Speak in Different Languages
Discover 'Speak' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Speak
Afrikaans praat | ||
Albanian flas | ||
Amharic ተናገር | ||
Arabic تحدث | ||
Armenian խոսել | ||
Assamese কথা কোৱা | ||
Aymara arsuña | ||
Azerbaijani danışmaq | ||
Bambara ka kuma | ||
Basque hitz egin | ||
Belarusian гаварыць | ||
Bengali কথা বলতে | ||
Bhojpuri बोलऽ | ||
Bosnian govori | ||
Bulgarian говорете | ||
Catalan parlar | ||
Cebuano mosulti | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 说话 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 說話 | ||
Corsican parlà | ||
Croatian govoriti | ||
Czech mluvit | ||
Danish tale | ||
Dhivehi ވާހަކަ ދެއްކުން | ||
Dogri बोलो | ||
Dutch spreken | ||
English speak | ||
Esperanto paroli | ||
Estonian rääkima | ||
Ewe ƒo nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magsalita | ||
Finnish puhua | ||
French parler | ||
Frisian sprekke | ||
Galician falar | ||
Georgian საუბარი | ||
German sprechen | ||
Greek μιλώ | ||
Guarani ñe'ẽ | ||
Gujarati બોલો | ||
Haitian Creole pale | ||
Hausa yi magana | ||
Hawaiian ʻlelo | ||
Hebrew לְדַבֵּר | ||
Hindi बोले | ||
Hmong hais lus | ||
Hungarian beszél | ||
Icelandic tala | ||
Igbo kwuo okwu | ||
Ilocano agsao | ||
Indonesian berbicara | ||
Irish labhair | ||
Italian parlare | ||
Japanese 話す | ||
Javanese ngomong | ||
Kannada ಮಾತನಾಡಿ | ||
Kazakh сөйлеу | ||
Khmer និយាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda vuga | ||
Konkani उलोवप | ||
Korean 말하다 | ||
Krio tɔk | ||
Kurdish axaftin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قسەکردن | ||
Kyrgyz сүйлөө | ||
Lao ເວົ້າ | ||
Latin loquere | ||
Latvian runāt | ||
Lingala koloba | ||
Lithuanian kalbėti | ||
Luganda okwoogera | ||
Luxembourgish schwätzen | ||
Macedonian зборувај | ||
Maithili बाजू | ||
Malagasy mitenena | ||
Malay bersuara | ||
Malayalam സംസാരിക്കുക | ||
Maltese tkellem | ||
Maori korero | ||
Marathi बोला | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥ ꯉꯥꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo tawng | ||
Mongolian ярих | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စကားပြော | ||
Nepali बोल्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian snakke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) lankhulani | ||
Odia (Oriya) କୁହ | ||
Oromo dubbachuu | ||
Pashto خبرې وکړئ | ||
Persian صحبت | ||
Polish mówić | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) falar | ||
Punjabi ਬੋਲੋ | ||
Quechua rimay | ||
Romanian vorbi | ||
Russian разговаривать | ||
Samoan tautala | ||
Sanskrit वदतिब्रू | ||
Scots Gaelic bruidhinn | ||
Sepedi bolela | ||
Serbian говорити | ||
Sesotho bua | ||
Shona taura | ||
Sindhi ڳالهايو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කතා කරන්න | ||
Slovak hovor | ||
Slovenian govoriti | ||
Somali hadal | ||
Spanish hablar | ||
Sundanese nyarios | ||
Swahili sema | ||
Swedish tala | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magsalita | ||
Tajik сухан гуфтан | ||
Tamil பேசு | ||
Tatar сөйләш | ||
Telugu మాట్లాడండి | ||
Thai พูด | ||
Tigrinya ተዛረብ | ||
Tsonga vulavula | ||
Turkish konuşmak | ||
Turkmen gürle | ||
Twi (Akan) kasa | ||
Ukrainian говорити | ||
Urdu بولیں | ||
Uyghur سۆزلەڭ | ||
Uzbek gapirish | ||
Vietnamese nói | ||
Welsh siarad | ||
Xhosa thetha | ||
Yiddish רעדן | ||
Yoruba sọ | ||
Zulu khuluma |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Praat" (speak) may also mean "chat" or "gossip". |
| Albanian | 'Flas' can also mean 'tell', 'whisper' or 'explain' in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ተናገር" (speak) in Amharic has roots in the Proto-Semitic word "NGR", which means "to utter". |
| Arabic | The word "تحدث" in Arabic can also mean "to come about" or "to occur." |
| Armenian | The verb “խոսել” (“speak”) also means to “be able to speak”, or to have good diction and oratory skills. |
| Azerbaijani | "Danışmaq" sözcüğü, Azericede "sormak, görüşmek, tartışmak" gibi çeşitli anlamlara sahiptir. |
| Basque | The Basque word "hitz egin" also means "to say" or "to talk". |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "гаварыць" (speak) is cognate with the Russian "говорить" (speak), Polish "gadać" (talk), and Old Church Slavonic "гъворити" (speak). |
| Bengali | "কথা বলতে" in Bengali also means to "promise". |
| Bosnian | The word 'govori' also means 'speakers' in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "говорете" (speak) in Bulgarian also has the alternate meaning of "to tell". |
| Catalan | Catalan word "parlar" is also commonly used colloquially to mean "to chat"} |
| Cebuano | The word "mosulti" comes from the Cebuano word "sulti, |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Although the character '说' means 'speak', when it is repeated (as '说话'), it signifies 'conversation'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character “說話” can also mean “reason” or “logic.” |
