Absolutely in Different Languages
Discover 'Absolutely' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Absolutely
Afrikaans absoluut | ||
Albanian absolutisht | ||
Amharic በፍፁም | ||
Arabic إطلاقا | ||
Armenian բացարձակապես | ||
Assamese নিৰ্ঘাত | ||
Aymara ukhampuni | ||
Azerbaijani tamamilə | ||
Bambara a bɛ ten | ||
Basque erabat | ||
Belarusian абсалютна | ||
Bengali একেবারে | ||
Bhojpuri बिल्कुल | ||
Bosnian apsolutno | ||
Bulgarian абсолютно | ||
Catalan absolutament | ||
Cebuano hingpit nga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 绝对 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 絕對 | ||
Corsican assolutamente | ||
Croatian apsolutno | ||
Czech absolutně | ||
Danish absolut | ||
Dhivehi ހަމަ ޔަގީނުންވެސް | ||
Dogri बिलकुल | ||
Dutch absoluut | ||
English absolutely | ||
Esperanto absolute | ||
Estonian absoluutselt | ||
Ewe blibo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ganap | ||
Finnish ehdottomasti | ||
French absolument | ||
Frisian absolút | ||
Galician absolutamente | ||
Georgian აბსოლუტურად | ||
German absolut | ||
Greek απολύτως | ||
Guarani upeichaite | ||
Gujarati સંપૂર્ણપણે | ||
Haitian Creole absoliman | ||
Hausa kwata-kwata | ||
Hawaiian loa | ||
Hebrew בהחלט | ||
Hindi पूर्ण रूप से | ||
Hmong kiag li | ||
Hungarian teljesen | ||
Icelandic algerlega | ||
Igbo kpam kpam | ||
Ilocano isu amin | ||
Indonesian benar | ||
Irish go hiomlán | ||
Italian assolutamente | ||
Japanese 絶対に | ||
Javanese pancen | ||
Kannada ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh мүлдем | ||
Khmer ពិតជា | ||
Kinyarwanda rwose | ||
Konkani निखालस | ||
Korean 물론 | ||
Krio rili | ||
Kurdish bêsînor | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بێگومان | ||
Kyrgyz таптакыр | ||
Lao ຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ | ||
Latin omnino | ||
Latvian absolūti | ||
Lingala bongo mpenza | ||
Lithuanian visiškai | ||
Luganda butereevu | ||
Luxembourgish absolut | ||
Macedonian апсолутно | ||
Maithili पूर्ण रूप सं | ||
Malagasy tanteraka | ||
Malay betul-betul | ||
Malayalam തികച്ചും | ||
Maltese assolutament | ||
Maori tino | ||
Marathi अगदी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯞ ꯆꯥꯅꯥ ꯌꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo ni chiah e | ||
Mongolian үнэхээр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လုံးဝ | ||
Nepali पक्कै | ||
Norwegian absolutt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwamtheradi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଂପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବରେ | | ||
Oromo shakkii malee | ||
Pashto بالکل | ||
Persian کاملا | ||
Polish absolutnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) absolutamente | ||
Punjabi ਬਿਲਕੁਲ | ||
Quechua aswan llapan | ||
Romanian absolut | ||
Russian абсолютно | ||
Samoan matuaʻi | ||
Sanskrit अत्यन्तम् | ||
Scots Gaelic gu tur | ||
Sepedi ka nnete | ||
Serbian апсолутно | ||
Sesotho ruri | ||
Shona zvachose | ||
Sindhi بلڪل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නියත වශයෙන්ම | ||
Slovak absolútne | ||
Slovenian absolutno | ||
Somali gabi ahaanba | ||
Spanish absolutamente | ||
Sundanese leres pisan | ||
Swahili kabisa | ||
Swedish absolut | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ganap na | ||
Tajik комилан | ||
Tamil முற்றிலும் | ||
Tatar бөтенләй | ||
Telugu ఖచ్చితంగా | ||
Thai อย่างแน่นอน | ||
Tigrinya ብዘይጥርጥር | ||
Tsonga hakunene | ||
Turkish kesinlikle | ||
Turkmen düýbünden | ||
Twi (Akan) pɛpɛɛpɛ | ||
Ukrainian абсолютно | ||
Urdu بالکل | ||
Uyghur مۇتلەق | ||
Uzbek mutlaqo | ||
Vietnamese chắc chắn rồi | ||
Welsh hollol | ||
Xhosa ngokupheleleyo | ||
Yiddish לעגאַמרע | ||
Yoruba patapata | ||
Zulu ngokuphelele |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "absoluut" also means "completely, totally, or utterly". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "absolutisht" derives from the Latin word "absolutus", which means "freed". It also shares the same root as the English word "absolution". |
| Amharic | The word "በፍፁም" can also mean "entirely" or "completely". |
