The phrase “big brother” is not only a familial term but also a cultural symbol of protection, guidance, and sometimes, authority. Here’s how to say “big brother” in 70 different languages, reflecting the rich linguistic diversity of our world:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Vëllai i madh | Pronunciation: Vuh-lai ee mahdh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – الأخ الكبير (Al-akh al-kabir) | Pronunciation: Al-akh al-ka-beer
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Մեծ եղբայր (Mets yeghbayr) | Pronunciation: Mets yegh-bayr
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Böyük qardaş | Pronunciation: Bey-yook gar-dash
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Anaia handia | Pronunciation: Ah-nah-ya han-dee-a
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Старэйшы брат (Stareyshy brat) | Pronunciation: Sta-rey-shi brat
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বড় ভাই (Boro bhai) | Pronunciation: Bo-ro bhai
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Stariji brat | Pronunciation: Sta-ree-yee brat
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – По-голям брат (Po-golyam brat) | Pronunciation: Po-go-lyam brat
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Germà gran | Pronunciation: Her-mah gran
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Starší bratr | Pronunciation: Star-shee bra-tr
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Storebror | Pronunciation: Stor-eh-broar
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Oudere broer | Pronunciation: Oh-der-eh bro-er
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Big brother | Pronunciation: Big brother
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Vanem vend | Pronunciation: Va-nem vend
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – برادر بزرگ (Baradar bozorg) | Pronunciation: Ba-ra-dar bo-zorg
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Isoveli | Pronunciation: Ee-so-veh-lee
- French (🇫🇷) – Grand frère | Pronunciation: Grahn frehr
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – დიდი ძმა (Didi dzma) | Pronunciation: Dee-dee dzmah
- German (🇩🇪) – Großer Bruder | Pronunciation: Groh-ser Broo-der
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Μεγάλος αδερφός (Megalos aderfos) | Pronunciation: Me-ga-los a-der-fos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אח גדול (Ach gadol) | Pronunciation: Ahkh ga-dol
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बड़ा भाई (Bada bhai) | Pronunciation: Ba-dah bhai
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Nagy báty | Pronunciation: Na-dj ba-ty
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Stóri bróðir | Pronunciation: Sto-ree bro-thir
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Kakak laki-laki | Pronunciation: Ka-kak la-kee-la-kee
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Deartháir mór | Pronunciation: Dar-har more
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Fratello maggiore | Pronunciation: Fra-tel-lo mah-jor-eh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 兄 (Ani) | Pronunciation: Ah-nee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Үлкен аға (Ülken ağa) | Pronunciation: Uhl-ken ah-gah
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – បងប្រុសធំ (Bong pros thom) | Pronunciation: Bong pros tom
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 형 (Hyung) | Pronunciation: Hyuhng
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Bira mezin | Pronunciation: Bee-rah mez-in
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Улуу ага (Uluu aga) | Pronunciation: U-loo ah-gah
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ອ້າຍ (Ai) | Pronunciation: Ai
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Vecākais brālis | Pronunciation: Ve-tsah-kahys brah-lis
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Vyresnysis brolis | Pronunciation: Vee-res-nee-sis bro-lis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Groussen Brudder | Pronunciation: Grows-sen broo-der
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Поголем брат (Pogolem brat) | Pronunciation: Po-go-lem brat
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Abang | Pronunciation: Ah-bahng
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ħu kbir | Pronunciation: Hoo ke-beer
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 哥哥 (Gēge) | Pronunciation: Geh-geh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मोठा भाऊ (Moṭhā bhāū) | Pronunciation: Mo-tha bha-oo
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Ахын том (Akhiin tom) | Pronunciation: Ah-kheen tom
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – ठूलो दाजु (Thūlo dāju) | Pronunciation: Thoo-lo daa-joo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Storebror | Pronunciation: Sto-reh-broor
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – لوی ورور (Loy wror) | Pronunciation: Loy vror
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – برادر بزرگ (Baradar bozorg) | Pronunciation: Ba-ra-dar bo-zorg
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Starszy brat | Pronunciation: Star-shi brat
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Irmão mais velho | Pronunciation: Eer-mown myce vehl-yo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Frate mai mare | Pronunciation: Fra-te my mah-re
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Старший брат (Starshiy brat) | Pronunciation: Star-sheey brat
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Старији брат (Stariji brat) | Pronunciation: Sta-ree-yee brat
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ලොකු සහෝදරයා (Loku sahodarayā) | Pronunciation: Lo-ku sa-ho-da-ra-yaa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Starší brat | Pronunciation: Star-shee brat
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Starejši brat | Pronunciation: Sta-rey-shee brat
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Walaal weyn | Pronunciation: Wa-laahl wayn
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Hermano mayor | Pronunciation: Er-mah-no mah-yor
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kaka mkubwa | Pronunciation: Ka-ka m-koo-bwa
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Storebror | Pronunciation: Sto-reh-bror
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Бародари калон (Barodari kalon) | Pronunciation: Ba-ro-da-ri ka-lon
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பெரிய அண்ணன் (Periya aṇṇaṉ) | Pronunciation: Pe-ri-ya an-nan
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పెద్ద అన్నయ్య (Pedda annayya) | Pronunciation: Ped-da an-nai-ya
- Thai (🇹🇭) – พี่ชาย (Phī chāi) | Pronunciation: Phee chai
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Ağabey | Pronunciation: Aa-ah-bey
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Старший брат (Starshyi brat) | Pronunciation: Star-sheey brat
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بڑا بھائی (Bada bhai) | Pronunciation: Ba-da bhai
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Katta aka | Pronunciation: Ka-tta a-ka
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Anh trai | Pronunciation: Ahn chai
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Brawd mawr | Pronunciation: Broud mour