How to say “thus” in 40 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.
- 因此/in⁵⁵ t͡sʰɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- έτσι/ˈetsi/ Greek
- এভাবে/ebʱabe/ Bengali
- بنابراین[be.nɒː bæ.ɹiːn] Persian
“thus” in Chinese: 因此 · Turkish: böylece · Greek: έτσι
It is commonest in Slovenian, where tako is the 28th most used word.
Thus in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans so/sʊə̯/ so, like that/this, thus #25
- Albanian dot/dɔt/ Expresses impossibility, thus it corresponds… #243
- Arabic هكذا/haː.ka.ðaː/ so, thus, this way, like this #114
- Armenian այդպես/ɑjtˈpes/ so, that way, thus #79
- Basque horrela/horela/ so, thus, in that way #66
- Bengali এভাবে/ebʱabe/ in this way; thus #238
- Bosnian ovako/oʋǎkoː/ in this way, thus, like so #296
- Bulgarian така[tɐˈka] that way, thus, so #32
- Catalan així[əˈʃi] so, thus, in this way #64
- Chinese 因此/in⁵⁵ t͡sʰɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ because of this; thus; consequently #205
- Croatian dakle/dâkleː/ so, thus, therefore #250
- Czech tedy[ˈtɛdɪ] therefore, thus, so #390
- Dutch zo/zoː/ so, thus, like that/this #39
- Finnish näin/ˈnæi̯n/ in this way, like this, so, thus #108
- French donc/dɔ̃k/ therefore, consequently; thus #133
- Galician así/aˈsi/ so, thus #47
- Georgian ასე[äse̞] so, like this, like so, thus #40
- Greek έτσι/ˈetsi/ thus; like this; like that #56
- Hebrew אז/ˈʔaz/ So, therefore, then, thus #26
- Hungarian így[ˈiːɟ] thus, in this way, like this #49
- Icelandic svona[ˈsvɔːna] thus, like this #48
- Indonesian demikian/dəmiˈkian/ so, such, thus #1,318
- Italian quindi/ˈkwin.di/ therefore, hence, thus #113
- Korean 그렇다[kɯɾʌ̹tʰa̠] to be thus, in that way; to be correct #1,008
- Macedonian така[ˈtaka] that way, thus, so #52
- Malay jadi/ˈd͡ʒadi/ so; therefore; thus; consequently #37
- Malayalam ഇതുവരെ/id̪uʋäɾe/ yet, thus far #162
- Persian بنابراین[be.nɒː bæ.ɹiːn] thus, therefore #1,346
- Romanian astfel/ˈastfel/ thus, in this way, so, like that #465
- Russian настолько[nɐˈstolʲkə] so, so much, as much, thus much #828
- Serbian ovako/oʋǎkoː/ in this way, thus, like so #286
- Slovak teda/teda/ thus, so #150
- Slovenian tako/takóː/ #28
- Spanish así/aˈsi/ like this; like that; as such; thus; so;… #46
- Swedish ännu/²ɛnːɵ/ thus far, yet #424
- Tamil அனைத்து/ɐnɐɪ̯t̪ːɯ/ so much, thus far #37
- Turkish böylece/bøjleˈd͡ʒe/ in this way, thus, thence, so, like this, in… #450
- Ukrainian так[tak] so, thus #8
- Urdu لہذا/lɪ.ɦɑː.zɑː/ therefore, thus, hence #305
- Vietnamese thế[tʰe˧˦] thus; so; like that #35
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
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