| Arabic | The word "إطلاقا" in Arabic has multiple meanings and etymologies, including "freeing," "sending forth," and "letting go." |
| Azerbaijani | "Tam" means "full," and "miləl" means "nation" in Arabic. Thus, "tamamilə" means both "completely" and "nationally" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "erabat" originally meant "to finish", "to extinguish", and has also been used to mean "nothing" or "in no way". |
| Belarusian | The word "абсалютна" is derived from the Latin word "absolutus", meaning "complete" or "unrestricted". |
| Bengali | "একেবারে" is a popular Bengali swear word |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "apsolutno" can also mean "completely" or "entirely." |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian абсолютно is derived from the Russian word "абсолютно", which in turn comes from the Latin word "absolutus", meaning "untied" or "unrestricted". This word was first used in the 16th century in the philosophical sense of "not subject to any limitations". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "absolutament" derives from the Latin "absolute" and also means "indisputably true" in Spanish |
| Cebuano | Although "hingpit nga" literally translates to "perfectly" or "completely," it is often used to mean "absolutely" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "绝对" (juéduì) originally meant 'cutting apart', but now means 'absolute', 'definitely', 'certainly', or 'without a doubt' |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character 絕對 (juédùi) can also mean "determined" or "certain". |
| Corsican | "Assolutamente", in Corsican, can also mean "indeed" or "of course". |
| Croatian | The word 'apsolutno' can also be used colloquially to mean 'very', 'completely' or 'totally'. |
| Czech | „Absolutně' is used both as an adverb meaning „absolutely' and to say „definitely' when used as a predicative adjective. |
| Danish | In Danish, "absolut" is also used to mean "pure" or "unadulterated". |
| Dutch | Absoluut is related to absoluteness, absolutism, and the Latin absolutio, meaning the act of setting someone free. |
| Esperanto | The word "absolute" derives from the Latin "absolutus," meaning "freed from," and can also mean "complete" or "perfect" in English. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "absoluutselt" is borrowed from German "absolut", and means not only "absolutely" but also "exactly" or "without exception". |
| Finnish | The word "ehdottomasti" in Finnish has its origin in the word "ehto", meaning "condition" or "term" |
| French | Absolu, the root of "absolument", stems from the Latin "absolvere", meaning "to free, to absolve, to release". |
| Frisian | The word "absolút" in Frisian also means "very" or "in general". |
| Galician | The Galician word "absolutamente" comes from the Latin word "absolutus", meaning "untied" or "free". |
| Georgian | The full meaning of |
| German | "Absolut" in German, from Latin "absolutus," can also mean "released," "acquitted," or "free" |
| Greek | The word "απολύτως" can also mean "completely" or "entirely" and is derived from the Greek verb "απολύω," meaning "to release" or "to set free." |
| Gujarati | "સંપૂર્ણપણે" in Gujarati derives from the Sanskrit word "सम्पूर्ण" meaning "complete" and also carries the connotation of "completely", "entirely", and "perfectly". |
| Haitian Creole | "Absoliman" in Haitian Creole can also mean "completely" or "totally". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "kwata-kwata" also refers to a type of traditional fermented maize or sorghum food. |
| Hawaiian | The word "loa" in Hawaiian has multiple meanings, including "long," "tall," and "large." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "בהחלט" derives from the root "חלט," meaning "to decide" or "to determine," and carries the connotation of "beyond any doubt" or "with complete certainty." |
