How to Say Slow in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say slow in different languages. This page features translation of the word "slow" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce slow and how to read it.
Saying Slow in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say slow | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | i ngadalshëm | |
| Basque | motela | |
| Belarusian | павольна [pavoĺna] | |
| Bosnian | sporo | |
| Bulgarian | бавен [baven] | |
| Catalan | lent | |
| Corsican | lentu | |
| Croatian | usporiti | |
| Czech | pomalý | |
| Danish | langsom | |
| Dutch | langzaam | |
| Estonian | aeglane | |
| Finnish | hidas | |
| French | lent | |
| Frisian | stadich | |
| Galician | lento | |
| German | langsam | |
| Greek | αργός [argós] | |
| Hungarian | lassú | |
| Icelandic | Hægur | |
| Irish | mall | |
| Italian | lento | |
| Latvian | lēns | |
| Lithuanian | lėtas | |
| Luxembourgish | lues | |
| Macedonian | бавно [bavno] | |
| Maltese | bil-mod | |
| Norwegian | langsom | |
| Polish | powolny | |
| Portuguese | lento | |
| Romanian | încet | |
| Russian | медленный [medlennyy] | |
| Scots Gaelic | slaodach | |
| Serbian | спор [spor] | |
| Slovak | pomaly | |
| Slovenian | počasi | |
| Spanish | lento | |
| Swedish | långsam | |
| Tatar | әкрен | |
| Ukrainian | повільний [povilʹnyy] | |
| Welsh | araf | |
| Yiddish | פּאַמעלעך [pamelekh] | |
Saying Slow in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say slow | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | դանդաղ [dandagh] | |
| Azerbaijani | yavaş | |
| Bengali | ধীর [dhīra] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 慢的 [màn de] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 慢的 [màn de] | |
| Georgian | ნელი [neli] | |
| Gujarati | ધીમું [dhīmuṁ] | |
| Hindi | धीमा [dheema] | |
| Hmong | qeeb | |
| Japanese | 遅い | |
| Kannada | ನಿಧಾನ [nidhāna] | |
| Kazakh | баяу [bayaw] | |
| Khmer | យឺត | |
| Korean | 느린 [neulin] | |
| Kyrgyz | жай [jay] | |
| Lao | ຊ້າ [sa] | |
| Malayalam | പതുക്കെ [pathukke] | |
| Marathi | मंद [manda] | |
| Mongolian | удаан [udaan] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | နှေးနှေး [ nhaayynhaayy] | |
| Nepali | ढिलो [ḍhilō] | |
| Odia | ଧୀର | |
| Pashto | ورو | |
| Punjabi | ਹੌਲੀ [haulī] | |
| Sindhi | آهستي | |
| Sinhala | මන්දගාමී [mandagāmī] | |
| Tajik | суст | |
| Tamil | மெதுவாக [metuvāka] | |
| Telugu | నెమ్మదిగా [nem'madigā] | |
| Thai | ช้า | |
| Turkish | yavaş | |
| Turkmen | haýal | |
| Urdu | سست | |
| Uyghur | ئاستا | |
| Uzbek | sekin | |
| Vietnamese | Chậm | |
Saying Slow in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say slow | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بطيء [bati'] | |
| Hebrew | לְהַאֵט | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | hêdî | |
| Persian | آهسته. تدریجی | |
Saying Slow in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say slow | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | stadig | |
| Amharic | ዘገምተኛ [zegemitenya] | |
| Chichewa | pang'onopang'ono | |
| Hausa | a hankali | |
| Igbo | nwayo | |
| Kinyarwanda | gahoro | |
| Sesotho | butle | |
| Shona | slow | |
| Somali | gaabis ah | |
| Swahili | polepole | |
| Xhosa | kade | |
| Yoruba | lọra | |
| Zulu | kancane | |
Cite this Entry
"Slow in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/slow. Accessed 27 Sep 2023.
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