How to Say Hope in Other Languages

Afrikaans: hoop (hup)

Albanian: shpresë (sh-pre-suh)

Amharic: ተስፋ (tehs-fa)

Arabic: أمل (amal)

Armenian: հույս (hoo-ees)

Azerbaijani: ümid (yoo-mid)

Basque: itxaropena (itch-aro-pena)

Belarusian: надзея (nad-zye-ya)

Bengali: আশা (a-sha)

Bosnian: nada (nah-da)

Bulgarian: надежда (na-dezh-da)

Catalan: esperança (es-pe-ran-sa)

Cebuano: paglaum (pag-la-um)

Chichewa: chiyembekezo (chee-yem-be-ke-zo)

Chinese (Mandarin): 希望 (xī-wàng)

Croatian: nada (nah-da)

Czech: naděje (nah-dyeh-ye)

Danish: håb (ho-b)

Dutch: hoop (hohp)

Esperanto: espero (es-pe-ro)

Estonian: lootus (loh-toos)

Fijian: inuinui (ee-noo-ee-noo-ee)

Filipino: pag-asa (pag-ah-sa)

Finnish: toivo (toy-voh)

French: espoir (es-pwahr)

Galician: esperanza (es-pe-ran-tha)

Georgian: იმედი (ee-meh-dee)

German: Hoffnung (hof-noong)

Greek: ελπίδα (el-pee-da)

Gujarati: આશા (aa-sha)

Haitian Creole: espwa (es-pwa)

Hausa: fata (fa-ta)

Hawaiian: manaolana (mah-nah-oh-lah-nah)

Hebrew: תקווה (tik-vah)

Hindi: आशा (aa-sha)

Hmong: vam (va-m)

Hungarian: remény (reh-mayn)

Icelandic: von (vohn)

Igbo: olileanya (oh-lee-lay-an-ya)

Indonesian: harapan (hah-rah-pahn)

Irish: dóchas (doh-khuhs)

Italian: speranza (speh-ran-tsa)

Japanese: 希望 (ki-bō)

Javanese: pangarep (pang-ah-rep)

Kannada: ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆ (ni-reek-shay)

Kazakh: үміт (ü-mit)

Khmer: សង្ឃឹម (sawn-khem)

Korean: 희망 (hui-mang)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): hêvî (heh-vee)

Kyrgyz: үмүт (ü-müt)

Lao: ຄວາມຫວັງ (khwam-hwa-ng)

Latin: spes (spes)

Latvian: cerība (tse-ree-ba)

Lithuanian: viltis (vil-tees)

Luxembourgish: Hoffnung (hof-noong)

Macedonian: надеж (na-dezh)

Malagasy: fanantenana (fa-nan-ten-an-na)

Malay: harapan (hah-rah-pahn)

Malayalam: പ്രത്യാശ (prat-yaa-sha)

Maltese: tama (ta-ma)

Maori: tūmanako (too-mah-nah-ko)

Marathi: आशा (aa-sha)

Mongolian: найдвар (naid-var)

Nepali: आशा (aa-sha)

Norwegian: håp (hop)

Oriya: ଆଶା (aa-sha)

Pashto: هیله (hee-la)

Persian: امید (om-eed)

Polish: nadzieja (nah-djeh-ya)

Portuguese: esperança (es-peh-ran-sa)

Punjabi: ਆਸ (aas)

Romanian: speranță (speh-ran-tsuh)

Russian: надежда (na-dezh-da)

Samoan: fa’amoemoe (fa-a-moe-moe)

Serbian: нада (na-da)

Sesotho: tšepo (tse-po)

Shona: tariro (ta-ree-ro)

Sindhi: اميد (u-meed)

Sinhala: බලාපොරොත්තු (ba-laa-po-ro-thu)

Slovak: nádej (nah-dyeh)

Slovenian: upanje (oo-pahn-yeh)

Somali: rajo (ra-joh)

Spanish: esperanza (es-pe-ran-sa)

Sundanese: harepan (ha-rep-an)

Swahili: tumaini (too-ma-ee-nee)

Swedish: hopp (hop)

Tajik: умед (oo-med)

Tamil: நம்பிக்கை (nam-bik-kai)

Telugu: ఆశ (aa-sha)

Thai: ความหวัง (khwam-wang)

Tibetan: བདེ་བ (dē-wa)

Tigrinya: ተስፋ (tes-fa)

Turkish: umut (oo-moot)

Turkmen: umyt (oo-myt)

Ukrainian: надія (nah-dyee-ya)

Urdu: امید (u-meed)

Uzbek: umid (oo-mid)

Vietnamese: hy vọng (hee vong)

Welsh: gobaith (go-bayth)

Yoruba: ireti (ee-reh-tee)

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