Stress in Different Languages
Discover 'Stress' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Stress
Afrikaans spanning | ||
Albanian stresi | ||
Amharic ጭንቀት | ||
Arabic ضغط عصبى | ||
Armenian սթրես | ||
Assamese চাপ | ||
Aymara thithita | ||
Azerbaijani stres | ||
Bambara hamina | ||
Basque estresa | ||
Belarusian стрэс | ||
Bengali চাপ | ||
Bhojpuri तनाव | ||
Bosnian stres | ||
Bulgarian стрес | ||
Catalan estrès | ||
Cebuano kapit-os | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 强调 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 強調 | ||
Corsican stress | ||
Croatian stres | ||
Czech stres | ||
Danish stress | ||
Dhivehi ފިކުރުގިނަވުން | ||
Dogri जोर | ||
Dutch spanning | ||
English stress | ||
Esperanto streĉo | ||
Estonian stress | ||
Ewe nuteɖeamedzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) stress | ||
Finnish stressi | ||
French stress | ||
Frisian klam | ||
Galician estrés | ||
Georgian სტრესი | ||
German stress | ||
Greek στρες | ||
Guarani kane'õpyre | ||
Gujarati તણાવ | ||
Haitian Creole estrès | ||
Hausa danniya | ||
Hawaiian hoʻoluhi | ||
Hebrew לחץ | ||
Hindi तनाव | ||
Hmong kev ntxhov siab | ||
Hungarian feszültség | ||
Icelandic streita | ||
Igbo nrụgide | ||
Ilocano tuok | ||
Indonesian menekankan | ||
Irish strus | ||
Italian fatica | ||
Japanese ストレス | ||
Javanese stres | ||
Kannada ಒತ್ತಡ | ||
Kazakh стресс | ||
Khmer ស្ត្រេស | ||
Kinyarwanda guhangayika | ||
Konkani ताण | ||
Korean 스트레스 | ||
Krio strɛs | ||
Kurdish dûbare | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فشار | ||
Kyrgyz стресс | ||
Lao ຄວາມກົດດັນ | ||
Latin accentus | ||
Latvian stress | ||
Lingala kobeta sete | ||
Lithuanian stresas | ||
Luganda okukoowa | ||
Luxembourgish stress | ||
Macedonian стрес | ||
Maithili तनाव | ||
Malagasy stress | ||
Malay tekanan | ||
Malayalam സമ്മർദ്ദം | ||
Maltese stress | ||
Maori ahotea | ||
Marathi ताण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯈꯜ ꯋꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo rimtawng | ||
Mongolian стресс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စိတ်ဖိစီးမှု | ||
Nepali तनाव | ||
Norwegian understreke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nkhawa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚାପ | ||
Oromo cinqii | ||
Pashto فشار | ||
Persian فشار | ||
Polish naprężenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) estresse | ||
Punjabi ਤਣਾਅ | ||
Quechua pisipay | ||
Romanian stres | ||
Russian стресс | ||
Samoan atuatuvale | ||
Sanskrit आयास | ||
Scots Gaelic cuideam | ||
Sepedi kgatelelo | ||
Serbian стрес | ||
Sesotho khatello ea maikutlo | ||
Shona kushushikana | ||
Sindhi دٻاءُ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආතතිය | ||
Slovak stres | ||
Slovenian stres | ||
Somali cadaadis | ||
Spanish estrés | ||
Sundanese setrés | ||
Swahili dhiki | ||
Swedish påfrestning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) stress | ||
Tajik стресс | ||
Tamil மன அழுத்தம் | ||
Tatar стресс | ||
Telugu ఒత్తిడి | ||
Thai ความเครียด | ||
Tigrinya ጭንቀት | ||
Tsonga ntshikelelo | ||
Turkish stres | ||
Turkmen stres | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔbrɛ | ||
Ukrainian стрес | ||
Urdu دباؤ | ||
Uyghur بېسىم | ||
Uzbek stress | ||
Vietnamese nhấn mạnh | ||
Welsh straen | ||
Xhosa uxinzelelo | ||
Yiddish דרוק | ||
Yoruba wahala | ||
Zulu ukucindezeleka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "spanning" comes from the Dutch "spanning" meaning "tension". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "stresi" additionally refers to "anxiety" or "difficulty." |
| Amharic | The word 'stress' can be used to describe both mental and physical strain. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "ضغط عصبى" (stress) literally translates to "nerve pressure". |
| Armenian | The word "սթրես" in Armenian is derived from the Greek word "στρες", meaning "narrowness" or "straitness". It can also refer to a force or pressure that is applied to an object. |
| Azerbaijani | Azerbaijani word "stres" derives from the French word "stress" and also means "emphasis" or "accent" |
| Basque | Some Basque speakers use "estresa" as "stress" but it originally referred to a specific stress or need. |
| Bengali | The word "চাপ" in Bengali can have alternate meanings such as "pressure" or "burden" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "chāpa", meaning "to stamp" or "to press down." |
| Bosnian | The word 'stres' is also used to describe a situation of anxiety or mental distress in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | В староболгарском "стрес" означало "ужас", а оттуда и "несчастье", в котором современный стресс и виноватят. |
| Catalan | The word "estrès" comes from the Latin word "stringere", meaning "to squeeze" or "to constrict". |
| Cebuano | The word "kapit-os" can also refer to a type of skin disease characterized by red, itchy, and scaly patches. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character used for "stress" 强调 can also be used to mean "to emphasize". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to "stress," 強調 also means "emphasize." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "stress" can also refer to a "difficulty" or a "distress". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "stres" also means "a shot" or "a bullet" and shares an etymology with the English word "stress" via the Ancient Greek root "stringere" meaning "to draw tight". |
