How to say “trust” 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.
- भरोसा/bʱə.ɾoː.sɑː/ Hindi
- εμπιστοσύνη/em.bi.stoˈsi.ni/ Greek
- ენდობა[e̞ndo̞bä] Georgian
- വിശ്വാസം/ʋiʃʋaːsɐm/ Malayalam
- довіряти[dɔʋʲiˈrʲate] Ukrainian
- اعتماد[ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.mɒːd̪̥] Persian
“trust” in German: vertrauen · Italian: fiducia · Portuguese: confiança · Hindi: भरोसा · Turkish: güven · Greek: εμπιστοσύνη
It is commonest in Persian, where اعتماد is the 246th most used word.
Trust in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vertrou/fərˈtrəʊ/ to trust, confide, depend #315
- Basque fidatu/fidatu/ to trust #670
- Bengali বিশ্বাস/biʃːaʃ/ belief, faith, trust #117
- Bosnian povjerenje/poʋjerěːɲe/ trust, confidence #2,499
- Bulgarian доверие[doˈvɛriɛ] #1,158
- Catalan confiança[kuɱ.fiˈan.sə] confidence, trust #1,180
- Chinese 相信/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/ to believe; to trust; to have faith #37
- Croatian povjerenje/poʋjerěːɲe/ trust, confidence #1,799
- Czech důvěru[ˈduːvjɛru] #2,309
- Dutch vertrouwen/vərˈtrɑu̯ə(n)/ to trust #561
- English faith/feɪθ/ A trust or confidence in the intentions or… #1,358
- Esperanto fidu/ˈfidu/ to trust #1,306
- Estonian usaldama/ˈusɑld̥ɑmɑ/ to trust #1,301
- Finnish luottaa/ˈluo̯tːɑːˣ/ to trust, rely on, count on #788
- Georgian ენდობა[e̞ndo̞bä] to trust #1,427
- German vertrauen/fɛɐ̯ˈtʁaʊ̯ən/ to trust, to place confidence in #733
- Greek εμπιστοσύνη/em.bi.stoˈsi.ni/ trust; confidence #1,259
- Hebrew אמון/eˈmun/ faith, confidence, trust #1,501
- Hindi भरोसा/bʱə.ɾoː.sɑː/ trust, faith, reliance, dependence #485
- Hungarian bízz[ˈbiːzː] to trust #1,901
- Icelandic traust[ˈtʰrœist] trust, faith #1,240
- Indonesian percaya/pərˈt͡ʃaja/ to believe, to have trust #161
- Italian fiducia/fiˈdu.t͡ʃa/ trust, faith #1,403
- Latvian uzticēties/ˈuztit͡seːties/ to trust, to have confidence #955
- Lithuanian tikėti[tʲɪ¹ˈkʲeːtʲɪ] to believe, to trust #947
- Macedonian веруваш[ˈvɛɾuvaʃ] to believe, trust #387
- Malay keyakinan[kə.ja.ke.nan] Trust in something or someone #1,571
- Malayalam വിശ്വാസം/ʋiʃʋaːsɐm/ #310
- Norwegian stole/ˈstuːlə/ to trust #713
- Persian اعتماد[ʔeʔ.t̪ʰe.mɒːd̪̥] trust, confidence #246
- Polish zaufaj/zaˈu.faj/ to trust #1,705
- Portuguese confiança/kõ.fiˈɐ̃.sɐ/ trust, confidence #1,308
- Romanian încredere/ɨn.ˈkre.de.re/ trust, faith #409
- Russian поверить[pɐˈvʲerʲɪtʲ] to entrust, to confide, to trust #563
- Serbian poverenje/poʋerěːɲe/ #2,090
- Slovak dôverovať/du̯ɔverɔvac/ to trust #1,363
- Spanish confianza/konˈfjanθa/ confidence, trust #1,371
- Swedish lita/liːta/ to trust #546
- Tagalog tiwala/tiˈwalaʔ/ trust; faith #457
- Tamil நம்பிக்கை/nɐmbɪkːɐɪ̯/ hope, trust, confidence, faith, assurance #161
- Telugu పరపతి/ˈparaˌpati/ credit, trust #1,225
- Turkish güven[ɟyˈvæn] trust, confidence #838
- Ukrainian довіряти[dɔʋʲiˈrʲate] to trust, to confide #1,599
- Urdu بھروسہ/bʱə.ɾoː.sɑː/ #613
- Vietnamese tin[tin˧˧] to believe; to trust; to have faith #104
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 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.