How to say “worry” in 38 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.
It is commonest in Romanian, where grijă is the 254th most used word.
- Afrikaans sorg care; worry; concern #310
- Albanian shqetësohem to worry, to grieve, to be troubled #1,750
- Bengali দুশ্চিন্তা anxiety, worry #1,109
- Bosnian briga worry, concern #408
- Bulgarian притеснявам to worry someone #1,297
- Catalan preocupis to worry, to concern #1,016
- Chinese 沒事 no problem; don't worry about it; that's OK;… #354
- Croatian briga worry, concern #417
- Czech starost concern, worry, anxiety #1,392
- Danish bekymret to worry #694
- Esperanto zorgu to worry #308
- Estonian muretse to worry #415
- Finnish huolta worry, concern #895
- French inquiétez to worry #1,689
- Galician tema to fear; to worry; to dread #779
- Georgian დარდი sorrow, worry, grief, concern #1,082
- Greek ανησυχείς to worry, be worried, be concerned #413
- Hebrew דאג To worry, to be concerned #1,150
- Hindi चिंता anxiety, concern, worry #334
- Hungarian aggódj to worry about something, to be anxious about… #513
- Indonesian khawatirkan to worry about #1,978
- Italian preoccupare to worry, to trouble, to bother #1,442
- Korean 걱정 anxiety; worry #284
- Macedonian грижи care, concern, worry #265
- Malay risau to worry #402
- Malayalam ആശങ്ക worry, doubt, apprehension; misgiving #1,382
- Norwegian bekymret to worry #688
- Persian نگرانی worry, concern #2,163
- Polish martw to worry #596
- Portuguese preocupes to concern, worry #655
- Romanian grijă #254
- Russian беспокоиться to worry, to be anxious, to be uneasy #2,051
- Serbian briga worry, concern #418
- Spanish preocupes to worry, to concern, to trouble, to be… #530
- Swedish oroa to worry #476
- Tagalog mag-alala to worry; to be anxious #335
- Turkish endişe anxiety, worry, solicitude #1,386
- Vietnamese lo to bother; to worry #271
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.