| Corsican | "Parlà" in Corsican likely comes from the Latin "parabolare," meaning "to speak alongside" or "to speak excessively." |
| Croatian | The word 'govoriti' is derived from the Proto-Slavic 'govoriti' and is related to the Latin 'loqui' and the Greek 'logos' (word). |
| Czech | The verb “mluvit” comes from the Proto-Slavic word *mъlviti, which is related to the Lithuanian “malda” (prayer), the Old Church Slavonic “molitva” (prayer), and the Polish “mówić” (to speak), among others. |
| Danish | In Danish, "tale" also means "to count" and "to endure". |
| Dutch | Spreken derives from the Proto-Germanic word *sprekaną meaning "to speak, utter, or address." |
| Esperanto | The original meaning of "paroli" in Italian is "to double the stakes while gambling" |
| Estonian | The word "rääkima" in Estonian can also mean "to chatter", "to gossip", or "to talk nonsense". |
| Finnish | The word 'puhua' also means 'to blow' in Finnish; the word for 'soap bubble' is 'saippuakupla', lit. 'speech bubble-soap', as soap bubbles are 'blown' out of speech. |
| French | In French, the word "parler" derives from the Latin word "parabolare", meaning "to talk in parables". |
| Frisian | Also used as a noun: "speech" |
| Galician | The Galician verb "falar" is thought to derive from the Latin word "fabulari" meaning "to converse informally" and "to tell stories". |
| Georgian | In Old Georgian, the word also meant a "request" or "entreaty." |
| German | The verb 'sprechen' is cognate with the English 'speak' and 'speech,' and shares an origin with 'spray'. |
| Greek | "Μιλώ" can also refer to the act of reciting or singing, and even to the act of playing a musical instrument. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "બોલો" ("speak") also means "to call someone out" or "to ask". |
| Haitian Creole | Pale refers to the speech act, and it also refers to the contents being spoken. |
| Hausa | 'Yi magana' is not only 'speak', it also means 'talk' and 'tell'. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ōlelo' is not only the Hawaiian word for 'speak' but also refers to the Hawaiian language itself. |
| Hebrew | The word "לְדַבֵּר" is derived from the root "דבר" (dvr), which also means "matter" or "thing." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "बोले" can also mean "to speak out" or "to make a statement". |
| Hmong | Hmong word "hais lus" can also mean "to make a confession of someone's misconduct or crime". |
| Hungarian | "Beszél" is not only a verb in Hungarian, but it can also be an adjective meaning "speaking" or "conversational". |
| Icelandic | The word "tala" can also mean "to say" or "to tell". |
| Igbo | 'Kwuo okwu' literally means 'drop words' or 'drop speech'. |
| Indonesian | The word 'berbicara' in Indonesian can also mean 'to discuss' or 'to talk about'. |
| Irish | The word "labhair" is also the name of a mythological princess in Irish folklore. |
| Italian | "Parlare" derives from the Vulgar Latin verb "parabolare," which in turn derives from "parabola," meaning "narrative," and shares a root with the Greek "parabole," meaning "comparison." Thus, the word "parlare" originally meant to speak in parables. |
| Japanese | 話す originally meant 『to spin fibers into yarn』 and was used in reference to the sound of twisting threads.} |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "ngomong" can refer to both spoken and written communication. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮಾತನಾಡಿ" can also refer to "a discourse" or "a lecture" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Сөйлеу in Kazakh shares its roots with the Turkic word for "voice," "voiceover," or "sound". |
| Khmer | The verb និយាយ can also mean “to speak on behalf of” or “to have a meeting”. |
| Korean | 말하다 (malhada) is thought to have originated from the Old Korean word "mal" (말), meaning "to utter" or "to give a voice to." |
| Kurdish | The word "axaftin" can also refer to the act of reciting or narrating something. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "сүйлөө" in Kyrgyz shares the same root with the verb "сүйүү" "to love". This semantic link is found in many other languages, indicating the close relationship between speaking and expressing affection. |
| Latin | "Loquere" is the present imperative form of the Latin verb "loqui," meaning "to speak," and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*leǵʰ-," meaning "to collect" or "to gather." |
| Latvian | The verb "runāt" in Latvian derives from the Proto-Baltic verb "*runāti", which means "to make a sound" or "to scream". |
| Lithuanian | Kalbeti is cognate with Sanskrit "kalpana" meaning "to think". |
| Macedonian | The verb "зборувај" in Macedonian can also mean "to talk", "to converse", or "to chat". |
| Malagasy | Mitenena is also a form of address for a respected person. |
