The word “absorb” plays a crucial role in various contexts, from science to everyday language, describing the process by which one substance takes in or soaks up another. This capability is not only a physical but often a metaphorical concept in languages worldwide. Here’s how to say “absorb” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Absorboj | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-boy
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يمتص (Yamtas) | Pronunciation: Yam-tas
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ներծծել (Nerts’tsel) | Pronunciation: Ner-ts’tsel
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Udul | Pronunciation: Oo-dool
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Xurgatu | Pronunciation: Shur-ga-too
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Ўбіраць (Ubirats’) | Pronunciation: U-bee-rats
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – শোষণ করা (Shoshon kora) | Pronunciation: Sho-shon ko-ra
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Apsorbirati | Pronunciation: Ap-sorb-ee-ra-tee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Абсорбирам (Absorbiram) | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-ee-ram
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Absorbir | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-eer
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Absorbovat | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-o-vat
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Absorbere | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-be-re
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Absorberen | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-er-en
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Absorb | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Imenduma | Pronunciation: Ee-mend-oo-ma
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – جذب کردن (Jazb kardan) | Pronunciation: Jazb kar-dan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Imeytyä | Pronunciation: Ee-mey-tya
- French (🇫🇷) – Absorber | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-ay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ათრთოლება (At’t’oleba) | Pronunciation: At-t’ol-eh-ba
- German (🇩🇪) – Absorbieren | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-ee-ren
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Απορροφώ (Aporropho) | Pronunciation: Apo-rro-fo
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לספוג (Lis’pog) | Pronunciation: Lees-pog
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – अवशोषित करना (Avashoshit karna) | Pronunciation: A-va-sho-shit kar-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Elnyel | Pronunciation: El-nyel
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Gleypa | Pronunciation: Gley-pa
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Menyerap | Pronunciation: Men-ye-rap
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Ionsú | Pronunciation: Ee-on-soo
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Assorbire | Pronunciation: As-sor-bi-re
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 吸収する (Kyūshū suru) | Pronunciation: Kyoo-shoo su-ru
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сіңіру (Sіngіru) | Pronunciation: Sing-ee-roo
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ស្រូប (Srorb) | Pronunciation: Srorb
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 흡수하다 (Heubsuhada) | Pronunciation: Heub-soo-ha-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Sorb kirin | Pronunciation: Sorb keer-in
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Сиңирүү (Singirüü) | Pronunciation: Sin-gi-roo
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ໄດ້ຮັບ (Dai hab) | Pronunciation: Dai hab
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Absorbēt | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-et
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Sugerti | Pronunciation: Su-ger-ti
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Absorbéieren | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-ee-er-en
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Апсорбира (Apsorbira) | Pronunciation: Ap-sor-bi-ra
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Menyerap | Pronunciation: Men-ye-rap
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Jassorbi | Pronunciation: Yas-sor-bee
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 吸收 (Xīshōu) | Pronunciation: Shee-show
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – शोषून घेणे (Shoshun ghene) | Pronunciation: Sho-shoon ghe-ne
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Шингээх (Shingeekh) | Pronunciation: Shin-gee-kh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – अवशोषण गर्नु (Avashoshan garnu) | Pronunciation: A-va-sho-shan gar-nu
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Absorbere | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-be-re
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – جذبول (Jazbol) | Pronunciation: Jaz-bol
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – جذب کردن (Jazb kardan) | Pronunciation: Jazb kar-dan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Absorbować | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-o-vatch
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Absorver | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-ver
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Absorbi | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-bee
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Поглощать (Pogloshchat’) | Pronunciation: Pog-lo-shchat
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Апсорбовати (Apsorbovati) | Pronunciation: Ap-sorb-o-va-ti
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – අවශෝෂණය කිරීම (Avashoshanaya kireema) | Pronunciation: A-va-sho-sha-na-ya kee-ree-ma
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Absorbovať | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-o-vat
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Absorbirati | Pronunciation: Ab-sorb-ee-ra-tee
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Nuugo | Pronunciation: Nuu-go
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Absorber | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-ber
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kunyonya | Pronunciation: Koo-nyo-nya
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Absorbera | Pronunciation: Ab-sor-be-ra
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ҷазб кардан (Jazb kardan) | Pronunciation: Jazb kar-dan
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – உறிஞ்சு (Urinju) | Pronunciation: U-rin-joo
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – శోషించు (Shoshinchu) | Pronunciation: Sho-shin-chu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ดูดซึม (Dut suem) | Pronunciation: Doot suem
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Emmek | Pronunciation: Em-mek
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Поглинати (Pohlynaty) | Pronunciation: Poh-ly-na-ty
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – جذب کرنا (Jazb karna) | Pronunciation: Jazb kar-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – So’rilmoq | Pronunciation: So-ril-moq
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Hấp thụ | Pronunciation: Hap thu
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Amsugno | Pronunciation: Am-sug-no