How to say “trust” in 45 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 Chinese, where 相信 is the 37th most used word.
- Afrikaans vertrou to trust, confide, depend #315
- Basque fidatu to trust #670
- Bengali বিশ্বাস belief, faith, trust #117
- Bosnian povjerenje trust, confidence #2,499
- Bulgarian доверие #1,158
- Catalan confiança confidence, trust #1,180
- Chinese 相信 to believe; to trust; to have faith #37
- Croatian povjerenje trust, confidence #1,799
- Czech důvěru #2,309
- Dutch vertrouwen to trust #561
- English faith A trust or confidence in the intentions or… #1,358
- Esperanto fidu to trust #1,306
- Estonian usaldama to trust #1,301
- Finnish luottaa to trust, rely on, count on #788
- Georgian ენდობა to trust #1,427
- German vertrauen to trust, to place confidence in #733
- Greek εμπιστοσύνη trust; confidence #1,259
- Hebrew אמון faith, confidence, trust #1,501
- Hindi भरोसा trust, faith, reliance, dependence #485
- Hungarian bízz to trust #1,901
- Icelandic traust trust, faith #1,240
- Indonesian percaya to believe, to have trust #161
- Italian fiducia trust, faith #1,403
- Latvian uzticēties to trust, to have confidence #955
- Lithuanian tikėti to believe, to trust #947
- Macedonian веруваш to believe, trust #387
- Malay keyakinan Trust in something or someone #1,571
- Malayalam വിശ്വാസം #310
- Norwegian stole to trust #713
- Persian اعتماد trust, confidence #246
- Polish zaufaj to trust #1,705
- Portuguese confiança trust, confidence #1,308
- Romanian încredere trust, faith #409
- Russian поверить to entrust, to confide, to trust #563
- Serbian poverenje #2,090
- Slovak dôverovať to trust #1,363
- Spanish confianza confidence, trust #1,371
- Swedish lita to trust #546
- Tagalog tiwala trust; faith #457
- Tamil நம்பிக்கை hope, trust, confidence, faith, assurance #161
- Telugu పరపతి credit, trust #1,225
- Turkish güven trust, confidence #838
- Ukrainian довіряти to trust, to confide #1,599
- Urdu بھروسہ #613
- Vietnamese tin to believe; to trust; to have faith #104
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.