Heavy in Different Languages
Discover 'Heavy' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Heavy
Afrikaans swaar | ||
Albanian i rëndë | ||
Amharic ከባድ | ||
Arabic ثقيل | ||
Armenian ծանր | ||
Assamese গধুৰ | ||
Aymara jathi | ||
Azerbaijani ağır | ||
Bambara girin | ||
Basque astuna | ||
Belarusian цяжкі | ||
Bengali ভারী | ||
Bhojpuri भारी | ||
Bosnian teška | ||
Bulgarian тежък | ||
Catalan pesat | ||
Cebuano bug-at | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 重 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 重 | ||
Corsican pisanti | ||
Croatian teška | ||
Czech těžký | ||
Danish tung | ||
Dhivehi ބަރު | ||
Dogri भारी | ||
Dutch zwaar | ||
English heavy | ||
Esperanto peza | ||
Estonian raske | ||
Ewe kpekpem | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mabigat | ||
Finnish raskas | ||
French lourd | ||
Frisian swier | ||
Galician pesado | ||
Georgian მძიმე | ||
German schwer | ||
Greek βαρύς | ||
Guarani pohýi | ||
Gujarati ભારે | ||
Haitian Creole lou | ||
Hausa nauyi | ||
Hawaiian kaumaha | ||
Hebrew כָּבֵד | ||
Hindi भारी | ||
Hmong hnyav | ||
Hungarian nehéz | ||
Icelandic þungur | ||
Igbo arọ | ||
Ilocano nadagsen | ||
Indonesian berat | ||
Irish trom | ||
Italian pesante | ||
Japanese ヘビー | ||
Javanese abot | ||
Kannada ಭಾರ | ||
Kazakh ауыр | ||
Khmer ធ្ងន់ | ||
Kinyarwanda biremereye | ||
Konkani खूब | ||
Korean 무거운 | ||
Krio ebi | ||
Kurdish giran | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قورس | ||
Kyrgyz оор | ||
Lao ໜັກ | ||
Latin gravis | ||
Latvian smags | ||
Lingala kilo | ||
Lithuanian sunkus | ||
Luganda okuzitowa | ||
Luxembourgish schwéier | ||
Macedonian тежок | ||
Maithili भारी | ||
Malagasy mavesatra | ||
Malay berat | ||
Malayalam കനത്ത | ||
Maltese tqil | ||
Maori taumaha | ||
Marathi भारी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯔꯨꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo rit | ||
Mongolian хүнд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မိုးသည်းထန်စွာ | ||
Nepali भारी | ||
Norwegian tung | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) cholemera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭାରୀ | ||
Oromo ulfaataa | ||
Pashto دروند | ||
Persian سنگین | ||
Polish ciężki | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pesado | ||
Punjabi ਭਾਰੀ | ||
Quechua llasaq | ||
Romanian greu | ||
Russian тяжелый | ||
Samoan mamafa | ||
Sanskrit भारयुक्तम् | ||
Scots Gaelic trom | ||
Sepedi boima | ||
Serbian тешка | ||
Sesotho boima | ||
Shona inorema | ||
Sindhi ڳرو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බර | ||
Slovak ťažký | ||
Slovenian težka | ||
Somali culus | ||
Spanish pesado | ||
Sundanese beurat | ||
Swahili nzito | ||
Swedish tung | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mabigat | ||
Tajik вазнин | ||
Tamil கனமான | ||
Tatar авыр | ||
Telugu భారీ | ||
Thai หนัก | ||
Tigrinya ከቢድ | ||
Tsonga tika | ||
Turkish ağır | ||
Turkmen agyr | ||
Twi (Akan) mu duro | ||
Ukrainian важкий | ||
Urdu بھاری | ||
Uyghur ئېغىر | ||
Uzbek og'ir | ||
Vietnamese nặng | ||
Welsh trwm | ||
Xhosa inzima | ||
Yiddish שווער | ||
Yoruba wuwo | ||
Zulu kusinda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "swaar" can also refer to a sense of emotional or psychological burden. |
| Albanian | The word "i rëndë" can also mean "difficult" or "important" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | "ከባድ" also means "important" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | "ثقيل" can also mean "slow" or "boring" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "ծանր" ("heavy") in Armenian comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷehr- ("heavy, loaded"). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ağır" in Azerbaijani also means "serious, important, or difficult" |
| Basque | "Astuna" is derived from the Proto-Basque root "-tu-", which also means "down" or "towards the ground," providing the word with a sense of physical weightiness. |
| Belarusian | Цяжкі (“heavy”) comes from the Proto-Slavic word *těžьkъ, which also meant “pregnant”. |
| Bengali | "ভারী" can also mean "important", "significant", or "serious" in Bengali, not just "heavy". |
| Bosnian | "Teška" can also refer to a type of Bosnian folk music featuring heavy bass and drums. |
| Bulgarian | "Тежък" is also used figuratively to mean "difficult, burdensome, or serious." |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "pesat" can also mean "annoying". |
| Cebuano | The word "bug-at" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *bekat, meaning "heavy" or "burdened". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 重 (zhòng) can also refer to "again," as in 重复 (chóngfù) "repeat," or "twice," as in 重点 (zhòngdiǎn) "main point." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "重" was originally used to refer to a person doubled over under a heavy load. |
| Corsican | Pisanti is also a surname commonly found in Corsica, deriving from the Italian word "Pisano". |
