How to say Nightmare in Other Languages

Afrikaans: nagmerrie (nahkh-meh-ree)

Albanian: makth (mahkth)

Amharic: ሕማም ህልም (huh-mahm huhlm)

Arabic: كابوس (kah-boos)

Armenian: մղձավանջ (mugh-dzah-vanj)

Azerbaijani: kabus (kah-boos)

Basque: amesgaizto (ah-mess-gaihs-toh)

Belarusian: кашмар (kash-mar)

Bengali: দুঃস্বপ্ন (doo-shwo-pno)

Bosnian: noćna mora (nohch-na moh-rah)

Bulgarian: кошмар (kosh-mar)

Burmese: ဆိုးရွားသောအိပ်မက် (soh-ywa-thaw-ate-met)

Catalan: malson (mahl-son)

Cebuano: damgo nga daotan (dahm-goh ngah dah-oh-tan)

Chinese (Mandarin): 噩梦 (è-mèng)

Croatian: noćna mora (nohch-na moh-rah)

Czech: noční můra (nohch-nee moo-rah)

Danish: mareridt (mah-reh-rit)

Dutch: nachtmerrie (nahkht-meh-ree)

Esperanto: koŝmaro (kosh-mah-roh)

Estonian: õudusunenägu (eu-doo-soo-ne-nah-goo)

Finnish: painajainen (pai-nah-yai-nen)

French: cauchemar (kohsh-mar)

Galician: pesadelo (peh-sah-deh-loh)

Georgian: კოშმარი (kosh-mah-ree)

German: Alptraum (ahlp-trowm)

Greek: εφιάλτης (e-fi-al-tes)

Gujarati: ડરાવનુ સ્વપ્ન (dah-rah-vah-noo swop-nuh)

Haitian Creole: move rèv (moh-veh rehv)

Hausa: mafarki mara daɗi (mah-far-kee mah-rah dah-dee)

Hebrew: סיוט (see-yoot)

Hindi: बुरा सपना (boo-rah sup-nah)

Hungarian: rémálom (ray-mah-lom)

Icelandic: martröð (mar-treth)

Igbo: egwu egwu (eh-gwoo eh-gwoo)

Indonesian: mimpi buruk (meem-pee boo-rook)

Irish: tromluí (trom-loo-ee)

Italian: incubo (een-koo-boh)

Japanese: 悪夢 (ah-ku-moo)

Javanese: impen elek (eem-pen eh-lek)

Kannada: ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಕನಸು (keh-tah kah-nah-soo)

Kazakh: қорқынышты түс (kor-kuh-nish-tu tus)

Khmer: សុបិន្តអាក្រក់ (soh-bin ah-krok)

Korean: 악몽 (ahk-mong)

Kurdish: xewna xerab (khew-na khe-rahb)

Kyrgyz: жаман түш (zha-man tush)

Lao: ຝັນຮ້າຍ (fan-hai)

Latvian: murgs (moorgs)

Lithuanian: košmaras (kohsh-mah-ras)

Luxembourgish: Alpdram (ahlp-dram)

Macedonian: кошмар (kosh-mar)

Malagasy: nofy ratsy (noh-fee rah-tsee)

Malay: mimpi ngeri (meem-pee ng-eh-ree)

Malayalam: ദുസ്വപ്നം (doo-swap-num)

Maltese: ħolma kerha (hol-ma kehr-ha)

Maori: moemoeā kino (moh-eh-moh-eh-ah kee-noh)

Marathi: दुःस्वप्न (doo-swop-nuh)

Mongolian: хар дарсан зүүд (khar dar-san zood)

Nepali: नराम्रो सपना (nah-ram-ro sap-nah)

Norwegian: mareritt (mah-reh-ritt)

Odia: ଦୁଷ୍ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ (doo-swap-no)

Pashto: خوب بد (khob bad)

Persian: کابوس (kah-boos)

Polish: koszmar (kosh-mar)

Portuguese: pesadelo (peh-sah-deh-loh)

Punjabi: ਡਰਾਵਣਾ ਸੁਪਨਾ (dah-rah-vah-na soo-pnah)

Romanian: coșmar (kosh-mar)

Russian: кошмар (kosh-mar)

Samoan: miti leaga (mee-tee leh-ah-gah)

Serbian: ноћна мора (nohch-na moh-rah)

Shona: hope dzakaipa (hoh-peh dzah-kai-pah)

Sinhala: නරක සොබන (nah-rah-kah soh-ba-nah)

Slovak: nočná mora (noch-na moh-rah)

Slovenian: nočna mora (noch-na moh-rah)

Somali: riyo xun (ree-yo hoon)

Spanish: pesadilla (peh-sah-dee-yah)

Sundanese: impian goréng (eem-pee-yan goh-reng)

Swahili: jinamizi (jee-nah-mee-zee)

Swedish: mardröm (mahr-drem)

Tagalog: bangungot (bahng-oo-ngot)

Tajik: даҳшатбор хоб (dah-shat-bor khob)

Tamil: கெட்ட கனவு (keh-tah kah-na-voo)

Telugu: దుఃస్వప్నం (doo-swap-num)

Thai: ฝันร้าย (fan rai)

Tigrinya: ሕማም ሕልም (huh-mahm huhlm)

Turkish: kabus (kah-boos)

Turkmen: gorkunç düýş (gor-koonch doo-ish)

Ukrainian: кошмар (kosh-mar)

Urdu: بھیانک خواب (bhi-anak khwab)

Uzbek: dahshatli tush (dah-shat-lee toosh)

Vietnamese: cơn ác mộng (kuhn ahk mong)

Welsh: hunllef (hin-lehf)

Wolof: riwaadu juuf (ree-wah-doo joo-f)

Xhosa: iphupha elibi (ee-poo-pah eh-lee-bee)

Yiddish: שלעכטער חלום (shlekh-ter khah-loym)

Yoruba: ala buruku (ah-lah boo-roo-koo)

Zulu: iphupho elibi (ee-poo-poh eh-lee-bee)

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