Interested in Different Languages
Discover 'Interested' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Interested
Afrikaans belangstel | ||
Albanian i interesuar | ||
Amharic ፍላጎት ያለው | ||
Arabic مهتم | ||
Armenian հետաքրքրված | ||
Assamese আগ্ৰহী | ||
Aymara muniri | ||
Azerbaijani maraqlanır | ||
Bambara nafaman | ||
Basque interesa | ||
Belarusian зацікаўлены | ||
Bengali আগ্রহী | ||
Bhojpuri दिलचस्पी | ||
Bosnian zainteresovan | ||
Bulgarian заинтересовани | ||
Catalan interessat | ||
Cebuano interesado | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 有兴趣 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 有興趣 | ||
Corsican interessatu | ||
Croatian zainteresiran | ||
Czech zájem | ||
Danish interesseret | ||
Dhivehi ޝައުގުވެރިވެފައި | ||
Dogri दिलचस्प | ||
Dutch geïnteresseerd | ||
English interested | ||
Esperanto interesata | ||
Estonian huvitatud | ||
Ewe le edim | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) interesado | ||
Finnish kiinnostunut | ||
French intéressé | ||
Frisian ynteressearre | ||
Galician interesado | ||
Georgian დაინტერესებული | ||
German interessiert | ||
Greek ενδιαφερόμενος | ||
Guarani oikuaaseteéva | ||
Gujarati રસ | ||
Haitian Creole enterese | ||
Hausa mai sha'awa | ||
Hawaiian hoihoi | ||
Hebrew מעוניין | ||
Hindi इच्छुक | ||
Hmong xav | ||
Hungarian érdekelt | ||
Icelandic áhuga | ||
Igbo nwere mmasị | ||
Ilocano interesado | ||
Indonesian tertarik | ||
Irish suim acu | ||
Italian interessato | ||
Japanese 興味がある | ||
Javanese kasengsem | ||
Kannada ಆಸಕ್ತಿ | ||
Kazakh қызығушылық танытады | ||
Khmer ចាប់អារម្មណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda abishaka | ||
Konkani इत्सुक | ||
Korean 관심 | ||
Krio bisin bɔt | ||
Kurdish eleqedar kirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خوولیا | ||
Kyrgyz кызыкдар | ||
Lao ສົນໃຈ | ||
Latin interested | ||
Latvian interesē | ||
Lingala kotya likebi | ||
Lithuanian suinteresuotas | ||
Luganda okwagala | ||
Luxembourgish interesséiert | ||
Macedonian заинтересирани | ||
Maithili इच्छुक | ||
Malagasy liana | ||
Malay berminat | ||
Malayalam താൽപ്പര്യമുണ്ട് | ||
Maltese interessat | ||
Maori hiahia | ||
Marathi स्वारस्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯄꯥꯝꯕ ꯐꯥꯎꯕ | ||
Mizo ngaihven | ||
Mongolian сонирхож байна | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စိတ်ဝင်စားခဲ့သည် | ||
Nepali चासो | ||
Norwegian interessert | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chidwi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆଗ୍ରହୀ | ||
Oromo itti harkifamuu | ||
Pashto علاقمند | ||
Persian علاقه مند | ||
Polish zainteresowany | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) interessado | ||
Punjabi ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ | ||
Quechua tapuykachaq | ||
Romanian interesat | ||
Russian заинтересованный | ||
Samoan fiafia | ||
Sanskrit इच्छति | ||
Scots Gaelic ùidh | ||
Sepedi nago le kgahlego | ||
Serbian заинтересован | ||
Sesotho thahasella | ||
Shona kufarira | ||
Sindhi دلچسپي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උනන්දුවක් | ||
Slovak záujem | ||
Slovenian zanima | ||
Somali xiisaynaya | ||
Spanish interesado | ||
Sundanese resep | ||
Swahili nia | ||
Swedish intresserad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) interesado | ||
Tajik манфиатдор | ||
Tamil ஆர்வம் | ||
Tatar кызыксынган | ||
Telugu ఆసక్తి | ||
Thai สนใจ | ||
Tigrinya ዝደሊ | ||
Tsonga tsakela | ||
Turkish ilgilenen | ||
Turkmen gyzyklanýar | ||
Twi (Akan) ani gye ho | ||
Ukrainian зацікавлені | ||
Urdu دلچسپی | ||
Uyghur قىزىقىدۇ | ||
Uzbek manfaatdor | ||
Vietnamese thú vị | ||
Welsh diddordeb | ||
Xhosa nomdla | ||
Yiddish אינטערעסירט | ||
Yoruba nife | ||
Zulu unesithakazelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Belangstel is derived from the Dutch word belangstellend and the Proto-Germanic word *ga-balang-s, meaning "to take care of". |
| Albanian | In the expression "i interesuar", the word "interesuar" comes from the Latin verb "inter-esse", meaning "to be present or involved in something". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ፍላጎት ያለው" originated from the root word "ፍላጋ" meaning "to be hungry". Hence, it can also mean "greedy" or "eager" depending on the context. |
| Arabic | The word "مهتم" can also mean "concerned" or "careful" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | Cognate to Persian "marak", meaning "to be curious" and "to be alert". |
| Basque | Basque "interesa" derives from French "intéresser" and also means "to concern" in Spanish. |
| Bengali | আগ্রহী can also mean curious, or eager, and is derived from 'আগ্রহ' which means interest or desire. |
| Bosnian | The word "zainteresovan" in Bosnian can also mean "involved" or "concerned." |
| Bulgarian | "Заинтересована страна" е лице, което е имало участие или ще има участие във вземането на решения, които в резултат ще засегнат него или нея. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "interessat" also means "stakeholder" or "beneficiary". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 有兴趣 originally meant "to have a spare mood". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 有興趣 in traditional Chinese is composed of 有(to have), 興(enthusiasm), and 趣(interest); the term's etymology suggests an internal feeling of eagerness or excitement. |
