Rapidly in Different Languages
Discover 'Rapidly' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Rapidly
Afrikaans vinnig | ||
Albanian me shpejtësi | ||
Amharic በፍጥነት | ||
Arabic بسرعة | ||
Armenian արագորեն | ||
Assamese দ্ৰুতগতিত | ||
Aymara jank'aki | ||
Azerbaijani sürətlə | ||
Bambara joona-joona | ||
Basque azkar | ||
Belarusian хутка | ||
Bengali দ্রুত | ||
Bhojpuri तेजी से | ||
Bosnian brzo | ||
Bulgarian бързо | ||
Catalan ràpidament | ||
Cebuano paspas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 迅速地 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 迅速地 | ||
Corsican rapidamenti | ||
Croatian brzo | ||
Czech rychle | ||
Danish hurtigt | ||
Dhivehi ހަލުވި މިނުގައި | ||
Dogri तेजी कन्नै | ||
Dutch snel | ||
English rapidly | ||
Esperanto rapide | ||
Estonian kiiresti | ||
Ewe kabakaba | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mabilis | ||
Finnish nopeasti | ||
French rapidement | ||
Frisian rap | ||
Galician rapidamente | ||
Georgian სწრაფად | ||
German schnell | ||
Greek ταχέως | ||
Guarani pya'e | ||
Gujarati ઝડપથી | ||
Haitian Creole rapidman | ||
Hausa da sauri | ||
Hawaiian wikiwiki | ||
Hebrew מַהֵר | ||
Hindi तेजी से | ||
Hmong nrawm | ||
Hungarian gyorsan | ||
Icelandic hratt | ||
Igbo ngwa ngwa | ||
Ilocano nagpartak | ||
Indonesian dengan cepat | ||
Irish go tapa | ||
Italian rapidamente | ||
Japanese 急速に | ||
Javanese kanthi cepet | ||
Kannada ವೇಗವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh жылдам | ||
Khmer យ៉ាងឆាប់រហ័ស | ||
Kinyarwanda vuba | ||
Konkani जलद | ||
Korean 빠르게 | ||
Krio kwik kwik | ||
Kurdish bi lez | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەخێرایی | ||
Kyrgyz тез | ||
Lao ຢ່າງໄວວາ | ||
Latin cursim | ||
Latvian ātri | ||
Lingala nokinoki | ||
Lithuanian greitai | ||
Luganda mangu | ||
Luxembourgish séier | ||
Macedonian брзо | ||
Maithili तेजी सँ | ||
Malagasy haingana | ||
Malay dengan pantas | ||
Malayalam അതിവേഗം | ||
Maltese malajr | ||
Maori tere | ||
Marathi वेगाने | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯥꯝꯅ ꯊꯨꯅ | ||
Mizo rangtakin | ||
Mongolian хурдан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လျင်မြန်စွာ | ||
Nepali छिटो | ||
Norwegian raskt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mofulumira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶୀଘ୍ର | ||
Oromo atattamaan | ||
Pashto ګړندی | ||
Persian به طور سریع | ||
Polish szybko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) rapidamente | ||
Punjabi ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ | ||
Quechua utqaylla | ||
Romanian rapid | ||
Russian быстро | ||
Samoan vave | ||
Sanskrit शीघ्रतया | ||
Scots Gaelic gu luath | ||
Sepedi ka potlako | ||
Serbian брзо | ||
Sesotho ka potlako | ||
Shona nekukurumidza | ||
Sindhi تيزي سان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වේගයෙන් | ||
Slovak rýchlo | ||
Slovenian hitro | ||
Somali degdeg ah | ||
Spanish rápidamente | ||
Sundanese gancang | ||
Swahili haraka | ||
Swedish snabbt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mabilis | ||
Tajik босуръат | ||
Tamil விரைவாக | ||
Tatar тиз | ||
Telugu వేగంగా | ||
Thai อย่างรวดเร็ว | ||
Tigrinya ብቕልጡፍ | ||
Tsonga xihatla | ||
Turkish hızla | ||
Turkmen çalt | ||
Twi (Akan) ntɛntɛm | ||
Ukrainian швидко | ||
Urdu تیزی سے | ||
Uyghur تېز | ||
Uzbek tez | ||
Vietnamese nhanh chóng | ||
Welsh yn gyflym | ||
Xhosa ngokukhawuleza | ||
Yiddish ראַפּאַדלי | ||
Yoruba ni kiakia | ||
Zulu ngokushesha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "vinnig" is derived from the Dutch word "vinnig", which also means "rapidly". In Afrikaans, the word can also be used to mean "quickly" or "speedily". |
| Albanian | It also means 'more quickly' or 'more speedily'. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, “በፍጥነት” is also used to convey the idea of "with great care" or "meticulously." |
| Arabic | "بسرعة" originally meant the speed of walking. |