| Croatian | In Croatian dialects, the word 'teška' is also a type of folk song, named after its slow, mournful rhythm. |
| Czech | The word "těžký" also means "difficult" or "hard" in Czech, reflecting its dual nature as a physical and abstract concept. |
| Danish | The Danish word "tung" also means "difficult" or "arduous". |
| Dutch | The word "zwaar" originates from the Proto-Germanic word "*swair", meaning both "heavy" and "expensive." |
| Esperanto | The word "peza" is also used to refer to something difficult or burdensome. |
| Estonian | In the Estonian slang, "raske" also means "good" or "cool". |
| Finnish | The word "raskas" can also refer to something laborious, difficult, or burdensome. |
| French | "Lourd" comes from the Latin "levem", meaning "light". |
| Frisian | The word "swier" is also used to describe something that is difficult or burdensome. |
| Galician | In Galician, "pesado" can also mean "annoying" or "tiresome". |
| Georgian | The word "მძიმე" not only means "heavy," but also "serious" or "difficult." |
| German | The word "schwer" also refers to serious or difficult tasks, problems, or consequences. |
| Greek | The word "βαρύς" (barys) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*gʷer-/*gʷr-", meaning "heavy" or "serious." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ભારે" (bhare) originally meant "costly" or "valuable," and still retains that meaning in some contexts. |
| Haitian Creole | "Lou" additionally means "dark-complexioned" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word "nauyi" in Hausa can also refer to someone who is dignified or important. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian mythology, Kaumaha is the name of a gigantic turtle that is said to carry the islands on its back. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "כָּבֵד" also refers to the human liver. |
| Hindi | भारी (bhārī) also means "great" or "important" in Hindi, as in "भारी काम" (an important task). |
| Hmong | In Hmong, the word "hnyav" can also refer to a person who is important or highly esteemed. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "nehéz" also means "difficult" or "hard" depending on the context. |
| Icelandic | The word þungur (pronounced “Thoong-ur”) also means slow or boring, especially when referring to other people. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "arọ" can also refer to a type of heavy weight used in traditional measurement or to an elder who carries the wisdom of the community. |
| Indonesian | "Berat" can also mean "difficult" or "burdensome." |
| Irish | The Irish word "trom" (heavy) also refers to a burdensome situation or a difficult task. |
| Italian | The Italian word "pesante" not only means "heavy", but also "boring", "dull", or "annoying". |
| Japanese | "ヘビー" can also mean "serious" or "severe". |
| Javanese | "Abot" also means "to carry" in Javanese, suggesting a connection between the weight of an object and the effort required to move it. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಭಾರ' (heavy) is also used to describe a sense of burden or responsibility, or a situation that requires great effort. |
| Kazakh | "Ауыр" also means "difficult," "serious," or "severe." |
| Khmer | "ធ្ងន់" can also mean "difficult" or "serious" in Khmer |
| Korean | "무거운" 본래의 의미는 무게가 더 크다는 것보다는 "무겁다"는 의미가 강했다. |
| Kurdish | "Giran" can also mean "difficult" or "complicated" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "оор" in Kyrgyz, meaning "heavy," also has connotations of slowness, clumsiness, or difficulty. |
| Lao | "ໜັກ" is also an adjective that means "important" or "serious". |
| Latin | In Latin, "gravis" also signifies importance, serious, or solemn, which is its original meaning. |
| Latvian | The word “smags” in Latvian was borrowed from the Low German word “smag” (“strong” or “thick”), a cognate of the English word “smear.” |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "sunkus" shares the same origin as its Old Prussian and Latvian counterparts, suggesting its Balto-Slavic origin, despite having a distinct Proto-Indo-European etymology compared to Slavic counterparts such as "tyazhel". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "schwéier" is derived from the Old High German word "swāri", which can also mean "difficult" or "painful". |
| Macedonian | The word "тежок" can also mean "difficult" or "hard" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mavesatra" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root *beðat, meaning "weight" or "to carry a burden". |
| Malay | The word "berat" in Malay can also refer to "important" or "burdensome" |
| Malayalam | "കനത്ത" can also mean 'solid', 'dense', 'thick' or 'rich'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tqil" is cognate of the Arabic word 'thaqeel' which means both "heavy" or "slow". |
| Maori | The word taumaha can be used metaphorically in several contexts including when someone feels burdened with responsibility, physically exhausted, or overwhelmed with negative emotion |
