How to say “trip” in 30 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.
- رحلة/riħla/ Arabic
- ταξίδι/taˈksiði/ Greek
- սայթաքել/sɑjtʰɑˈkʰel/ Armenian
- যাত্রা/d͡ʒa.t̪ɾa/ Bengali
“trip” in French: voyage · Portuguese: viagem · Arabic: رحلة · Greek: ταξίδι
It is commonest in Indonesian, where perjalanan is the 414th most used word.
Trip in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans reis[rə̟i̯s] journey, trip, voyage #400
- Arabic رحلة/riħla/ trip, voyage, tour #474
- Armenian սայթաքել/sɑjtʰɑˈkʰel/ to make a misstep, to trip, to slip #1,595
- Basque bidaia/bidai̯a/ trip, travel #425
- Bengali যাত্রা/d͡ʒa.t̪ɾa/ trip, journey #659
- Chinese 旅行/ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/ to go on a trip; to travel; to tour #454
- Czech výlet[ˈviːlɛt] trip, outing #1,625
- Danish smut[ˈsmud] a quick or spontaneous trip, visit, stay or… #1,542
- English vacation/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ An extended trip or journey away from home… #2,145
- Esperanto vojaĝo/voˈjad͡ʒo/ trip, voyage #789
- Finnish matkalla/ˈmatkalla/ journey, trip, voyage, travel #811
- French voyage/vwa.jaʒ/ trip, journey, voyage #747
- Georgian მგზავრობა[mɡzävɾo̞bä] journey, voyage, trip, drive, ride #993
- Greek ταξίδι/taˈksiði/ trip, journey, voyage #702
- Hebrew מהלך/mahaˈlaχ/ course, path, trip #1,235
- Icelandic túr[ˈtʰuːr] trip, short journey, tour #2,487
- Indonesian perjalanan/pərd͡ʒaˈlanan/ #414
- Italian viaggio/viˈad.d͡ʒo/ journey, trip, tour, voyage #777
- Latvian gājiens/ˈɡaːjiens/ trip, walk #1,437
- Lithuanian kelionė[kʲɛ²ˈlʲo̟ːnʲeː] journey, trip, voyage #881
- Macedonian патување[paˈtuvaɲɛ] journey, trip, travel, voyage #823
- Malay perjalanan/pərd͡ʒaˈlanan/ journey; trip; travel; voyage #399
- Persian مسافرت[mo.sɒː.fe.ɹǽt̪ʰ] trip, journey #1,628
- Portuguese viagem/viˈa.ʒẽj̃/ trip, journey, voyage #708
- Romanian excursie/eksˈkursje/ #2,119
- Tagalog biyahe/biˈahe/ journey; trip; voyage #851
- Tamil சுற்றுலா tour, trip, excursion #1,428
- Turkish sefer/seˈfeɾ/ journey, trip #541
- Urdu سفر/sə.fəɾ/ travel, trip, journey, voyage #374
- Vietnamese chuyến[t͡ɕwiən˧˦] trip, instance of travel #758
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) 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.