How to Say Fear in Other Languages

Afrikaans: vrees (frehs)

Albanian: frikë (freh-kuh)

Amharic: ፍርሀት (fər-hat)

Arabic: خوف (khauf)

Armenian: վախ (vahkh)

Azerbaijani: qorxu (kor-khoo)

Basque: beldur (bel-door)

Belarusian: страх (strah)

Bengali: ভয় (bhoy)

Bosnian: strah (strah)

Bulgarian: страх (strah)

Burmese: ကြောက်မှု (kyauk-hmu)

Catalan: por (por)

Cebuano: kahadlok (kah-had-lok)

Chinese (Mandarin): 恐惧 (kǒng-jù)

Croatian: strah (strah)

Czech: strach (strah-kh)

Danish: frygt (friygt)

Dutch: angst (angst)

Esperanto: timo (tee-mo)

Estonian: hirm (heerm)

Finnish: pelko (pel-koh)

French: peur (peur)

Galician: medo (meh-doh)

Georgian: შიში (shee-shee)

German: Angst (angst)

Greek: φόβος (foh-vos)

Gujarati: ડર (dar)

Haitian Creole: pè (peh)

Hausa: tsoro (tsaw-roh)

Hebrew: פחד (pa-khad)

Hindi: डर (dar)

Hungarian: félelem (feh-leh-lem)

Icelandic: ótti (oh-tee)

Igbo: ụjọ (oo-jaw)

Indonesian: ketakutan (keh-tah-koo-tahn)

Irish: eagla (ah-glah)

Italian: paura (pah-oo-rah)

Japanese: 恐怖 (kyou-fu)

Javanese: wedi (weh-dee)

Kannada: ಭಯ (bha-yah)

Kazakh: қорқыныш (kor-khuh-nish)

Khmer: ការភ័យខ្លាច (kah-phei-khlahch)

Korean: 두려움 (doo-ryeo-um)

Kurdish: tirsî (teer-see)

Kyrgyz: коркунуч (kor-koo-nooch)

Lao: ຄວາມຢ້ານ (khwaam-yahn)

Latvian: bailes (bai-lehs)

Lithuanian: baimė (bai-meh)

Luxembourgish: Angscht (ang-sht)

Macedonian: страв (strahv)

Malagasy: tahotra (tah-oo-trah)

Malay: ketakutan (keh-tah-koo-tan)

Malayalam: ഭയം (bha-yam)

Maltese: biża’ (bee-zah)

Maori: mataku (mah-tah-koo)

Marathi: भीती (bhee-tee)

Mongolian: айдас (ay-das)

Nepali: डर (dar)

Norwegian: frykt (friykt)

Odia: ଭୟ (bhoy)

Pashto: وېره (weh-rah)

Persian: ترس (tars)

Polish: strach (strahkh)

Portuguese: medo (meh-doh)

Punjabi: ਡਰ (dar)

Romanian: frică (free-kah)

Russian: страх (strahk)

Samoan: fefe (feh-feh)

Serbian: страх (strahkh)

Shona: kutya (koo-tyah)

Sinhala: බිය (bi-ya)

Slovak: strach (strahkh)

Slovenian: strah (strah)

Somali: cabsi (ab-see)

Spanish: miedo (mee-eh-doh)

Sundanese: sieun (see-oon)

Swahili: hofu (hoh-foo)

Swedish: rädsla (rehd-slah)

Tagalog: takot (tah-kot)

Tajik: тарс (tars)

Tamil: பயம் (bha-yam)

Telugu: భయం (bha-yam)

Thai: ความกลัว (khwaam-glua)

Tigrinya: ፍርሂ (fir-hi)

Turkish: korku (kor-koo)

Turkmen: gorky (gor-kee)

Ukrainian: страх (strahkh)

Urdu: خوف (khauf)

Uzbek: qo’rquv (kor-koov)

Vietnamese: sợ hãi (suh-hi)

Welsh: ofn (ofn)

Wolof: ragal (rah-gahl)

Xhosa: ukoyika (oo-koh-yee-kah)

Yiddish: שרעק (shrek)

Yoruba: ibẹru (ee-beh-roo)

Zulu: ukwesaba (oo-kweh-sah-bah)

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