How to Say Sweets in Other Languages

Afrikaans: lekkergoed (lek-ker-ghoot)

Albanian: ëmbëlsira (um-bul-see-ra)

Amharic: ጣፋጭ (ta-fa-ch)

Arabic: حلويات (hal-a-wey-at)

Armenian: քաղցրավենիք (kagh-tsra-ven-ik)

Azerbaijani: şirniyyat (shir-nee-yat)

Basque: goxoki (goh-sho-kee)

Belarusian: салодкае (sa-lod-ka-ye)

Bengali: মিষ্টি (mish-tee)

Bosnian: slatkiši (slat-kee-shee)

Bulgarian: сладкиши (slad-kee-shee)

Catalan: dolços (dol-sos)

Cebuano: tam-is (tam-ees)

Chichewa: zokoma (zo-ko-ma)

Chinese (Simplified): 甜食 (tián-shí)

Chinese (Traditional): 甜食 (tián-shí)

Corsican: dolci (dol-chee)

Croatian: slatkiši (slat-kee-shee)

Czech: sladkosti (slad-kos-tee)

Danish: slik (sleek)

Dutch: snoepjes (snoop-yus)

Esperanto: dolĉaĵoj (dol-cha-jo)

Estonian: maiustused (mai-us-tu-sed)

Finnish: makeiset (ma-kay-set)

French: bonbons (bon-bon)

Galician: doces (do-ses)

Georgian: ტკბილეული (tkbil-eu-li)

German: Süßigkeiten (zoo-sig-kai-ten)

Greek: γλυκά (ghlee-ka)

Gujarati: મિઠાઈ (mith-hai)

Haitian Creole: bagay dous (ba-gai doo-s)

Hausa: kayan dadi (ka-yan da-dee)

Hebrew: ממתקים (mamtakim)

Hindi: मिठाई (mith-ha-ee)

Hmong: khoom qab zib (khawm ka zib)

Hungarian: édességek (eh-dess-she-gek)

Icelandic: sælgæti (sael-gai-tee)

Igbo: ihe ụtọ (ee-heh u-to)

Indonesian: permen (per-men)

Irish: milseáin (mil-shawn)

Italian: dolci (dol-chee)

Japanese: 甘い物 (amai mono)

Javanese: gula-gula (goo-la goo-la)

Kannada: ಸಿಹಿ (si-hi)

Kazakh: тәттілер (tat-ti-ler)

Khmer: ខ្ចប់ស្ករ (khchab skor)

Korean: 사탕 (sa-tang)

Kurdish: şîrînî (shi-ree-nee)

Kyrgyz: таттуулар (tat-tu-lar)

Lao: ແອ້ວແສງ (aeo saeng)

Latvian: saldumi (sal-doo-mee)

Lithuanian: saldainiai (sal-dai-nee-ai)

Luxembourgish: Séissegkeeten (see-seg-kei-ten)

Macedonian: слатки (slat-ki)

Malagasy: mamy (ma-mee)

Malay: gula-gula (goo-la goo-la)

Malayalam: മധുരം (mad-hu-ram)

Maltese: ħelu (he-loo)

Maori: reka (re-ka)

Marathi: गोडधोड (god-dhod)

Mongolian: чихэр (chikher)

Nepali: मिठाई (mith-ha-ee)

Norwegian: søtsaker (soot-sa-ker)

Pashto: خوږه (khwah-ga)

Persian: شیرینی (shi-ree-nee)

Polish: słodycze (swoh-dy-che)

Portuguese: doces (do-ses)

Punjabi: ਮਿਠਾਈ (mith-hai)

Romanian: dulciuri (dul-choo-ri)

Russian: сладости (sla-do-sti)

Samoan: suamalie (sua-ma-lee-eh)

Serbian: слаткиши (slat-kee-shee)

Sindhi: مٺو (mit-ho)

Sinhala: මීකිරි (mee-kiri)

Slovak: sladkosti (slad-kos-tee)

Slovenian: sladkarije (slad-ka-ree-ye)

Somali: macmacaanka (mak-mak-anka)

Spanish: dulces (dool-ses)

Sundanese: gula-gula (goo-la goo-la)

Swahili: pipi (pee-pee)

Swedish: godis (goo-dis)

Tagalog: matamis (ma-ta-mees)

Tajik: шириниҳо (shi-ree-nee-ho)

Tamil: இனிப்பு (ini-ppu)

Telugu: తీపి (tee-pi)

Thai: ขนม (ka-nom)

Turkish: tatlılar (tat-luh-lar)

Ukrainian: солодощі (so-lo-do-shchi)

Urdu: مٹھائیاں (mith-hai-yan)

Uzbek: shirinliklar (shi-reen-leek-lar)

Vietnamese: đồ ngọt (do ngot)

Welsh: melysion (mel-ee-shon)

Wolof: lekk (lek)

Xhosa: izithako ezimnandi (ee-zee-tha-ko ee-zeem-nan-dee)

Yiddish: זיסעכטער (zis-ekh-ter)

Yoruba: ounjẹ didùn (own-jeh dee-dun)

Zulu: izibiliboco (ee-zee-bee-lee-bo-co)

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