| Corsican | Corsican "interessatu" also means "concerned" (as in "involved") or "involved" (as in "implicated"), and was borrowed from Italian. |
| Croatian | "Zainteresiran" is derived from the Croatian word "zainteresovati", which means to become interested or engaged. |
| Czech | "Zájem" also means "interest" in the sense of money paid on a loan. |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "interesseret" can also mean "passionate" or "engaged". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "geïnteresseerd" originally meant "to be involved in" or "to take part in" something. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto "interesata" comes from Latin "interest," meaning "it is between," implying a state of being involved. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "huvitatud" not only means "interested," but also "strange" or "funny." |
| Finnish | "Kiinnostunut" comes from the Finnish word "kiinnostus" meaning "interest" and ultimately originates from the Indo-European root "kengh" meaning "to strive"} |
| French | The French word "intéressé" originally meant "biased" or "self-interested". |
| Frisian | The word "ynteressearre" in Frisian also means "enthusiastic" or "eager". |
| Galician | In Galician the word "interesado" can also mean prejudiced, while in English it only means concerned. |
| Georgian | The word can also mean "concerned" or "curious". |
| German | "Interessiert" can also mean "biased" in German but is more often used for "interested" today. |
| Greek | In Late Greek, ενδιαφερόμενος also means "worrying" besides "interested". |
| Gujarati | "રસ", in the sense of "interested", comes from Sanskrit "रत" meaning "to delight in". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "enterese" in Haitian Creole can also mean "to find out" or "to learn about something". |
| Hausa | The word "mai sha'awa" can also mean "lover" or "admirer". |
| Hawaiian | 'Hoihoi,' also meaning 'noisy' in Hawaiian, stems from a root word meaning to 'stir up' or 'make an uproar'. |
| Hebrew | "מעוניין" comes from the verb "ענה" meaning to reply, and means literally "wants to answer." |
| Hindi | Hindi word "इच्छुक" comes from Sanskrit word "इच्छा" meaning desire and can also refer to a candidate or applicant. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "xav" can also mean "to want" or "to desire." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "érdekelt" has a double meaning: it can mean both "interested" and "concerned". |
| Icelandic | The word "áhuga" derives from Old Norse "áhugr," meaning "mind" or "attention." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "nwere mmasị" also means "has interest in" or "has passion for". |
| Indonesian | Tertarik is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *tarek, meaning "to pull" or "to draw." |
| Irish | The phrase "suim acu" can also mean "focused on," "attuned to," or "with a knack for" in Irish. |
| Italian | Although "interessato" usually means "interested," it can also mean "biased." |
| Japanese | '興味' was originally written with the kanji for 'between' (閒), and 'to wait' (待); it meant 'waiting between' and thus 'to take an interest'. |
| Javanese | The word 'kasengsem' in Javanese means 'interested', but it also carries the connotation of being 'drawn to' or 'enticed by'. |
| Kannada | "ಆಸಕ್ತಿ" (āsakti) is a derivative from the root "ಆಸ್" meaning "to desire, wish for, to like" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | In another meaning, it means curiosity and eagerness. |
| Korean | "관심" (interested) shares an etymology with "관 (官)" (government official), and as a result, it can also mean "under the care of the government". |
| Kurdish | The word "eleqedar kirin" in Kurdish has roots in the Persian word "elegedar" meaning "afflicted" or "tormented." |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word кызыкдар is a loanword from the Persian language, where it means both 'interested' and 'curious'. |
| Lao | The word ສົນໃຈ is a compound word meaning “to care” or “to pay attention to”. |
| Latin | The Latin word "interesse" means "to be present at, to take part in," and is the source of the English word "interest." |
| Latvian | In the 18th and 19th centuries, the word "interesē" was used in the context of "to take interest" (in something) or to "to arouse interest" in the meaning of "to be interested in (something) or to "to be interested in something" |
| Lithuanian | The word "suinteresuotas" in Lithuanian, derived from "su" (with) and "interesuotas" (interested), carries the connotation of having a stake or vested interest in something. |
| Macedonian | The word "заинтересирани" (interested) in Macedonian derives from the word "интерес" (interest), which in turn originates from the Latin word "interesse" (to be present between), meaning "to have a stake in something". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "liana" can also mean "eager" or "enthusiastic". |
| Malay | The word "berminat" in Malay refers to both "interested" and "fertile" for agricultural land. |
