Fast in Different Languages
Discover 'Fast' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Fast
Afrikaans vinnig | ||
Albanian i shpejtë | ||
Amharic በፍጥነት | ||
Arabic بسرعة | ||
Armenian արագ | ||
Assamese বেগাই | ||
Aymara jank'aki | ||
Azerbaijani sürətli | ||
Bambara teliman | ||
Basque azkarra | ||
Belarusian хутка | ||
Bengali দ্রুত | ||
Bhojpuri तेज | ||
Bosnian brzo | ||
Bulgarian бърз | ||
Catalan ràpid | ||
Cebuano paspas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 快速 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 快速 | ||
Corsican viloci | ||
Croatian brzo | ||
Czech rychle | ||
Danish hurtig | ||
Dhivehi އަވަސް | ||
Dogri तेज | ||
Dutch snel | ||
English fast | ||
Esperanto rapida | ||
Estonian kiiresti | ||
Ewe kabakaba | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mabilis | ||
Finnish nopeasti | ||
French vite | ||
Frisian fluch | ||
Galician rápido | ||
Georgian სწრაფი | ||
German schnell | ||
Greek γρήγορα | ||
Guarani pya'e | ||
Gujarati ઝડપી | ||
Haitian Creole vit | ||
Hausa azumi | ||
Hawaiian wikiwiki | ||
Hebrew מָהִיר | ||
Hindi तेज | ||
Hmong ceev | ||
Hungarian gyors | ||
Icelandic hratt | ||
Igbo ngwa ngwa | ||
Ilocano napartak | ||
Indonesian cepat | ||
Irish go tapa | ||
Italian veloce | ||
Japanese 速い | ||
Javanese cepet | ||
Kannada ವೇಗವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh жылдам | ||
Khmer លឿន | ||
Kinyarwanda byihuse | ||
Konkani जलद | ||
Korean 빠른 | ||
Krio kwik | ||
Kurdish zû | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خێرا | ||
Kyrgyz тез | ||
Lao ໄວ | ||
Latin celer | ||
Latvian ātri | ||
Lingala noki | ||
Lithuanian greitas | ||
Luganda okusiiba | ||
Luxembourgish séier | ||
Macedonian брз | ||
Maithili तेज | ||
Malagasy fifadian-kanina | ||
Malay pantas | ||
Malayalam വേഗത്തിൽ | ||
Maltese mgħaġġel | ||
Maori tere | ||
Marathi वेगवान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯨꯅ | ||
Mizo chak | ||
Mongolian хурдан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အစာရှောင် | ||
Nepali छिटो | ||
Norwegian fort | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mofulumira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦ୍ରୁତ | ||
Oromo ariifataa | ||
Pashto ګړندی | ||
Persian سریع | ||
Polish szybki | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) velozes | ||
Punjabi ਤੇਜ਼ | ||
Quechua utqay | ||
Romanian rapid | ||
Russian быстрый | ||
Samoan vave | ||
Sanskrit उपवासः | ||
Scots Gaelic luath | ||
Sepedi potlako | ||
Serbian брзо | ||
Sesotho ka potlako | ||
Shona kutsanya | ||
Sindhi تڪڙو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉක්මනින් | ||
Slovak rýchlo | ||
Slovenian hitro | ||
Somali soon | ||
Spanish rápido | ||
Sundanese gancang | ||
Swahili haraka | ||
Swedish snabb | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mabilis | ||
Tajik зуд | ||
Tamil வேகமாக | ||
Tatar тиз | ||
Telugu వేగంగా | ||
Thai เร็ว | ||
Tigrinya ቅልጡፍ | ||
Tsonga xihatla | ||
Turkish hızlı | ||
Turkmen çalt | ||
Twi (Akan) ntɛm | ||
Ukrainian швидко | ||
Urdu تیز | ||
Uyghur تېز | ||
Uzbek tez | ||
Vietnamese nhanh | ||
Welsh yn gyflym | ||
Xhosa ngokukhawuleza | ||
Yiddish שנעל | ||
Yoruba sare | ||
Zulu ngokushesha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Vinnig" can also refer to someone who is quick-witted or clever. |
| Albanian | "Shpejtë" also means "soon", "in a little while" and "at once" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "በፍጥነት" can also mean "quickly" or "promptly" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word 'بسرعة' is derived from the root 'ب س ر,' meaning to hasten or speed up. |
| Armenian | "Արագ" also refers to a type of unleavened bread common in Armenian cuisine. |
| Azerbaijani | "Sürətli" can also mean "brave" or "valiant" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'azkarra' is also used to describe someone who is quick-witted or intelligent. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "хутка" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *xǫtkъ, and also has the meaning of "hurriedly," "urgently," and "swiftly." |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "দ্রুত" is cognate with the Sanskrit word "द्रुत", meaning "flowing", "quick" or "agile". |
| Bosnian | The word "brzo" can also mean "quickly" or "hurriedly" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "бърз" in Bulgarian is also used poetically to describe beauty, grace, or agility. |
| Catalan | "Ràpid" shares its etymological origin with "rapt" and "rapture", but in Catalan it conveys the idea of speed rather than ecstasy. |
| Cebuano | "Paspas" in Cebuano can also mean "to hurry" or "to rush". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "快速" can refer to anything fast, from a speeding car to a high-speed internet connection. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "快速" also refers to a kind of noodle in China. |
| Corsican | "Viloci" also refers to a kind of grass used to make baskets or ropes. |
