How to Say Slow in Other Languages

Afrikaans: stadig (stah-duhkh)

Albanian: ngadalë (nga-da-luh)

Amharic: ቀስ ቀስ (k’es k’es)

Arabic: بطيء (ba-ṭī’)

Armenian: դանդաղ (dan-dagh)

Azerbaijani: yavaş (yah-vash)

Basque: poliki (poh-li-kee)

Belarusian: павольна (pa-vol-na)

Bengali: ধীরে (dhee-rey)

Bosnian: spor (spor)

Bulgarian: бавно (bahv-no)

Burmese: ဖြည်းဖြည်း (phyè-phyè)

Catalan: lent (lent)

Cebuano: hinay (hee-nai)

Chinese (Mandarin): 慢 (màn)

Corsican: pianu (pyah-noo)

Croatian: sporo (spo-ro)

Czech: pomalu (po-mah-loo)

Danish: langsom (lang-som)

Dutch: langzaam (lahng-zaam)

Dzongkha: ག་ལེ་ག་ལེ་ (ga-le ga-le)

English: slow (sloh)

Esperanto: malrapida (mal-rah-pee-da)

Estonian: aeglane (ah-e-glah-neh)

Fijian: ka lagalaga (ka-lah-gah-lah-gah)

Filipino: mabagal (mah-bah-gahl)

Finnish: hidas (hee-dahs)

French: lent (lahn)

Galician: lento (len-toh)

Georgian: ნელა (neh-la)

German: langsam (lahng-zahm)

Greek: αργός (ahr-gohs)

Gujarati: ધીમે (dhee-may)

Haitian Creole: dousman (doos-man)

Hausa: a hankali (ah hahn-kah-lee)

Hebrew: איטי (ee-tee)

Hindi: धीमा (dhee-mah)

Hmong: qeeb (cheh)

Hungarian: lassú (lah-shoo)

Icelandic: hægur (hai-gur)

Igbo: nwayọ (nwah-yoh)

Indonesian: lambat (lahm-baht)

Irish: mall (mawl)

Italian: lento (len-toh)

Japanese: 遅い (o-soi)

Javanese: alon (ah-lon)

Kannada: ನಿಧಾನ (ni-dha-na)

Kazakh: баяу (bah-yaw)

Khmer: យឺត (yoot)

Korean: 느린 (neu-rin)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): hêdî (heh-dee)

Kyrgyz: жай (zhai)

Lao: ຊ້າ (sáa)

Latvian: lēni (leh-nee)

Lithuanian: lėtai (lay-tai)

Luxembourgish: lues (loo-ehs)

Macedonian: бавно (bahv-no)

Malagasy: miadana (mee-ah-dah-nah)

Malay: perlahan (per-lah-han)

Malayalam: മന്ദം (man-dam)

Maltese: bil-mod (bil-mod)

Maori: pōturi (poh-too-ree)

Marathi: हळू (ha-loo)

Mongolian: удаан (oo-daan)

Nepali: बिस्तारै (bis-ta-ray)

Norwegian: sakte (sahk-teh)

Odia: ଧୀରେ (dhee-reh)

Pashto: ورو (wa-roo)

Persian: آهسته (ah-hes-teh)

Polish: wolno (vol-noh)

Portuguese: devagar (deh-va-gahr)

Punjabi: ਹੌਲੀ (hau-lee)

Romanian: încet (uhn-chet)

Russian: медленно (myed-len-na)

Samoan: lemu (leh-moo)

Sanskrit: मन्द (mandah)

Serbian: споро (spo-ro)

Sesotho: butle (boo-tleh)

Shona: zvishoma (zvi-shoh-ma)

Sindhi: آهستہ (ahes-tah)

Sinhala: හෙමින් (he-min)

Slovak: pomaly (po-mah-lee)

Slovenian: počasi (po-chah-see)

Somali: tartiib (tar-teeb)

Spanish: lento (len-toh)

Sundanese: lalaunan (lah-lah-oo-nan)

Swahili: polepole (po-le-po-le)

Swedish: långsam (lahng-sahm)

Tajik: суст (sust)

Tamil: மெதுவாக (meth-oo-vaah-gah)

Telugu: నెమ్మదిగా (nem-ma-dhi-ga)

Thai: ช้า (chaa)

Tigrinya: ቀስ ቀስ (qes qes)

Turkish: yavaş (yah-vash)

Ukrainian: повільно (po-veel-no)

Urdu: آہستہ (aah-ista)

Uzbek: sekin (se-keen)

Vietnamese: chậm (chum)

Welsh: araf (ah-rahv)

Yoruba: kẹlẹkẹlẹ (keh-leh-keh-leh)

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