| Maltese | The term "interessat" in Maltese is derived from the Italian word "interessante", meaning "interesting" or "concerned with something". |
| Maori | Maori word hiahia means "interested", "desire", "necessity", "need", or "requirements". |
| Marathi | The word स्वारस्य can also mean 'enthusiasm', 'delight' or 'inclination'. |
| Mongolian | The word "сонирхож байна" derives from the root "сонирх", which also means "curiosity" or "interest". |
| Nepali | Nepali word "चासो" may also mean "attention" or "concern". |
| Norwegian | “Interessert” can be used to mean “involved” or “affected” in situations not necessarily requiring interest. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Swahili, "chidwi" means "interest," however, its Nyanja translation carries a second meaning of "inquisitive." |
| Pashto | This word comes from the Arabic word "alaqa", which means "to connect" or "to be related to." |
| Persian | علاقه مند can also mean 'attached' or 'related'. |
| Polish | The word "zainteresowany" originally meant "someone who is indebted". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "interessado" has two main etymologies: "inter + esse" and "inter + estar". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਦਿਲਚਸਪੀ' is derived from the Persian word 'دِلچسپی' meaning 'interest', 'delight', or 'affection'. In Punjabi, it retains its original meaning, but it can also refer to 'curiosity' or 'eagerness'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "interesat" derives from the Latin word "interesse," meaning "to be present or involved," and also shares a meaning of "to concern or affect" with the English word. |
| Russian | "Заинтересованный" also means "selfish" in modern Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fiafia" also means "entertainment" or "enjoyment." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Irish cognate of ùidh is the word oidhche, meaning "night". Thus the original meaning was "nocturnal". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "заинтересован" (interested) also means "selfish" in Russian but not in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | Thahasello has alternative meanings like "curious", "inquisitive", "eager". |
| Shona | The word "kufarira" in Shona can also be translated to "to want". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "دلچسپي" not only means "interested" but also conveys feelings of excitement, intrigue, and pleasure. |
| Slovak | Záujem also means 'interest' in the financial sense (e.g. interest on loans, bank interest) |
| Slovenian | The word 'zanima' is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb '*jьmati', meaning 'to take' or 'to seize'. |
| Somali | The word "xiisaynaya" originates from the verb "xiiso" meaning "to be interested in" |
| Spanish | "Interesado" can also mean "stakeholder" or "shareholder." |
| Sundanese | *Resep* is also an abbreviation of *reumaha seueur*, which in Sundanese means 'sick a lot'. Interestingly, *reuma* is an Indonesian cognate of *resep*. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "nia" can also mean "will" or "desire" and is derived from the Arabic word "niyyah" with the same meaning. |
| Swedish | Intresserad originally meant 'driven forward' with a connotation of 'taking possession'; 'interested' was originally understood as taking a possession. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "interesado" also means "shareholder" or "investor." |
| Tajik | The word "манфиатдор" comes from the Arabic word "منافع" (manāfiʿ), which means "benefits" or "interests". |
| Tamil | The word "ஆர்வம்" also means "zeal" or "enthusiasm". |
| Telugu | "ఆసక్తి" can also refer to the interest accrued on a sum of money. |
| Thai | The word "สนใจ" can also mean "to pay attention to" or "to notice". |
| Turkish | The word "İlgilenen" is the present participle of the verb "ilgilenmek," which means "to take an interest in" or "to be concerned with." |
| Ukrainian | The word "зацікавлені" in Ukrainian derives from the word "цікавий" (interesting) and literally means "to be interested in". |
| Urdu | دلچسپی means "fascination" or "curiosity" in addition to "interested" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "manfaatdor" in Uzbek can also refer to a person who derives benefit from something. |
| Vietnamese | The word "thú vị" in Vietnamese is also used to describe something that is amusing or enjoyable. |
| Welsh | The word "diddordeb" also means "concern" and "anxiety" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The noun 'nomdla' also means 'a kind of animal trap' or 'a method of fishing in rivers where the water is diverted into a small enclosure'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אינטערעסירט" (interesirt) is a loanword from the German word "interessiert", which itself derives from the Latin word "interesse", meaning "to be in between, to concern". |
| Yoruba | The word 'nife' in Yoruba can also mean 'to seek' or 'to desire'. |
| Zulu | "Unesithakazelo" can also mean "enthusiasm" or "zeal" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "interested" originated from the Latin word "interesse", which means "to be present or to take part in". |