How to say “within” in 31 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.
“within” in Italian: entro
It is commonest in Italian, where entro is the 1,074th most used word.
Within in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans in/ən/ in; inside; within #15
- Arabic في/fiː/ in, within #3
- Bengali অন্তর/ɔnt̪ɔɾ/ #1,381
- Bosnian unutar/ǔnutar/ within, inside, in #1,225
- Bulgarian в/f/ going inside or within the limits of, into,… #13
- Catalan dins[ˈdins] in, within, inside #248
- Croatian unutar/ǔnutar/ within, inside, in #1,106
- Czech uvnitř[ˈuvɲɪtr̝̊] inside, within #647
- Danish indeni/ˈenənˌiːˀ/ inside, within #2,143
- English through/θɹu/ So as to enter, pass within or across, and… #212
- Esperanto en/en/ in, within, inside #11
- Finnish aikana/ˈɑi̯kɑnɑ/ during, within #679
- German in/ʔɪn/ in, inside, within, at #16
- Greek εν/en/ in, into, at, within #775
- Hebrew בתוך/ˈbtoχ/ inside, within, in the middle of #348
- Hindi अंदर/ən.d̪əɾ/ inside, within, in #219
- Icelandic innan[ˈɪn(ː)an] inside, on the inside, within #455
- Indonesian dalam/ˈdalam/ inside, in, within #42
- Italian entro/ˈen.tro/ within, by, no later than #1,074
- Malay dalam/dalam/ inside, in, within #28
- Norwegian inne/ˈɪnə/ inside, indoors, in, within #261
- Persian در[d̪æɹ] at, in, inside, within #10
- Polish poza/ˈpɔ.za/ denotes an area not within; beyond, out of,… #352
- Portuguese em/ẽj̃/ in; inside; within #20
- Romanian în/ɨn/ in, into, within #5
- Serbian unutar/ǔnutar/ within, inside, in #1,358
- Swedish snart/snɑːʈ/ soon; within a short time #249
- Tagalog abot/ʔaˈbot/ within reach #1,755
- Turkish içinde/i.t͡ʃinˈde/ in, within, inside #163
- Ukrainian всередині[ʍseˈrɛdenʲi] inside, within #905
- Vietnamese trong[t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˧] in; inside; within #45
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.