| Hindi | The word "पूर्ण रूप से" also means "complete" or "whole" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "kiag li" is a compound word made up of the words "kiag" (to be) and "li" (very) |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "teljesen" can also mean "completely" or "thoroughly". |
| Icelandic | The word 'algerlega' in Icelandic means 'absolutely' and is a cognate of the English word 'all', which is also related to the word 'leg' |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "kpam kpam" can also refer to "exactly" or "perfectly". |
| Indonesian | The word "benar" in Indonesian shares the same root as "benar" in Malay, which means "correct" or "true". |
| Italian | In Italian, "assolutamente" can also mean "with no exception" or "completely". It derives from the Latin "absolutus," meaning "freed from." |
| Japanese | The word 絶対に also means "completely" in the sense of "without fail," or "under any circumstances." |
| Javanese | 'Pancen', meaning 'definitely', originated from the Sanskrit words 'panca' (five) and 'satyam' (truth), indicating a solid, complete foundation. |
| Kazakh | "Мүлдем" can also mean "completely" or "totally". |
| Khmer | ពិតជា is derived from the Sanskrit word पितृ (pitṛ), meaning 'father' or 'ancestor', and it can also mean 'truly', 'certainly', or 'really' |
| Korean | "물론" is a word that has two distinct meanings depending on its position in the sentence: when used as a verb in the present tense, it means "to block", but when used as an adverb, it means "absolutely. |
| Kurdish | The word "bêsînor" in Kurdish can also mean "without reason" or "unfairly" |
| Kyrgyz | "Таптакыр" can also mean "completely shaved" or "bald" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The word "omnino" derives from the Latin phrase "omni noxa," which literally means "without all harm." |
| Latvian | The word “absolūti” (“absolutely”) in Latvian is derived from the Latin word “absolutus”, which means “freed from” or “unrestricted”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "visiškai" can also mean "completely" or "entirely" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "absolut" has the same meaning as "surely" or "definitely". |
| Macedonian | The word "апсолутно" comes from the Greek "απόλυτος," meaning "freed" or "unrestricted." |
| Malagasy | "Tanteraka" (absolutely) literally means "to put at the point" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "betul-betul" can also mean "very true" or "exactly". |
| Malayalam | The word "തികച്ചും" comes from the root "തിക്" which means "perfect" or "complete". |
| Maltese | The word "assolutament" is an adverb meaning "absolutely". It comes from the Italian word "assolutamente", which in turn comes from the Latin word "absolute". |
| Maori | Tino (meaning "chief" or "absolute") can be used as an emphatic adverb to mean "absolutely" or "very" |
| Marathi | The word "अगदी" in Marathi shares its etymology with the Sanskrit word "अगति," meaning "without motion" or "immobile," suggesting a sense of certainty or unchangeability. |
| Mongolian | The word "үнэхээр" comes from the Mongolian word "үнэн" meaning 'truth' and the suffix "-ээр" meaning 'in accordance with' |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | လုံးဝ is cognate with the word "round" in English and other Indo-European languages, and originally meant "whole" or "complete" in Burmese. |
| Nepali | The word 'पक्कै' (pakkai) is derived from Sanskrit 'पक्क' (pakka), meaning 'ripe', 'mature', or 'cooked'. In some contexts, it can also refer to something that is 'certain' or 'unquestionable'. |
| Norwegian | "Absolutt" in Norwegian has origins in the Scandinavian word "absolut(t)" and in the Latin word "absolutus". The word may also be used to mean "pure" or "complete". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mwamtheradi" in Nyanja has its roots in the verb "mwamthera", meaning "to be convinced or satisfied", and the suffix "-adi", which intensifies the meaning. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "بالکل" comes from the Persian word "بالکل" which means "all" or "entire". |
| Persian | "کاملا" is the Persian word for "absolutely", derived from the Arabic word "کمال" (perfection). |
