How to Say Wait in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say wait in different languages. This page features translation of the word "wait" 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 wait and how to read it.
Saying Wait in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say wait | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | prisni | |
| Basque | itxaron | |
| Belarusian | чакаць [čakać] | |
| Bosnian | čekaj | |
| Bulgarian | изчакайте [izchakaĭte] | |
| Catalan | espera | |
| Corsican | aspetta | |
| Croatian | čekati | |
| Czech | Počkejte | |
| Danish | vente | |
| Dutch | wachten | |
| Estonian | oota | |
| Finnish | odota | |
| French | attendez | |
| Frisian | wachtsje | |
| Galician | agardar | |
| German | Warten | |
| Greek | Περίμενε [Perímene] | |
| Hungarian | várjon | |
| Icelandic | Bíddu | |
| Irish | fan | |
| Italian | aspettare | |
| Latvian | pagaidi | |
| Lithuanian | laukti | |
| Luxembourgish | wait | |
| Macedonian | чекај [čekaj] | |
| Maltese | stenna | |
| Norwegian | vente | |
| Polish | czekać | |
| Portuguese | espere | |
| Romanian | aștepta | |
| Russian | ждать [zhdat'] | |
| Scots Gaelic | fanaibh | |
| Serbian | чекати [čekati] | |
| Slovak | počkaj | |
| Slovenian | čakati | |
| Spanish | esperar | |
| Swedish | vänta | |
| Tatar | көт | |
| Ukrainian | чекати [chekaty] | |
| Welsh | aros | |
| Yiddish | וואַרטן [vartn] | |
Saying Wait in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say wait | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | սպասիր [spasir] | |
| Azerbaijani | Gözləmək | |
| Bengali | অপেক্ষা করুন [apēkṣā karuna] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 等待 [děngdài] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 等待 [děngdài] | |
| Georgian | დაელოდე [daelode] | |
| Gujarati | રાહ જુઓ [rāha ju'ō] | |
| Hindi | इंतज़ार [intazaar] | |
| Hmong | tos | |
| Japanese | 待って | |
| Kannada | ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ [nirīkṣisi] | |
| Kazakh | күт [küt] | |
| Khmer | រង់ចាំ | |
| Korean | 기다리다 [gidalida] | |
| Kyrgyz | күт [küt] | |
| Lao | ລໍຖ້າ [lotha] | |
| Malayalam | കാത്തിരിക്കുക [kaathirikkuka] | |
| Marathi | प्रतीक्षा करा [pratīkṣā karā] | |
| Mongolian | хүлээ [khülee] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | စောင့်ပါ [ hcawngpar] | |
| Nepali | पर्खनुहोस् [parkhanuhōs] | |
| Odia | ଅପେକ୍ଷା କର | | |
| Pashto | انتظار | |
| Punjabi | ਉਡੀਕ ਕਰੋ [uḍīka karō] | |
| Sindhi | انتظار ڪرڻ | |
| Sinhala | ඉන්න [inna] | |
| Tajik | интизор шавед | |
| Tamil | காத்திரு [kāttiru] | |
| Telugu | వేచి ఉండండి [vēchi uṇḍaṇḍi] | |
| Thai | รอ | |
| Turkish | Beklemek | |
| Turkmen | garaş | |
| Urdu | انتظار کرو | |
| Uyghur | ساقلاپ تۇرۇڭ | |
| Uzbek | Kutmoq | |
| Vietnamese | chờ đợi | |
Saying Wait in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say wait | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | انتظر [antazir] | |
| Hebrew | לַחֲכוֹת | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | payin | |
| Persian | صبر کن | |
Saying Wait in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say wait | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wag | |
| Amharic | ጠብቅ [t’ebik’i] | |
| Chichewa | dikirani | |
| Hausa | jira | |
| Igbo | chere | |
| Kinyarwanda | rindira | |
| Sesotho | ema | |
| Shona | wait | |
| Somali | sug | |
| Swahili | subiri | |
| Xhosa | Yima | |
| Yoruba | duro | |
| Zulu | linda | |
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"Wait in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/wait. Accessed 20 Sep 2023.
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