How to say “walk” in 46 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.
- camino/kaˈmino/ Spanish
- رجل/ra.d͡ʒi.la/ Arabic
- 走路/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/ Chinese
- 걸어[kʌ̹ɾʌ̹] Korean
- चलते/t͡ʃəl.t̪eː/ Hindi
- დადის[d̥ädis] Georgian
“walk” in Spanish: camino · French: marche · Italian: camminare · Portuguese: anda · Chinese: 走路 · Korean: 걸어 · Arabic: رجل · Hindi: चलते
It is commonest in Norwegian, where går is the 65th most used word.
Walk in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans loop/lʊəp/ to walk #237
- Albanian kaluar/kaluaɾ/ to pass, walk by #231
- Arabic رجل/ra.d͡ʒi.la/ to go on foot, to walk #69
- Bengali চলা/t͡ʃɔ.la/ to move, to walk about, to move about #1,245
- Bosnian idemo/ˈidɛmo/ to go, walk #114
- Bulgarian ходя[ˈxɔdʲɐ] to walk #755
- Catalan caminar[kə.miˈna] to walk #1,318
- Chinese 走路/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/ to walk; to get somewhere by foot #775
- Croatian idemo/ˈidɛmo/ to go, walk #117
- Czech jít[ˈjiːt] to walk, go #119
- Danish gangen/ˈɡɑŋˀən/ the act of walking, a walk #1,355
- Dutch been/beːn/ to walk in large strides #1,196
- English gang/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ/ To go; walk; proceed #1,691
- Esperanto promenas/proˈmenas/ to go for a walk; to stroll; to walk around #2,061
- Estonian käi/kæi̯/ to walk #627
- Finnish kävellä/ˈkæʋelːæˣ/ to walk #1,981
- French marche/maʁʃ/ to walk #460
- Galician camiño/kaˈmiɲo/ to walk #299
- Georgian დადის[d̥ädis] to walk #1,358
- German geht/ɡeːt/ to go, to walk #81
- Hindi चलते/t͡ʃəl.t̪eː/ to walk, stroll #233
- Hungarian jár[ˈjaːr] to walk, to ambulate #533
- Icelandic ganga[ˈkauŋka] to walk #271
- Italian camminare/kam.miˈna.re/ to walk, to tread, to travel, to wander, to… #1,778
- Korean 걸어[kʌ̹ɾʌ̹] to walk #623
- Latvian iet[iɛ̂t] to go, to walk #143
- Lithuanian vaikščioti[¹ˈʋɑˑɪkʃʲt͡ʃʲo̟ːtʲɪ] to take a walk / stroll #1,340
- Macedonian оди[ˈɔdi] to go, walk #91
- Malay berjalan/bərˈd͡ʒalan/ to walk #318
- Malayalam നടന്നു/n̪ɐɖɐn̪n̪u/ to walk #314
- Norwegian går/ˈɡoːr/ To walk, go #65
- Polish chodzi/ˈxɔ.d͡ʑi/ to walk #135
- Portuguese anda/ˈɐ̃.dɐ/ to walk #252
- Romanian mergem[ˈmerd͡ʒem] to walk #161
- Russian пройти[prɐjˈtʲi] to pass, to go, to walk #1,082
- Serbian idemo/ˈidɛmo/ to go, walk #116
- Slovak ísť/iːsc/ to walk, to go #77
- Slovenian hoditi/xɔdìːti/ to walk #616
- Spanish camino/kaˈmino/ to walk #304
- Swedish gå/ɡoː/ to walk #77
- Tagalog lumakad/luˈmakad/ to walk #1,085
- Tamil நடக்க/nɐɖɐkːɐ/ to walk, go, pass, proceed #252
- Telugu నడక/naɖaka/ walk, walking #865
- Ukrainian йти[i̯tɪ] to go, to walk #307
- Urdu چلانا/t͡ʃə.lɑː.nɑː/ to cause to walk; to move #1,236
- Vietnamese dò[zɔ˨˩] to walk carefully; to grope one's way #1,518
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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