| Basque | "Azkar" also means "awake" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | "Хутка" shares the same root as "хутаць" ("to hide") and "хатка" ("a small house"). They all derive from an Indo-European root meaning "to cover, to protect". |
| Bengali | ‘দ্রুত’ also means ‘running’, ‘flowing’, ‘molten’, or ‘liquid’ in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "brzo" can also mean "soon" or "quickly" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word “бързо” derives from the Proto-Slavic “brzъ”, meaning speed, quickness. |
| Catalan | The etymology of "ràpidament" derives from the Latin "rapidus", meaning "swift" or "quick". |
| Cebuano | Paspas also means "quickly" in Indonesian and "brooms" in Filipino |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 迅速地 can also mean 'swiftly' or 'promptly'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "迅速地" also means "swiftly" in English. |
| Corsican | Corsican "rapidamenti" comes from the Italian "rapido" and the Latin "rapidus", both meaning "rapid". |
| Croatian | The word 'brzo' can also be used colloquially to express surprise or amazement, similar to the English word 'wow'. |
| Czech | The word "rychle" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "ryčati", meaning "to roar". |
| Danish | "Hurtigt" originally meant "loudly", and is related to the word "hurra" |
| Dutch | Snel's cognates across Germanic languages refer to a slippery or slimy state, linking the concept of 'fast' with the ease of gliding or sliding. |
| Esperanto | The root "rapide" is also found in other Esperanto words such as "rapido" (fast) and "rapideco" (speed). |
| Estonian | The term kiire has the same source as its English cousin cure and the Latin cūrō, which also implies a hasty action. |
| Finnish | The word "nopeasti" comes from the Proto-Finnic word "nope" (a noun meaning "quickness"). |
| French | "Rapidement" in French can also mean "abruptly" or "hastily". |
| Frisian | The word "rap" in Frisian can also mean "to hit" or "to strike". |
| Galician | Galician 'rapidamente' derives from Latin 'rapidus' (swift) and '-mente' (manner), ultimately from Sanskrit 'rap-' (to seize). |
| German | The word "schnell" has been used since the 16th century, likely derived from the Middle High German "snelle" meaning "fast" or "nimble". It can also refer to the act of moving quickly or acting promptly, and is often associated with speed and efficiency in various contexts. |
| Greek | "Ταχέως" is also the name of a town on the island of Rhodes in Greece and the name of the first ship of the Greek Navy. |
| Gujarati | The word "ઝડપથી" is derived from the root word "ઝડપ" (speed), and it also means "quickly" or "hastily". |
| Haitian Creole | Kreyòl Rapidman (Rapidly) is derived from the French word "rapidite" meaning speed or swiftness. |
| Hausa | The word "da sauri" in Hausa can literally translate to "with a lizard". |
| Hawaiian | The word also means 'water' in the Hawaiian language, and was used in reference to the water-bearing bird known in English as the Hawaiian stilt, a bird that runs across the surface of ponds and streams with a characteristic rapid motion. |
| Hebrew | The word מַהֵר is derived from the Hebrew word מֵהֵר or the Aramaic מַהַר, both meaning "to hurry". |
| Hindi | The word "तेजी से" is derived from the Sanskrit word "तेज" (Tej), which means "sharp" or "quick." |
| Hmong | "Nrawm" is a loanword from the Chinese word "ráo" (热闹), which means bustling, lively, or crowded. |
| Hungarian | The word "gyorsan" can also mean "quickly" or "hurriedly" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | In addition to its primary meaning of "rapidly," "hratt" can also mean "fast," "swift," or "quickly" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The word "ngwa ngwa" is also used to express urgency or impatience. |