| Malay | "Bersuara" originally meant "sound" or "noise" but acquired the meaning of "speak" later on. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word സംസാരിക്കുക comes from the Proto-Dravidian verb *cam-, meaning 'to call' or 'to utter'. |
| Maltese | The verb "tkellem" in Maltese is derived from the Arabic word "kalām" (speech, language), and also means "to converse" or "to have a conversation" |
| Maori | The Maori word "korero" also refers to "meeting" or "negotiation". |
| Marathi | "बोला" (speak) can also mean "a big wave of water" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word for "speak", "ярих", derives from the Middle Mongolian "jarqugh," meaning "to announce" or "to declare." |
| Nepali | The word "बोल्नुहोस्" can also mean "to talk" or "to say something" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "snakke" is derived from the Old Norse word "snekkja", meaning "to talk" or "to chatter". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "lankhulani" can also mean "to tell a story" or "to give a speech". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "خبرې وکړئ" also means "to have a conversation" or "to discuss something." |
| Persian | The word "صحبت" has alternate meanings such as "companion" and "friendship". |
| Polish | The word "mówić" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*movъti", which also means "to move". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The verb 'falar' in Portuguese originated from the Latin word 'fabulari', which means 'to tell stories or chat'. |
| Punjabi | "ਬੋਲੋ" (speak) comes from the Sanskrit word "वद" (vada), meaning "to speak, to say" |
| Romanian | Vorbi's etymology refers to the Indo-European root *werb-, meaning "to turn, bend, twist". |
| Russian | Derived from the Slavic root ‘gov’ ‘speech’ and so cognate with words of similar root found across different Slavic languages |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "tautala" also refers to the chiefly orator who delivers speeches with great eloquence and knowledge. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Gaelic, the word "bruidhinn" can also refer to a discussion or debate. |
| Serbian | ''Говорити'' can also mean ''think'' in Serbian, although it is rarely used in that sense today. |
| Sesotho | The word "bua" can also mean "to say" or "to tell". |
| Shona | Taura also means "the act of chewing" or "the act of grinding" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڳالهايو" derives from the Sanskrit root "gṛh" meaning "to grasp" or "to take hold of". |
| Slovak | The word "hovor" in Slovak can also refer to a colloquial form of language. |
| Slovenian | The word 'govoriti' is cognate with the Old Slavic verb 'gvoriti', which means 'to utter sounds', 'to speak' and 'to make noise'. |
| Somali | The word "hadal" in Somali also refers to the act of reciting poetry or delivering an address. |
| Spanish | The Spanish verb "hablar" derives from the Latin "fabulari," meaning "to chat" or "to gossip." |
| Sundanese | The word 'nyarios' in Sundanese can also mean 'to tell a story' or 'to give a speech'. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "sema" also means "tell" or "say" and is related to the Arabic word "sama" meaning "to hear". |
| Swedish | The word 'tala' also means 'to talk' or 'to make a speech' and is derived from the Old Norse word 'tala', meaning 'to tell' or 'to speak'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | magsalita can also mean to talk, utter, or express |
| Tajik | The word "сухан гуфтан" can also mean "to tell a story" or "to make a speech" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The verb "பேசு" ("speak") can also mean "to talk" or "to converse" in Tamil. |
| Thai | The word "พูด" (speak) in Thai also has the meaning of "to think" or "to utter". |
| Turkish | The verb 'konuşmak' in Turkish is related to the Persian word 'goosh' meaning 'ear,' suggesting a connection between hearing and speaking. |
| Ukrainian | The word "говорити" is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *govoriti, meaning "to speak" or "to say." |
| Uzbek | The word Gapirish has also been used historically to mean "to tell someone something". |
| Vietnamese | The word "nói" in Vietnamese also means "to talk", "to say", and "to tell". |
| Welsh | The word 'siarad' can also mean 'conversation' or 'discourse'. |
| Xhosa | The word "thetha" can also refer to the act of "discussing, arguing, or pleading" in a legal context. |
| Yiddish | "רעדן" can be used with "פֿון" and the Yiddish accusative to indicate the language used to speak. |
| Yoruba | The word "sọ" can also mean 'to say' or 'to utter'. |
| Zulu | In some African languages, 'khuluma' also means 'to reveal' or 'to make known'. |
| English | The word "speak" derives from the Old English word "specan," which can also mean "to converse" or "to tell a story." |