“Best friend” is a phrase we often use to describe someone who is incredibly important in our lives. It’s fascinating to see how this term translates across different languages and cultures around the world. Let’s explore how to say “best friend” in 70 different languages.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Shoku më i mirë | Pronunciation: Sho-koo muh ee mee-reh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – أفضل صديق (Afdal sadiq) | Pronunciation: Af-dal sah-deeq
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Լավագույն ընկեր (Lavaguyin ynkery) | Pronunciation: Lah-vah-goo-in un-ker
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Ən yaxşı dost | Pronunciation: Uh-n yakh-shee dost
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Lagunik onena | Pronunciation: Lah-goo-neek oh-neh-nah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Найлепшы сябар (Naylepszy siabar) | Pronunciation: Nay-lep-shee syah-bar
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সেরা বন্ধু (Sera bondhu) | Pronunciation: She-rah bon-dhoo
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Najbolji prijatelj | Pronunciation: Nay-bol-yee pree-ya-tel
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Най-добър приятел (Nay-dobar priyatel) | Pronunciation: Nay-doh-bur pree-ya-tel
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Millor amic | Pronunciation: Mee-yor ah-mee
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Nejlepší přítel | Pronunciation: Nay-lep-shee pree-tel
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Bedste ven | Pronunciation: Beh-steh ven
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Beste vriend | Pronunciation: Beh-steh freend
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Best friend | Pronunciation: Best frend
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Parim sõber | Pronunciation: Pah-reem so-ber
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – بهترین دوست (Behtarin doost) | Pronunciation: Beh-tah-reen doost
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Paras ystävä | Pronunciation: Pah-ras u-stah-vah
- French (🇫🇷) – Meilleur ami | Pronunciation: Mey-yur ah-mee
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – საუკეთესო მეგობარი (Sauketeso megobari) | Pronunciation: Sow-ket-eh-so meh-go-bah-ree
- German (🇩🇪) – Bester Freund | Pronunciation: Behs-ter froind
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Καλύτερος φίλος (Kalyteros filos) | Pronunciation: Kah-lee-ter-os fee-los
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – החבר הכי טוב (Hachaver hachi tov) | Pronunciation: Ha-cha-ver ha-khee tov
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – सबसे अच्छा दोस्त (Sabse accha dost) | Pronunciation: Sub-seh uch-cha dost
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Legjobb barát | Pronunciation: Leg-yobb bah-raht
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Besti vinur | Pronunciation: Beh-stee vee-noor
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Sahabat terbaik | Pronunciation: Sah-ha-bat ter-baik
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Cara is fearr | Pronunciation: Kah-ra iss far
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Migliore amico | Pronunciation: Mee-lee-o-ray ah-mee-ko
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 最高の友達 (Saikō no tomodachi) | Pronunciation: Sai-koh no toh-mo-dah-chee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Ең жақсы дос (Eng jaksi dos) | Pronunciation: Eng yahk-see dos
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – មិត្តភក្តិល្អបំផុត (Mittapheakte laor bomphot) | Pronunciation: Meet-pa-ket lor bom-pot
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 최고의 친구 (Choegoui chingu) | Pronunciation: Chwe-go-eh cheen-goo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Haverê herî baş | Pronunciation: Ha-ve-reh he-ree bash
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Эң жакшы дос (Eng jakshy dos) | Pronunciation: Eng yahk-shy dos
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຊຸມຊົນດີທີ່ສຸດ (Somsom di thi sud) | Pronunciation: Som-som dee tee soot
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Labākais draugs | Pronunciation: Lah-bah-kahys drowgs
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Geriausias draugas | Pronunciation: Ghe-ree-ow-sias drow-gas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Beschte Frënd | Pronunciation: Besht-eh frend
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Најдобар пријател (Najdobar prijatel) | Pronunciation: Nay-doh-bar pree-ya-tel
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Kawan baik | Pronunciation: Kuh-wahn ba-ik
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – L-aqwa ħabib | Pronunciation: L-ah-kwa ha-beeb
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 最好的朋友 (Zuì hǎo de péngyǒu) | Pronunciation: Zway how deh peng-you
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सर्वोत्कृष्ट मित्र (Sarvotkrushta mitra) | Pronunciation: Sar-vot-krisht mee-tra
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Хамгийн сайн найз (Khamgiin sain naiz) | Pronunciation: Kham-geen sine nize
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – उत्तम साथी (Uttam sathi) | Pronunciation: Oot-tam sa-thee
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Beste venn | Pronunciation: Beh-steh vehn
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – غوره ملګری (Ghora malgari) | Pronunciation: Gho-rah mal-gar-ee
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – بهترین دوست (Behtarin doost) | Pronunciation: Beh-ta-reen doost
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Najlepszy przyjaciel | Pronunciation: Nay-lep-shee pshi-ya-tsel
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Melhor amigo | Pronunciation: Mel-yor ah-mee-goo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Cel mai bun prieten | Pronunciation: Chel my boon pree-e-ten
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Лучший друг (Luchshiy drug) | Pronunciation: Looch-shee droog
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Најбољи пријатељ (Najbolji prijatelj) | Pronunciation: Nay-bol-yee pree-ya-tel
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – හොඳම මිතුරු (Hondama mithuru) | Pronunciation: Hon-dah-mah mee-thoo-roo
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Najlepší priateľ | Pronunciation: Nay-lep-shee pree-a-tyel
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Najboljši prijatelj | Pronunciation: Nay-bol-shee pree-ya-tel
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Saaxiibka ugu fiican | Pronunciation: Sah-xeep-kah oo-goo fee-can
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Mejor amigo | Pronunciation: Meh-hor ah-mee-go
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Rafiki bora | Pronunciation: Rah-fee-kee boh-rah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Bästa vän | Pronunciation: Beh-stah vehn
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Беҳтарин дӯст (Behtarin dust) | Pronunciation: Beh-tah-reen doost
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சிறந்த நண்பன் (Sirantha nanban) | Pronunciation: See-ran-tha nan-ban
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఉత్తమ స్నేహితుడు (Uttama snehitudu) | Pronunciation: Oot-tah-mah sney-hee-too-doo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เพื่อนที่ดีที่สุด (Pheûxn thîi dîi thîi sùt) | Pronunciation: Pheu-n thee dee thee soot
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – En iyi arkadaş | Pronunciation: En yee ar-kah-dash
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Найкращий друг (Naykrashchiy druh) | Pronunciation: Nay-krash-chee drooh
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بہترین دوست (Behtareen dost) | Pronunciation: Beh-ta-reen dost
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Eng yaxshi do’st | Pronunciation: Eng yakh-shee dohst
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bạn thân nhất | Pronunciation: Ban thun nyat
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ffrind gorau | Pronunciation: Frind goh-rye