How to say “totally” in 32 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.
- totalmente/toˌtalˈmente/ Spanish
- לגמרי/leˈɡam.re/ Hebrew
- حسابی[he.sɒː.bíː] Persian
“totally” in Spanish: totalmente · German: total
It is commonest in Albanian, where fare is the 212th most used word.
Totally in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian fare/ˈfaɾɛ/ totally, wholly, completely #212
- Armenian բոլորովին/boloɾoˈvin/ absolutely, quite, totally, utterly #758
- Bosnian totalno/tôtaːlno/ totally, completely #1,143
- Catalan totalment[tuˌtalˈmen] #1,055
- Chinese 絕對/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ absolutely; totally; unconditionally;… #1,556
- Croatian totalno/tôtaːlno/ totally, completely #1,273
- Czech naprosto[ˈnaprosto] absolutely, totally, entirely, completely #665
- Danish totalt/toˈtaːˀld/ #1,403
- Dutch totaal/toːˈtaːl/ #1,316
- Finnish täysin/ˈtæy̯sin/ totally, fully, completely #398
- French absolument/ap.sɔ.ly.mɑ̃/ absolutely; totally; completely #789
- Georgian სრულიად[sɾuliätʰ] absolutely, totally, entirely, wholly,… #478
- German total/toˈtaːl/ totally, absolutely, completely, utterly #727
- Greek τελείως/teˈli.os/ completely, totally #846
- Hebrew לגמרי/leˈɡam.re/ totally, completely, entirely #283
- Hungarian teljesen[ˈtɛjːɛʃɛn] completely, entirely, totally, wholly, fully #219
- Icelandic algjörlega[ˈal.cœrˌlɛːɣa] totally, completely #726
- Italian assolutamente/as.so.lu.taˈmen.te/ absolutely, completely, totally, dead #679
- Korean 절대[t͡ɕʌ̹ɭt͈ɛ] absolutely, totally, never #142
- Lithuanian visiškai[ˈʋʲɪsʲɪʃkɐɪ] absolutely, totally, utterly #226
- Macedonian тотално[ˈtɔtaɫnɔ] totally, utterly #1,455
- Persian حسابی[he.sɒː.bíː] totally, completely, really; an emphatic… #1,350
- Polish całkowicie/t͡saw.kɔˈvi.t͡ɕɛ/ completely, entirely, totally, altogether #865
- Portuguese completamente/kõˌplɛ.taˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ completely; fully; totally #737
- Russian совсем[sɐfˈsʲem] quite, entirely, totally #254
- Serbian totalno/tôtaːlno/ totally, completely #1,220
- Spanish totalmente/toˌtalˈmente/ #820
- Swedish sjukt/ɧʉːkt/ incredibly, totally #1,945
- Tamil முழுவதும்/mʊɻʊʋɐd̪ʊm/ wholly, totally, completely #204
- Ukrainian зовсім[ˈzɔu̯sʲim] quite, entirely, totally #300
- Urdu سراسر/sə.ɾɑː.səɾ/ totally, completely, entirely,… #1,641
- Vietnamese tiệt[tiət̚˧˨ʔ] completely; totally; entirely #502
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Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.