| Croatian | Croatian "brzo" and Latin "brevis" and Greek "βραχύς" are likely all descended from the Proto-Indo-European root "*bʰreg̑ʰ- "short, quick". |
| Czech | The word "rychle" has its roots in the Old Slavonic "rychly" which means "quickly" or "at once". |
| Danish | The word "hurtig" is of Old Norse origin and also means "to hurry". |
| Dutch | The word "snel" in Dutch can also refer to a type of fishing net or a type of horse breed. |
| Esperanto | The word 'rapida' also means 'rapid' in Latin, though it is more likely derived from Italian 'rapido'. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word “kiiresti” can also mean “speedily” or “promptly”. |
| Finnish | "Nopeasti" shares its origin with "notkea" ('agile'), "nopeus" ('speed') and "nipsu" ('smart'). |
| French | The word "vite" derives from the Old French "vite," itself from the Latin "vita" meaning "life." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "fluch" also means "flow" in English. |
| Galician | In Galician, "rápido" can also mean "immediately" or "in a hurry". |
| German | The word "schnell" is related to the Middle Dutch word "snel" (quick, sharp) and the Old English word "snell" (alert, active). |
| Greek | The Greek word "γρήγορα" can also mean "quickly" or "in a hurry" and shares the etymology with the Ancient Greek verb "ἀγείρω" which means "to gather". |
| Gujarati | ઝડપી is also used to describe someone who is quick-witted or clever. |
| Haitian Creole | "Vit" in Haitian Creole means not only "fast," but also "quickly" and "shortly." |
| Hausa | In older times, the Hausa word 'azumi' meant only 'to run or do something quickly' and wasn't connected to observing a fast as it is now. |
| Hawaiian | Wikiwiki also refers to the interweaving of fingers, as in a game of 'cat's cradle,' and to a bundle of leaves or feathers worn by hula dancers around their ankles. |
| Hebrew | The word "מָהִיר" can also mean "skilled" or "clever" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "तेज" in Hindi can also mean "sharp" or "bright". |
| Hmong | Ceev is a compound word that comes from the words “caaj” (foot) and “ev” (step), so it literally means “to step on the foot”. |
| Hungarian | "Gyors" in Hungarian also means "hurried" or "hasty". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "hratt" can also mean "quickly". |
| Igbo | "Ngwa ngwa" also refers to a traditional Igbo percussion instrument similar to the talking drum. |
| Indonesian | The word "cepat" in Indonesian may also mean "eager" or "impatient." |
| Irish | Go tapa also means "go quickly" or "go immediately" in Irish. |
| Italian | Veloce, meaning "fast" in Italian, derives from the Latin vēlōx, which can also mean "swift" or "nimble". |
| Japanese | "速い" can also mean "urgent" or "hasty". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'cepet' (fast) is also used to describe someone who is agile, nimble, or quick-witted. |
| Kannada | The word "ವೇಗವಾಗಿ" can also refer to the state of being hurried or impatient |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жылдам" can also mean "quick-witted" or "agile". |
| Khmer | "លឿន" also means "skillful" and derives from the Sanskrit word "laghu". |
| Korean | "빠른" can also refer to quick-wittedness or cleverness. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "zû" also means "nimble", "rapid", or "agile". |
| Kyrgyz | "Тез" also means "ready" or "prepared". |
| Lao | The word "ໄວ" can also mean "soon" or "early" in Lao. |
| Latin | "Celer" also means "noble" or "celebrated" in Latin. |
| Latvian | "Ātri" originally meant "strong" or "capable," but also "bold" or "daring." |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "greitas" also means "hot" or "sharp". |
| Macedonian | Брз (brz) is also used to describe something as being 'bright' or 'clear', such as water or light. |
| Malagasy | The word "fifadian-kanina" also means "to race" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "pantas" can also mean "appropriate" or "fitting" in certain contexts, implying a harmonious alignment or suitability. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "വേഗത്തിൽ" (vēgaththil) is derived from the Sanskrit "वेगः" (vēga), meaning "speed, quickness, motion". It is also used figuratively to describe a person's character or actions as "fast" or "quick". |
| Maltese | "Mgħaġġel" also means "clever" due to a folk etymology, which is based on the assumption that the word derives from Arabic "mūʿaǧǧel" (meaning "hurried") rather than from its true etymology, Maltese "ggaġġla" (meaning "to hurry"). |
| Maori | The word "tere" in Maori also carries meanings of "escape" and "travel". |