| Polish | The Polish word "absolutnie" comes from the Latin word "absolutus", meaning "free from" or "independent of". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "absolutamente" originally derives from the Latin word "absolvere", meaning "to free" or "to release |
| Punjabi | The word "बिलकुल" (bilkul) in Punjabi has the same etymology as the Hindi word "बिलकुल" (bilkul), which is derived from the Sanskrit word "विशेष" (vishesh), meaning "distinct" or "special". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "absolut" originally meant "free from" or "independent of" something, but it now mostly means "absolutely" or "completely". |
| Russian | The word "абсолютно" can also mean "completely" or "perfectly" |
| Samoan | The word 'matuaʻi' is derived from the Proto-Polynesian word *matuqa, meaning 'true' or 'correct'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic phrase "gu tur" is an emphatic form, with "gu" meaning "to" and "tur" meaning "utterly" or "completely". |
| Serbian | The word "апсолутно" (absolutno) comes from the Latin word "absolutus", meaning "detached" or "unbound". |
| Sesotho | The word "ruri" in Sesotho can also mean "very" or "completely". |
| Shona | Zvachose means 'really' when a person refers to someone he truly respects. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "بلڪل" ultimately derives from the Persian word "پۈرڪل" (purkul), which means "completely" or "thoroughly." |
| Slovak | The word absolútne comes from Latin absolūtus or German absolut; it also means pure or completely. |
| Slovenian | Absoluto, a word of Latin origin, also means "acquittal" in legal terminology. |
| Somali | The Somali word "gabi ahaanba" is derived from the words "gabi", meaning "completely", and "ahaanba", meaning "to be". |
| Spanish | "Absolutamente" in Spanish can also mean "completely", "totally", or "positively". |
| Sundanese | The phrase 'leres pisan' in Sundanese literally translates to 'very straight', and can also be used to emphasize the truth or certainty of a statement. |
| Swahili | The word "kabisa" comes from the Arabic word "kabisa," meaning "totally" or "completely. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "absolut" can also mean "pure" or "unadulterated". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "ganap na" is also used in Tagalog to refer to something being complete and perfect. |
| Tajik | The word "комилан" also has the meaning "thoroughly" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | Also means 'in a fixed manner, firmly, definitely'. Also spelled 'ఖచ్చితముగా' in some dictionaries. Derived from Sanskrit 'kṣiprā' with a tadbhava suffix. |
| Thai | The word “อย่างแน่นอน” can also mean “in fact” or “of course”. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "kesinlikle" can also mean "certainly" or "definitely." |
| Ukrainian | "Абсолютно" can also be used to mean "certainly", "for sure". |
| Urdu | The word "بالکل" is derived from the Persian phrase "به کلّ", meaning "completely" or "in entirety." |
| Uzbek | The word "mutlaqo" also means "completely", "thoroughly", or "entirely". |
| Vietnamese | The phrase "chắc chắn rồi" literally means "certainly" in Vietnamese, and is used to express strong agreement or certainty. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "hollol" originally meant "wholly" or "completely" but has come to be used colloquially to mean "absolutely". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ngokupheleleyo" can also mean "completely", "perfectly", or "thoroughly". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "לעגאַמרע" comes from the Hebrew "לגמרי" meaning "completely" or "entirely." |
| Yoruba | "Patapata" is also used to convey the concept of "totally" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ngokuphelele' (meaning 'absolutely' in Zulu) is rooted in the verb 'ukuphelela' meaning 'to finish' or 'to come to an end'. |
| English | "Absolutely" comes from the Latin word "absolutus," which means "complete" or "perfect." |