How to say “tomorrow” in 45 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.
- mañana/maˈɲana/ Spanish
- завтра[ˈzaftrə] Russian
- غدا/ɣa.dan/ Arabic
- 明天/miŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 내일[nɛiɭ] Korean
- αύριο/ˈa.vɾi.o/ Greek
“tomorrow” in Spanish: mañana · French: demain · German: morgen · Italian: domani · Portuguese: amanhã · Chinese: 明天 · Korean: 내일 · Russian: завтра
It is commonest in Chinese, where 明天 is the 74th most used word.
Tomorrow in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans môre/ˈmɔː.rə/ #154
- Albanian nesër/nɛsəɾ/ #233
- Arabic غدا/ɣa.dan/ #450
- Armenian վաղը/ˈvɑʁə/ #174
- Basque bihar/bihar/ #153
- Bengali কাল/kal/ #336
- Bosnian sutra/sûtra/ #246
- Bulgarian утре[ˈutrɛ] #219
- Catalan demà[dəˈma] #295
- Chinese 明天/miŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ #74
- Croatian sutra/sûtra/ #274
- Czech zítra[ˈziːtra] #355
- Dutch morgen/ˈmɔrɣə(n)/ #298
- Esperanto morgaŭ/ˈmorɡau̯/ #209
- Estonian homme/ˈhomːe/ #322
- Finnish huomenna/ˈhuo̯menːɑ/ #314
- French demain/də.mɛ̃/ #271
- Galician mañá/maˈɲa/ #160
- Georgian ხვალ[χʷäl] #367
- German morgen/ˈmɔrɡən/ #174
- Greek αύριο/ˈa.vɾi.o/ #270
- Hebrew מחר/maˈχar/ #244
- Hungarian holnap[ˈholnɒp] #250
- Italian domani/doˈma.ni/ #335
- Korean 내일[nɛiɭ] #189
- Latvian rīt[ˈɾīːt] #292
- Lithuanian rytoj/ɾʲiːˈtoːj/ #230
- Macedonian утре[ˈutrɛ] #210
- Malay esok/ˈesok/ #338
- Malayalam നാളെ/n̪aːɭe/ #93
- Persian فردا[fæɹ.d̪ɒ́ː] #234
- Polish jutro/ˈju.trɔ/ #290
- Portuguese amanhã/a.mɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃/ #308
- Romanian mâine/ˈmɨj.ne̞/ #303
- Russian завтра[ˈzaftrə] #275
- Serbian sutra/sûtra/ #237
- Slovak zajtra/zajtra/ #214
- Slovenian jutri/júːtri/ #169
- Spanish mañana/maˈɲana/ #172
- Tagalog bukas/buˈkas/ #201
- Tamil நாளை/nɑːɭɐɪ̯/ #212
- Telugu రేపు/ˈreːpu/ #196
- Turkish yarın/ˈjɑ.ɾɯn/ #247
- Ukrainian завтра[ˈzau̯trɐ] #185
- Urdu کل/kəl/ #199
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.