| Marathi | " वेगवान " is the Marathi translation of the English word "fast", used in the context of speed or velocity. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word “хурдан” (“fast”) originally meant “to go over a hill,” and is also related to the word “хүүрэх” (“to climb”). |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In addition to its meaning as a verb or noun referring to the act of abstaining from food or other physical comforts for spiritual improvement or other reasons "fast", also means "fast" as in swiftly or rapidly. |
| Nepali | Nepali word "छिटो" also means "a small amount of liquid" or "a pinch of something added to a dish". |
| Norwegian | "Fort" in Norwegian can also mean "gone", "away" or "out of stock". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, 'Mofulumira' also means being sharp or pointed in a figurative sense, as in "a sharp mind". |
| Pashto | In addition to its primary meaning of "fast," "ګړندی" can also mean "swift" or "in a short amount of time." |
| Persian | The word "سریع" (fast) is derived from the Arabic root "سَ-ر-ع", which also means "to hasten" or "to hurry." |
| Polish | In Polish, "szybki" also means "quick" as in "witty" or "agile". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Latin, "velozes" means "swift" and also "volatile". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਤੇਜ਼" (fast) in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word "तिक्ष्ण" (sharp), which also means "quick" or "fast". |
| Romanian | The word "rapid" in Romanian means "fast" but comes from the Slavic word "rapido" which means "violent". |
| Russian | The word "быстрый" can also mean "rapid" or "sharp". |
| Samoan | "Vave" is derived from the Proto-Polynesian word *vāve* meaning "to hasten." |
| Scots Gaelic | Luath is thought to share a common ancestor with the Welsh adjective llyd 'fast', which originally meant 'smooth'. |
| Serbian | The root of the word "brz" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "bystrъ", which meant "rapid", "fierce" or "eager". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "ka potlako" can be used to refer to both movement and temperature. |
| Shona | The word "kutsanya" can also refer to a period of abstinence from food and drink for religious or spiritual purposes. |
| Sindhi | "تكڙو" might also mean "a kind of poisonous grass" or "a kind of small bird with black and white feathers." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term "ඉක්මනින්" was also historically used in a negative sense, meaning "not properly cooked" |
| Slovak | The word "rýchlo" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*rychъ", which also meant "to run" or "to go quickly." |
| Slovenian | The word "hitro" also means "quick" or "agile" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | In Somali, "soon" can also refer to the concept of "fasting" in a religious context. |
| Spanish | 'Rápido' comes from the Latin word 'rapidus' meaning 'sudden', which can refer not only to speed but also to changes in temperature or weather. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "gancang" also means "quickly", "in a hurry", "rashly", or "impetuously" |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'haraka' also refers to speed, movement, or a sense of urgency. |
| Swedish | "Snabb" originally referred to someone who was quick-witted or clever, rather than physically fast. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'mabilis' also means 'quick' or 'prompt' in English. |
| Tajik | "Зуд" also means "itches" as a noun and "itch" as a verb (i.e.: "зуд иметь" = "to itch") in Russian. |
| Tamil | The word "வேகமாக" can also mean "quickly" or "hastily" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "వేగంగా" can also refer to the speed of a person or animal, or the tempo of music. |
| Thai | The word "เร็ว" can also mean "quickly" or "early" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "hızlı" can also mean "smart" or "skillful" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word “швидко” comes from the Old Slavic word “быстрый,” which is cognate with the English word “swift”. |
| Urdu | The word "تیز" ("fast") in Urdu can also mean "sharp" or "acute", reflecting its root in the Proto-Indo-European word "*teik-so-" meaning "to cut". |
| Uzbek | The word "tez" in Uzbek can also refer to "strong" or "sharp". |
| Vietnamese | Nhanh can also mean "quick" or "agile," and its antonym is "cham" (slow). |
| Welsh | The word "yn gyflym" can also mean "suddenly" or "quickly" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | Ngolukhuni is a derivative of the root word 'goqa' which means hurry or make haste. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שנעל" (shnel) also means "quick" or "rapid" in German, where it originates. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "sare" also refers to the act of running or fleeing. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ngokushesha" also means "quickly" or "with urgency". |
| English | The word 'fast' is related to the Proto-Germanic word 'fastan,' meaning 'to hold firm' or 'to keep' and the Latin word 'fastus,' meaning 'proud' |