| Marathi | The word "भारी" in Marathi can also mean "important" or "difficult". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хүнд" also means "hard, difficult". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "भारी" traces its roots to the Sanskrit term "भृ" which means "to carry or support" and also has the alternate meaning of "great, much or many." |
| Norwegian | The word "tung" in Norwegian also means "difficult" or "hard to do". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "cholemera" also means "to be burdensome" or "to be a burden". |
| Pashto | The word "دروند" can also refer to a "heavily built or obese person" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "سنگین" also means "serious" or "dignified" in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "ciężki" originally meant "pregnant" but later took on the meaning of "heavy." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Pesado" can also be used to describe something that is annoying or boring. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਭਾਰੀ" can also mean "costly" or "expensive" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | "Greu" also means "hard (to do, understand, etc.)" |
| Russian | The word "тяжелый" can mean "serious" or "difficult" as well as "heavy". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "mamafa" can also mean "important" or "serious". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word can also mean "difficult" and is related to the Old Irish "tromm" meaning "heavy" or "difficult". |
| Serbian | The word "тешка" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root "*težъka", meaning "difficult", and is related to the words "tight" and "narrow" in other Slavic languages. |
| Sesotho | The word "boima" can also be used to describe something that is difficult or challenging. |
| Shona | In Shona, "inorema" also means "difficult" or "arduous." |
| Sindhi | "ڳرو" also refers to a guru or religious teacher in Sindhi, derived from Sanskrit. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "බර" can also mean "weight" or "pressure". |
| Slovak | "Ťažký" also means "difficult" in Slovak, as in "ťažká otázka" (difficult question), or "serious" as in "ťažká choroba" (serious illness). |
| Slovenian | The word "težka" in Slovenian shares its etymology with "tough" in English, originating from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰéwtko-. |
| Somali | The term culus, meaning "heavy" in Somali, also signifies a weighty emotional burden. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word 'pesado,' meaning 'heavy' or 'annoying,' originated from the Latin word 'pensare,' meaning 'to weigh' or 'to consider'. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "beurat" can also refer to something that is important or significant. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "nzito" also means "difficult" or "hard to deal with" in addition to its primary meaning of "heavy". |
| Swedish | "Tung" also means "sad" or "melancholic" in Swedish, capturing the emotional weight associated with heaviness. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Mabigat also means 'difficult' or 'burdensome', from the root word 'bigat', meaning 'weight'. |
| Tajik | The word "вазнин" in Tajik can also mean "serious" or "important". |
| Tamil | Despite deriving from the root 'KaN',' 'கனமான' does not always mean weighty but also implies gravity or seriousness. |
| Telugu | "భారీ" also refers to being bulky in size; the term is commonly used when a person has gained weight and is looking a bit large. |
| Thai | "หนักมือ" literally means "heavy-handed" but figuratively means "harsh". |
| Turkish | The word "ağır" also means "serious", "mature", or "difficult" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "важкий" is cognate to the Polish word "ważki," which means "important". |
| Urdu | The word "بھاری" (bhārī) shares its root with the Sanskrit word "भारी" (bhārī), meaning "important, weighty" |
| Uzbek | The word "og'ir" in Uzbek also means "difficult" or "complex". |
| Vietnamese | The word "nặng" also means "difficult" or "serious", reflecting the weight of responsibility or the difficulty of a task. |
| Welsh | The word "trwm" can also mean "sad" or "uncomfortable" in Welsh, suggesting a metaphorical connection between physical weight and emotional burden. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'inzima' also refers to a burden or responsibility. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "shver" can also refer to a father-in-law or brother-in-law. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'wuwo' can also refer to a person who is slow or sluggish. |
| Zulu | The word "kusinda" in Zulu can also mean "to feel burdened" or "to be tired". |
| English | The word 'heavy' can also refer to something that is burdensome or difficult to bear, or to a strong or intense emotion. |