| Czech | In Czech, 'stres' can also refer to the roof or tiles of a house. |
| Danish | "Stress" also means "line" in Danish. |
| Dutch | Spanning is derived from the Middle Dutch word 'spannen', meaning 'to stretch' or 'to tighten'. |
| Esperanto | Also spelled "streĉ", "streĉo" can mean "rope" or "bowstring". |
| Estonian | The word "stress" in Estonian also refers to a metal plate used to support a roof or ceiling. |
| Finnish | Stressi, which means stress in Finnish, is also the genitive form of the word 'stress' in Latin. |
| French | In French, "stress" can also mean emphasis, pressure, or urgency. |
| Frisian | "Klam" comes from Old Frisian *klemm, meaning "clamp" or "pressure" |
| Galician | In the Galician language, "estrés" also signifies "narrowness" and is a synonym of "apretado" (meaning "tight" or "squeezed"). |
| Georgian | სტრესი (stress) originates from the ancient Greek word |
| German | In German, "Stress" can also mean a beam or brace. |
| Greek | The root of the word "στρες" comes from the word "στρεφό," which means "to twist" or "to turn." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "તણાવ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "तृण" (grass), and it can also mean "strawness" or "dryness". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "estrès" originates from the French word "stress" and also means "distress" or "affliction". |
| Hausa | The word "danniya" in Hausa also means "pressure" and is derived from the Arabic word "ḍanq" meaning "tightness". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word "hoʻoluhi" can also mean "to make slack, to loosen, to soften, to relieve". |
| Hebrew | לחץ ('stress') in Hebrew can refer to both physical and mental stress, or to the act of pressing something down. It originates from the verb לחוץ ('to press'). |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "तनाव" also means tension, strain, or pressure. |
| Hmong | The word "kev ntxhov siab" in Hmong, meaning "stress," refers to a mental burden or strain brought on by life's difficulties. |
| Hungarian | The word "feszültség" derives from the verb feszül, meaning "to pull tight, to be in tension," and originally referred to a state of physical tension. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "streita" can also refer to "argument" or "dispute". |
| Igbo | In Igbo etymology, 'nrụgide' can mean both 'stress' and 'effort/strive', a duality reflecting the cultural view that 'stress' can be either negative or a necessary motivator. |
| Indonesian | "Menekankan" derives from "tekan," which means "to press" or "to emphasize," indicating the force or emphasis placed on something. |
| Irish | The Irish word "strus" also means "river current" and is derived from the Old Irish word "sruth" meaning "stream". |
| Italian | The Italian word "fatica" has two main meanings: 1) physical or mental exertion; 2) misery, anguish or labour. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ストレス" can also describe something physically painful like pressure on one's back from a heavy backpack. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word stres also means "rain shower" and comes from the Sanskrit word "srj" (meaning "flow") |
| Kannada | The Sanskrit word "ut-sada" is believed to be the origin of the Kannada term "ಒತ್ತಡ". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word “стресс” is derived from the Russian word “стресс”, which in turn comes from the English word “stress”. |
| Khmer | The word "stress" can also mean "pressure" or "tension" in the Khmer context. |
| Korean | In Korean, the word "스트레스" can also mean "emphasis" or "importance", as in the phrase "이 부분을 스트레스 주세요" (Please emphasize this part). |
| Kurdish | The word 'dûbare' is derived from the Kurdish word 'dûbar', meaning 'to bend or fold', and can also refer to a state of tension or difficulty. |
| Kyrgyz | "Стресс" (stress) - a loanword from English (stress - "pressure, tension, tension") |
| Latin | "Accentus" in Latin means both "stress" and "song", possibly related to its root "canere" (to sing). |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "stress" (spriedze) can also refer to electric voltage or the act of laying oneself at full length. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "stresas" is derived from the Greek word "stressa", meaning "harmful" or "injurious". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, stress is often associated with the word drécken (dirty), and is used as an exclamation to convey surprise. |
| Macedonian | The word "стрес" in Macedonian is derived from the Latin word "stringere," which means "to tighten" or "to constrain." |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "stress" also means "importance" or "significance". |
| Malay | In addition to its primary meaning of "stress," "tekanan" can also refer to "pressure" or "emphasis" |
| Malayalam | സമ്മർദ്ദം comes from the Sanskrit word 'samvardhana', meaning 'growth or development', and also refers to 'pressure or strain' |
| Maltese | Stress is a verb that is derived from the Latin word stringere, which means to draw tight or constrict. |
