovak istý certain, sure #193
- Spanish seguro for sure #179
- Swedish definitivt definitely; with certainty; for sure #1,355
- Tagalog sigurado sure; certain #276
- Ukrainian впевнений assured, sure, confident, certain #576
- Urdu یقین #97
- Vietnamese đoan for sure, certainly #2,072
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.