How to say “times” in 33 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.
“times” in French: fois · German: mal · Portuguese: vezes
It is commonest in German, where mal is the 57th most used word.
Times in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic مرات/marraːtin/ several times #458
- Armenian քանիցս/kʰɑˈnit͡sʰəs/ how many times? #1,100
- Bengali সর্বদা/ʃɔɾbod̪a/ always, at all times, all the time #1,008
- Bosnian puta/pǔːtaː/ #238
- Catalan aleshores[ə.ləˈzɔ.ɾəs] then, back then, in those times #407
- Chinese 以前/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/ earlier times; formerly; previously #84
- Croatian puta/pǔːtaː/ #255
- Czech kolikrát[ˈkolɪkraːt] how many times #1,871
- English always/ˈoː.wɛjz/ At all times; throughout all time; since the… #178
- Esperanto ĉiam/ˈt͡ʃiam/ at all times, always #99
- Finnish kertaa/ˈkertɑː/ #308
- French fois/fwa/ times, multiplied by #131
- Georgian რამდენჯერ[ɾämde̞nd͡ʒe̞ɾ] how many times #707
- German mal/maːl/ #57
- Hebrew לפעמים/lifaˈmim/ sometimes, at times, every so often,… #358
- Hungarian sokat[ˈʃokɒt] many times, frequently, often, a lot #294
- Icelandic sinnum/ˈsɪnʏm/ times, by #484
- Indonesian kali/ˈkali/ times; multiplied by #173
- Korean 요즘[jod͡ʑɯm] recent times; recently #361
- Macedonian те[tɛ] at times... at other times #27
- Malay kali/ˈkali/ times; multiplied by #171
- Norwegian iblant/ɪˈblɑnt/ at times, occasionally, sometimes #824
- Polish razy/ˈra.zɘ/ #383
- Portuguese vezes/ˈve.zis/ #227
- Romanian câteodată/kɨ.te̯oˈda.tə/ sometimes, at times, occasionally, now and… #1,142
- Russian иногда[ɪnɐɡˈda] sometimes, at times #406
- Serbian puta/pǔːtaː/ #230
- Slovak krát/kraːt/ times, multiplied by #346
- Spanish veces/ˈbeθes/ by, times #237
- Swedish gånger/ˈɡɔŋɛr/ #432
- Turkish defalarca/de.faːˈɫaɾ.d͡ʒa/ many times, again and again, time and again #2,455
- Ukrainian часом[ˈt͡ʃasɔm] sometimes, at times, now and again, now and… #643
- Vietnamese lần[lən˨˩] #162
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.