How to say “weep” in 32 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.
“weep” in German: wein · Italian: piangere
It is commonest in Slovak, where plakať is the 986th most used word.
Weep in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans huil/ˈhøyl/ to cry; to weep #351
- Albanian qaj[caj] to cry, weep, shed tears #1,203
- Arabic نحب/naħaba/ to lament, to weep, to cry #1,338
- Bengali কান্না/kanːa/ cry, crying, weep, sob, lament #899
- Bosnian plakati/plǎːkati/ to cry, weep #2,253
- Bulgarian плача[ˈpɫat͡ʃɐ] to cry, to weep #2,470
- Catalan plorar[pluˈɾa] to cry, to weep #1,530
- Croatian plakati/plǎːkati/ to cry, weep #1,907
- Danish græde/ˈɡraːðə/ cry, weep #1,588
- Dutch huilen/ˈɦœy̯lə(n)/ to cry, to weep #1,274
- English crying/ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger… #880
- Esperanto ploras/ˈploras/ to cry, to weep, to mourn #1,636
- French pleurer/plœ.ʁe/ to cry, to weep; to shed tears #1,461
- Galician chorar/t͡ʃoˈɾaɾ/ to cry, weep #1,127
- German wein/vaɪ̯n/ to weep, cry #1,208
- Greek κλαις/ˈkles/ to cry, weep #2,029
- Hindi रोते/ɾoː.t̪eː/ to cry, weep #1,138
- Italian piangere/ˈpjan.d͡ʒe.re/ to weep, cry #1,350
- Latvian raudāt[ɾaûdât] to weep, to cry and producing inarticulate… #2,091
- Lithuanian verkti/ˈvʲɛ͡rk.tʲɪ/ cry, weep #1,613
- Macedonian плачеш[ˈpɫat͡ʃɛʃ] to cry, weep #1,876
- Norwegian gråt/ˈɡroːt/ to cry or weep #1,541
- Portuguese chorar/ʃoˈɾa(ʁ)/ to cry; to weep #1,164
- Romanian plânge/ˈplɨn.d͡ʒe/ to cry, weep #1,425
- Serbian plače/ˈplatʃɛ/ to cry, weep #2,165
- Slovak plakať/plakac/ to weep, to cry #986
- Spanish llorar/ʝoˈɾaɾ/ to cry, to weep #1,546
- Swedish gråta/ˈɡroːˌta/ to cry, to weep #1,667
- Tagalog umiyak/ʔumiˈak/ to cry; to weep #1,111
- Tamil அழு/ɐɻɯ/ to cry, to weep #1,425
- Urdu رونا/ɾoː.nɑː/ to cry, weep #986
- Vietnamese khóc[xawk͡p̚˧˦] to cry, to weep #969
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) 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.