How to say “trip” in 30 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 Urdu, where سفر is the 374th most used word.
- Afrikaans reis journey, trip, voyage #400
- Arabic رحلة trip, voyage, tour #474
- Armenian սայթաքել to make a misstep, to trip, to slip #1,595
- Basque bidaia trip, travel #425
- Bengali যাত্রা trip, journey #659
- Chinese 旅行 to go on a trip; to travel; to tour #454
- Czech výlet trip, outing #1,625
- Danish smut a quick or spontaneous trip, visit, stay or… #1,542
- English vacation An extended trip or journey away from home… #2,145
- Esperanto vojaĝo trip, voyage #789
- Finnish matkalla journey, trip, voyage, travel #811
- French voyage trip, journey, voyage #747
- Georgian მგზავრობა journey, voyage, trip, drive, ride #993
- Greek ταξίδι trip, journey, voyage #702
- Hebrew מהלך course, path, trip #1,235
- Icelandic túr trip, short journey, tour #2,487
- Indonesian perjalanan #414
- Italian viaggio journey, trip, tour, voyage #777
- Latvian gājiens trip, walk #1,437
- Lithuanian kelionė journey, trip, voyage #881
- Macedonian патување journey, trip, travel, voyage #823
- Malay perjalanan journey; trip; travel; voyage #399
- Persian مسافرت trip, journey #1,628
- Portuguese viagem trip, journey, voyage #708
- Romanian excursie #2,119
- Tagalog biyahe journey; trip; voyage #851
- Tamil சுற்றுலா tour, trip, excursion #1,428
- Turkish sefer journey, trip #541
- Urdu سفر travel, trip, journey, voyage #374
- Vietnamese chuyến trip, instance of travel #758
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.