| Maori | Ahotea can also refer to a feeling of sadness or melancholy, or to a state of being overwhelmed or burdened. |
| Marathi | The word "ताण" in Marathi refers not only to physical or mental stress, but also to the act of pulling or stretching something, highlighting its versatility in describing various forms of tension. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "стресс" also means "tension". |
| Nepali | Nepali word 'तनाव' ('stress') originally meant the taut string that holds a bow's limbs to its handle; hence its secondary and more contemporary connotation. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word "understreke" also means "to underline". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "nkhawa" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-khaw(a)" meaning "to worry" or "to be anxious" |
| Pashto | فشار (feshār) is also used informally to mean "embarrassment" or "loss of face" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "فشار" can also refer to pressure, weight, or load. |
| Polish | The Polish word "naprężenie" can also refer to physical "tension" or the "voltage" of an electric current. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "estresse" in Portuguese is derived from the Latin "stringere", meaning "to bind" or "to tighten." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਤਣਾਅ" (stress) is also used in Punjabi to describe a rope or a string. |
| Romanian | The word "stres" in Romanian can also refer to a "pressing need" or a "difficulty". |
| Russian | In Russian, "стресс" (stress) originally meant a mechanical impact, or in general, any impact or influence that affects the body from outside. |
| Samoan | The etymology of 'atuatuvale' derives from proto-Polynesian words for 'press' and 'squeeze'. |
| Scots Gaelic | Cuideam also means 'care', and it stems from the same root as the noun 'cùram' (care). |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "стрес" is derived from the English word "stress" and has the same meaning. |
| Sesotho | khatello ea maikutlo comes from the word “khatella” which means to pull, to drag or to strain. |
| Shona | Kushushikana, a Shona word for stress, is derived from 'kusveta', to draw, pull or drag, which describes the weight or burden that stress carries. |
| Sindhi | It originates in the Persian word |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word ආතතිය can also be used to refer to anxiety, worry, or fear. |
| Slovak | The word "stres" in Slovak is a loanword from the German word "Stress" and it retains its original meaning, but it can also be used in a more general sense to refer to any kind of pressure or strain. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "stres" is derived from the verb "stresati", meaning "to shake" or "to scatter", hence it connotes both physical and mental stress. |
| Somali | The Somali word "cadaadis" originates from the Arabic word "cadh-dh", meaning "to squeeze" or "to compress". It can also refer to pressure or force applied to an object. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "estrés" originated from the Latin "stringere," meaning "to tighten or press," hence its association with pressure and tension. |
| Sundanese | The word "setrés" can also mean "pressure" or "burden" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "dhiki" also means "a pounding block for pounding grain." |
| Swedish | Påfrestning comes from the Old Swedish word "fræsta" meaning "to press" or "to annoy". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog (Filipino) word "stress" (pronounced "istres") ultimately came from English and Spanish, but it also refers to a type of accent in Tagalog phonology. |
| Tajik | "Стресс" (stress) is borrowed from English, but Tajik "стресс" can also mean "situation" or "pressure" |
| Telugu | The Telugu word ఒత్తిడి also refers to pressure exerted on an area, as well as emphasis on a particular syllable. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ความเครียด" (stress) comes from the Sanskrit word "klesha" which means "harm" or "affliction". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word 'stres' also means 'accent' in music. |
| Ukrainian | "Стрес" походить від латинського слова stringere, яке означає "стягувати, стискати". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, stress means not only "stress", but also "pressure, accent, or emphasis" |
| Vietnamese | "Nhấn mạnh" also means "heavy/forceful/emphatic" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In Old Welsh 'straen' had a meaning similar to our 'stretch' i.e. 'a state of being spread or expanded'. |
| Xhosa | The word 'uxinzelelo' may also refer to 'a strong sense of determination to do something'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דרוק" (pronounced "druk") comes from the German word "Druck," meaning "pressure" or "force."} |
| Yoruba | The word "wahala" in Yoruba can also mean "trouble," "difficulty," or "problem." |
| Zulu | The word "ukucindezeleka" in Zulu literally translates to "to stretch or pull in different directions". |
| English | "Stress" can refer to physical strain or mental pressure, but it also derives from the Latin word "stringere" meaning "to draw tight" or "constrict". |