How to say “surely” in 37 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.
- seguramente/seˌɡuɾaˈmente/ Spanish
- հաստատ/hɑsˈtɑt/ Armenian
- తప్పకుండా/ˈtappaˌkunɖaː/ Telugu
- звісно[ˈzʲʋʲisnɔ] Ukrainian
- ضرور/zʊ.ɾuːɾ/ Urdu
“surely” in Spanish: seguramente · French: sûrement
It is commonest in Tagalog, where talaga is the 51st most used word.
Surely in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sekerlik/ˈsɪə̯.kər.lək/ surely, certainly #416
- Armenian հաստատ/hɑsˈtɑt/ surely, certainly #220
- Basque seguru/s̺eɡuɾu/ sure, surely #274
- Bengali নিশ্চিত/niʃt͡ʃit̪o/ certainly, surely, without doubt, positively #183
- Bosnian zasigurno/zâsiɡuːrno/ for sure, surely #2,473
- Bulgarian сигурно[ˈsiɡorno] surely, certainly #211
- Chinese 一定/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/ definitely; certainly; surely; must #24
- Croatian zacijelo/zât͡sijeːlo/ surely, certainly #2,263
- Czech určitě[ˈurt͡ʃɪcɛ] surely, definitely #277
- Danish da/ˈdeːˀˌaːˀ/ #76
- Dutch zeker/ˈzeː.kər/ certainly, surely #144
- Esperanto certe/ˈt͡serte/ certainly; surely #113
- Estonian kindlasti/ˈkind̥lɑsti/ certainly, definitely, surely #275
- Finnish varmasti/ˈʋɑrmɑstiˣ/ certainly, definitely, surely, positively #200
- French sûrement/syʁ.mɑ̃/ surely, certainly #597
- German doch/dɔx/ yes; surely; really; on the contrary #68
- Hebrew בוודאי/bvaˈdaj/ certainly, surely, for sure #705
- Hindi ज़रूर/zə.ɾuːɾ/ certainly, surely #801
- Hungarian biztos[ˈbistoʃ] surely, certainly #89
- Icelandic vissulega/ˈvɪsʏlɛɣa/ certainly, surely #713
- Indonesian tentu/tənˈtu/ surely, certainly, of course #142
- Italian certo/ˈt͡ʃɛr.to/ certainly, of course, surely, definitely #129
- Korean 꼭[k͈o̞k̚] absolutely; surely #162
- Latvian droši/ˈdruoʃi/ bravely, safely, surely; adverbial form of… #274
- Macedonian сигурно[ˈsiɡurnɔ] surely, certainly #159
- Malay tentu/tənˈtu/ certainly; surely; of course #210
- Norwegian trygt/ˈtrʏɡt/ surely, safely, with confidence #1,035
- Persian حتما[hæt̪ʰ.mǽn] certainly, necessarily, surely #276
- Polish pewnie/ˈpɛv.ɲɛ/ surely, certainly #187
- Slovak určite/ˈurt͡ʃicɛ/ certainly, surely, definitely #179
- Spanish seguramente/seˌɡuɾaˈmente/ surely, certainly #1,525
- Tagalog talaga/talaˈɡa/ surely; certainly; really; undoubtedly #51
- Tamil ஒன்றாக/onrɑːɡɐ/ certainly, surely, positively #224
- Telugu తప్పకుండా/ˈtappaˌkunɖaː/ surely, without fail #842
- Ukrainian звісно[ˈzʲʋʲisnɔ] surely, definitely, of course #320
- Urdu ضرور/zʊ.ɾuːɾ/ surely, definitely #425
- Vietnamese tất[tət̚˧˦] then surely; of course #117
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