| Indonesian | It can also mean "with" or "by" when used in certain contexts. |
| Irish | "Go tapa" can also mean "very" or "too much". |
| Italian | The word "rapidamente" also has the alternate meaning of "quickly, promptly, hastily, swiftly, speedily" in Italian. |
| Japanese | "急速に" (rapidly) originally meant "very hot" in the sense of temperature. |
| Javanese | The Javanese phrase 'kanthi cepet' also translates to 'quickly', 'in haste', or 'with speed'. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ವೇಗವಾಗಿ" (vēgavāgi) is derived from the Sanskrit word "वेग" (vēga), meaning "speed" or "velocity." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word |
| Korean | The word "빠르게" also means "swiftly" or "quickly" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | Alternate meanings of "bi lez" include "continuously" and "constantly". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тез" also means "quickly" or "at once" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The word "cursim" in Latin also means "by running" or "in a hurry" and is related to the word "currere", meaning "to run". |
| Latvian | Ātri is also a colloquial term for a quick or easy snack or meal. |
| Lithuanian | The word „greitai” derives from the adjective „greitas” meaning „quick” and shares its root with the noun „greitis” (speed). |
| Luxembourgish | "Séier" can sometimes be used in the context of a river and means "rushing, raging". |
| Macedonian | The word "брзо" derives from the Proto-Slavic root *bordъ, which also meant "fast" and "soon." |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "haingana" may also mean "fast" or "hurriedly". |
| Malayalam | The word "അതിവേഗം" in Malayalam can also be translated to "excessively" or "extremely" in English. |
| Maltese | "Malajr" means "fast" or "rapid" in Maltese, but can also mean "badly" or "improperly". |
| Maori | The word "tere" can also refer to a bird, a dance, or a journey. |
| Marathi | The word 'वेगाने' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वेग', meaning 'speed'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word |
| Nepali | The word "छिटो" is a derivative of the Sanskrit word "क्षिप्र" and is also related to the Hindi word "छट" meaning "to be separated, dispersed, or divided." |
| Norwegian | Although the word "raskt" usually means "rapidly", it may also refer to someone who is reckless or hasty. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Mofulumira means "quickly" in Nyanja (Chichewa) and is a noun in the singular form. |
| Pashto | The noun "ګړندي" also refers to a type of traditional Afghan dance performed by women. |
| Persian | The word "rapidly" is derived from the Latin word "rapidus" which means "swift" or "quick." |
| Polish | The Polish word "szybko" comes from the Old Polish word "szybk", meaning "quick" or "sharp". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "rapidamente" derives from the Latin "rapidus", meaning “seizing, snatching” and in English it is used in a technical sense, like a river, to mean "fast-flowing," which is not common in Portuguese. |
| Romanian | The word "rapid" (rapidly) comes from the Latin "rapere" ("to seize"), and its secondary meaning of "rapids" (on a river) derives from the swift movement of the water. |
| Russian | "Быстро" may also mean "to embroider" in Old Russian, which is related to the word "быстрый" ("fast"), as embroidery was a time-consuming process requiring quick and precise movements. |
