How to say “wonderful” 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.
- maravilloso/maɾabiˈʝoso/ Spanish
- მშვენიერი[mʃʷe̞nie̞ɾi] Georgian
- հրաշալի/həɾɑʃɑˈli/ Armenian
- чудовий[t͡ʃʊˈdɔʋei̯] Ukrainian
“wonderful” in Spanish: maravilloso · Portuguese: maravilhoso
It is commonest in Armenian, where հրաշալի is the 274th most used word.
Wonderful in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans wonderlik/ˈvɔn.dər.lək/ amazing, wonderful, great #337
- Arabic رائع/raː.ʔiʕ/ great, wonderful #95
- Armenian հրաշալի/həɾɑʃɑˈli/ #274
- Bosnian divan/dîːʋan/ #1,130
- Bulgarian чудесен[t͡ʃo̟ˈdɛsɛn] beautiful, lovely, wonderful, marvellous,… #1,442
- Chinese 奇妙/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/ fantastic; wonderful; marvelous #1,306
- Croatian divan/dîːʋan/ #1,367
- Dutch heerlijk/ˈɦeːrlək/ wonderful, great #1,096
- English fantastic/fænˈtæs.tɪk/ Wonderful; marvelous; excellent;… #1,505
- Esperanto mirinda/miˈrinda/ #989
- Finnish upea/ˈupeɑ/ great, wonderful, amazing, spectacular #1,110
- Georgian მშვენიერი[mʃʷe̞nie̞ɾi] #360
- German toll/tɔl/ great, nice, wonderful #387
- Greek σούπερ/ˈsuper/ super, wonderful, awesome #2,137
- Hebrew נהדר/neheˈdaʁ/ great, wonderful #199
- Hindi कमाल/kə.mɑːl/ great, wonderful, excellent #1,340
- Hungarian csodálatos[ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ] wonderful, marvelous, amazing #609
- Icelandic yndislegur[ˈɪntɪsˌlɛːɣʏr] wonderful, excellent #1,903
- Italian meraviglioso/me.ra.viʎˈʎo.zo/ marvellous, wonderful, splendid, glorious #1,603
- Latvian lieliski/ˈlielːiski/ great, wonderful, excellent, wonderfully,… #149
- Lithuanian puikus[pʊɪˈkʊs] excellent, wonderful #384
- Macedonian прекрасна/prɛjkrosna/ wonderful, amazing, magnificent, delightful,… #615
- Norwegian vidunderlig/vɪˈdʉndəɭɪ/ like a wonder, wonderful #2,348
- Portuguese maravilhoso/ma.ɾa.viˈʎo.zu/ #1,230
- Romanian minunat/ˌminuˈnat/ #376
- Serbian divan/dîːʋan/ #1,037
- Spanish maravilloso/maɾabiˈʝoso/ wonderful, marvelous #958
- Swedish underbar/ˈɵndɛrˌbɑːr/ wonderful, marvelous #1,133
- Tamil செம்ம/tʃɛmːɐ/ awesome, amazing, wonderful #2,153
- Ukrainian чудовий[t͡ʃʊˈdɔʋei̯] wonderful, marvellous, excellent, great #903
- Vietnamese diệu[ziəw˧˨ʔ] effective, marvellous, wonderful #1,590
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 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.