“Buddy” is a friendly and informal term we use to refer to a friend or companion. It’s interesting to see how this term of endearment and camaraderie is expressed in different languages across the globe. From widely spoken languages to those less known, here’s how to say “buddy” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Shok | Pronunciation: Shok
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – رفيق (Rafeeq) | Pronunciation: Ra-feeq
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ընկեր (Ynker) | Pronunciation: Un-ker
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Dost | Pronunciation: Dost
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Lagun | Pronunciation: La-goon
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Сябар (Syabar) | Pronunciation: Sya-bar
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বন্ধু (Bondhu) | Pronunciation: Bon-dhoo
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Prijatelj | Pronunciation: Pree-ya-telj
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Приятел (Priyatel) | Pronunciation: Pree-ya-tel
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Amic | Pronunciation: Ah-mik
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Kamarád | Pronunciation: Ka-ma-raad
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Ven | Pronunciation: Ven
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Maat | Pronunciation: Maat
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Buddy | Pronunciation: Bud-dee
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Sõber | Pronunciation: So-ber
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – دوست (Doost) | Pronunciation: Doost
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kaveri | Pronunciation: Ka-ve-ree
- French (🇫🇷) – Copain | Pronunciation: Ko-pen
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მეგობარი (Megobari) | Pronunciation: Me-go-ba-ree
- German (🇩🇪) – Kumpel | Pronunciation: Koom-pel
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φίλος (Filos) | Pronunciation: Fee-los
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – חבר (Chaver) | Pronunciation: Kha-ver
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – दोस्त (Dost) | Pronunciation: Dost
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Haver | Pronunciation: Ha-ver
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Vinur | Pronunciation: Vee-nur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Teman | Pronunciation: Te-man
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Cara | Pronunciation: Car-a
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Amico | Pronunciation: A-mee-co
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 友達 (Tomodachi) | Pronunciation: To-mo-da-chi
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Дос (Dos) | Pronunciation: Doss
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – មិត្តភក្តិ (Mittapheap) | Pronunciation: Mit-ta-pee-ap
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 친구 (Chingu) | Pronunciation: Chin-goo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Heval | Pronunciation: He-val
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Дос (Dos) | Pronunciation: Doss
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຫມູ່ (Mou) | Pronunciation: Moo
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Draugs | Pronunciation: Draugs
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Draugas | Pronunciation: Drau-gas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Frënd | Pronunciation: Frend
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Пријател (Prijatel) | Pronunciation: Pree-ya-tel
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Kawan | Pronunciation: Ka-wan
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ħabib | Pronunciation: Ha-beeb
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 朋友 (Péngyǒu) | Pronunciation: Peng-you
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मित्र (Mitra) | Pronunciation: Mi-tra
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Найз (Naiz) | Pronunciation: Naiz
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – साथी (Saathi) | Pronunciation: Saa-thee
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Kompis | Pronunciation: Kom-pis
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – ملګری (Malgaray) | Pronunciation: Mal-ga-ray
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – دوست (Doost) | Pronunciation: Doost
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kumpel | Pronunciation: Koom-pel
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Amigo | Pronunciation: A-mee-goo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Prieten | Pronunciation: Pree-yeh-ten
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Друг (Drug) | Pronunciation: Droog
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Пријатељ (Prijatelj) | Pronunciation: Pree-ya-telj
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – යහළුවා (Yahaluwa) | Pronunciation: Ya-ha-lu-wa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Kamoš | Pronunciation: Ka-mosh
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Prijatelj | Pronunciation: Pree-ya-tel
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Saaxiib | Pronunciation: Sah-xeeb
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Amigo | Pronunciation: A-mee-go
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Rafiki | Pronunciation: Ra-fee-kee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Polare | Pronunciation: Po-lar-e
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Дӯст (Doost) | Pronunciation: Doost
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – நண்பன் (Nanban) | Pronunciation: Nan-ban
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – స్నేహితుడు (Snehitudu) | Pronunciation: Sneh-hee-thu-du
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เพื่อน (Pheûan) | Pronunciation: Pheu-an
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Arkadaş | Pronunciation: Ar-ka-dash
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Друг (Druh) | Pronunciation: Drooh
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – دوست (Dost) | Pronunciation: Dost
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Do’st | Pronunciation: Dost
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bạn | Pronunciation: Ban
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ffrind | Pronunciation: Ffrind