| Samoan | The word "vave" in Samoan can also mean "to go back and forth, to wander, to meander, to sway, to swing, to oscillate, to vibrate, to tremble, to shake, to quiver, to shiver, to flutter, to flap, to flicker, to dance, to skip, to hop, to bound, to leap, to jump, to prance, to frolic, to caper, to gambol, to cavort, to frisk, to frolic, to romp, to play, to have fun, to enjoy oneself, to be happy, to be glad, to be joyful, to be merry, to be cheerful, to be content, to be satisfied, to be at peace, to be at rest, to be calm, to be tranquil, to be serene, to be blissful, to be joyous, to be ecstatic, to be transported, to be carried away, to be enraptured, to be enchanted, to be charmed, to be captivated, to be entranced, to be spellbound, to be mesmerized, to be hypnotized, to be paralyzed, to be stunned, to be shocked, to be astonished, to be amazed, to be surprised, to be startled, to be frightened, to be terrified, to be horrified, to be petrified, to be paralyzed, to be frozen, to be stiff, to be rigid, to be immobile, to be motionless, to be lifeless, to be dead. |
| Scots Gaelic | Gu luath comes from the Gaelic phrase 'gu luath 's gu math,' meaning 'swiftly and happily; at great speed or velocity'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "брзо" (pronounced "brzo") also means "quickly". |
| Sesotho | The word "ka potlako" in Sesotho literally means "on the run" or "with speed". |
| Shona | "Nekukurumidza" also means to "do something continuously or repeatedly." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word “تيزي سان” also means “sooner rather than later". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "වේගයෙන්" (rapidly) originates from the Sanskrit word "वेग" (vega), meaning "speed" or "swiftness". |
| Slovak | Rýchlo is likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *reĝ-, meaning 'to run' or 'to move quickly'. |
| Slovenian | Hitro derives from the Croatian word hitriti, which means to hurry or accelerate. |
| Somali | The word "degdeg ah" can also be used to refer to a specific running pace, similar to a jog. |
| Spanish | "Rápidamente": from the Latin "rapidus" (fast), and also means "in a short amount of time". |
| Sundanese | The word "gancang" in Sundanese can also mean "hurry up" or "quickly." |
| Swahili | "Haraka" is the Swahili word for "quickly" or "in a hurry." |
| Swedish | Snabbt may also mean 'quickly', 'fast', or 'agile'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "mabilis" is derived from the Spanish word "móvil", meaning "mobile" or "moving". |
| Tajik | The word "босуръат" may also refer to a "fast horse" or a "fast-flowing river" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The term 'விரைவாக' in Tamil is derived from the root word 'விரை', which means 'speed' or 'quickness', and is used to describe something moving or happening quickly or with great speed. |
| Telugu | The word "వేగంగా" (rapidly) is derived from the root word "వేగము" (speed) and is related to the Sanskrit word "वेग" (speed). |
| Thai | The word "อย่างรวดเร็ว" can also mean "speedily" or "quickly". |
| Turkish | "Hızla" also means "swiftly" or "nimbly" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "швидко" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*skъdъ", meaning "quickly, swiftly, hastily". |
| Urdu | تیزی سے means "rapidly," but can also refer to "hotly" and "sharply." |
| Uzbek | "Tez" shares the Indo-European root *tek- with English "touch" |
| Vietnamese | The word 'nhanh chóng' is a compound of 'nhanh' ('fast') and 'chóng' ('quick'). |
| Welsh | The word "yn gyflym" in Welsh is derived from the root "cyflym" meaning "swift" and is related to the Irish "gluaiste" and Breton "kil" meaning "move". |
| Xhosa | From the verb ‘kukhawuleza’ (to hurry up, make haste), ‘ngokukhawuleza’ modifies a verb within a sentence to denote that the action was done rapidly and speedily |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ראַפּאַדלי" (rapidly) is derived from the Polish word "raptem" (suddenly). |
| Yoruba | The word "ni kiakia" can also mean "in a hurry". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ngokushesha" also means "immediately" or "in a hurry". |
| English | The word "rapidly" comes from the Latin word "rapere," which means "to seize" or "to snatch." |