How to say “way” in 53 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.
“way” in Spanish: manera · French: façon
It is commonest in Indonesian, where cara is the 176th most used word.
Way in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans pad[pɑt] path; way; street #264
- Albanian si[si] how; in what way; in what state #26
- Arabic هكذا/haː.ka.ðaː/ so, thus, this way, like this #114
- Armenian այդպես/ɑjtˈpes/ so, that way, thus #79
- Basque horrela/horela/ so, thus, in that way #66
- Bengali এমন/æmon/ in such a way, to such an extent #119
- Bosnian tako/tǎkoː/ so, like that, in such a way #38
- Bulgarian така[tɐˈka] that way, thus, so #32
- Catalan així[əˈʃi] so, thus, in this way #64
- Chinese 如何/ɻu³⁵ xɤ³⁵/ how; what; in what way #69
- Croatian tako/tǎkoː/ so, like that, in such a way #40
- Czech líto[ˈliːto] way or manner of pity #366
- Danish sådan[ˈsʌd̥ən] like this, like that, in this way, in that way #109
- Dutch manier/maːˈniːr/ way, manner #316
- English like/laɪ̯k/ As, the way #43
- Esperanto vojo/ˈvojo/ #346
- Estonian nii/ˈniː/ this way, so #20
- Finnish niin/ˈniːn/ like that, in that way, so #12
- French façon/fa.sɔ̃/ way; manner; fashion #352
- Galician xeito/ˈʃejto̝/ way, manner or fashion #236
- Georgian ისე[ise̞] in that way, in that manner #86
- German unterwegs/ʊntərˈveːks/ on one’s way, underway, en route, in transit,… #932
- Greek αστεία/asˈtia/ in a funny way #1,443
- Hebrew כך/kaχ/ Such, so, thus, in this way, in that way #46
- Hindi ढंग/ɖʱəŋɡ/ mode, manner, way #1,254
- Hungarian így[ˈiːɟ] thus, in this way, like this #49
- Icelandic leið[ˈleiːð] route, way, course #625
- Indonesian cara/ˈt͡ʃa.ra/ #176
- Italian modo/ˈmɔ.do/ manner, way #177
- Korean 이렇게[iɾʌ̹kʰe̞] like this, this way #91
- Latvian ceļu/ˈt͡seʎu/ road, way #418
- Lithuanian tiesa/tʲiəˈsɐ/ by the way #116
- Macedonian така[ˈtaka] that way, thus, so #52
- Malay secara/səˈt͡ʃara/ in a ... manner; by way of; through; -ly #292
- Malayalam അങ്ങനെ/ɐŋŋɐne/ that way; in that manner #44
- Norwegian som/sɔm/ as; similar to, in the same way that #20
- Persian سمت[sæmt̪ʰ] side; way; hand; direction #215
- Polish sposób/ˈspɔ.sup/ way; how #239
- Portuguese assim/aˈsĩ/ this way; like this #96
- Romanian astfel/ˈastfel/ thus, in this way, so, like that #465
- Russian туда[tʊˈda] there, that way, thither #272
- Serbian tako/tǎkoː/ so, like that, in such a way #38
- Slovak spôsob/spu̯ɔsɔp/ way, manner #317
- Slovenian poti/ˈpoːti/ way, path #212
- Spanish manera/maˈneɾa/ way; manner; method; style #307
- Swedish så/soː/ so, like that, in such a way #23
- Tagalog kalooban/kaloˈʔoban/ way of thinking #1,300
- Tamil எப்படி/ɛpːɐɖiː/ how, in what way #34
- Telugu దారి/d̪aːɾi/ a way, road, path #649
- Turkish öyle/ˈøj.le/ in that way #47
- Ukrainian туди[tʊˈdɪ] there, that way #287
- Urdu راستہ/ɾɑːs.t̪ə/ path, way #215
- Vietnamese đại[ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ] randomly, or in an irresponsible way #228
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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.