How to say “team” in 35 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 Bosnian, where tim is the 195th most used word.
- Arabic فريق #283
- Bengali দল group, team, band, gang, clan, party #350
- Bosnian tim #195
- Bulgarian екип #839
- Catalan equip #579
- Croatian tim #207
- Czech tým #642
- Danish gruppe A group, a unit, a team #1,288
- Dutch team #539
- English bye The position of a person or team in a… #502
- Esperanto teamo sports team #2,272
- Estonian meeskond #825
- French équipe #451
- Galician equipo #596
- Hebrew צוות crew, squad, team; staff #455
- Hindi टीम #591
- Icelandic sveit group, band, team #1,631
- Indonesian tim #340
- Italian team #2,387
- Korean 팀 #485
- Latvian komanda #668
- Macedonian тим #426
- Malay pasukan #267
- Malayalam ടീം team, group #450
- Norwegian team a team #1,357
- Persian تیم #757
- Polish zespół #1,328
- Portuguese equipa #422
- Romanian echipa #597
- Serbian tim #195
- Spanish equipo #396
- Swedish team a team #1,197
- Tagalog koponan team of players #1,914
- Tamil குழு team, group; committee; commission #311
- Vietnamese đội #310
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.