The word “bum” is often used colloquially to refer to the buttocks. It’s a term widely recognized in English-speaking countries and has different equivalents in other languages around the world. Learning how to say “bum” in various languages can be interesting and humorous, providing insights into cultural expressions and language diversity.
Here is a list of how to say “bum” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Shalë | Pronunciation: Sha-le
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مؤخرة (Mo’akhira) | Pronunciation: Mo-ak-he-ra
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հետ (Het) | Pronunciation: Het
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Arxa | Pronunciation: Ar-kha
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Atzealde | Pronunciation: At-zal-de
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Задніца (Zadnitsa) | Pronunciation: Zad-ni-tsa
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – পাছা (Pāchā) | Pronunciation: Pa-cha
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Guza | Pronunciation: Goo-za
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Дупе (Dupe) | Pronunciation: Du-pe
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Cul | Pronunciation: Kool
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Zadek | Pronunciation: Za-dek
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Numse | Pronunciation: Num-se
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Kont | Pronunciation: Kont
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Bum | Pronunciation: Bum
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tagumik | Pronunciation: Ta-gu-mik
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – باسن (Basen) | Pronunciation: Ba-sen
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Peppu | Pronunciation: Pep-pu
- French (🇫🇷) – Fesses | Pronunciation: Fes
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – კუდი (Kudi) | Pronunciation: Ku-di
- German (🇩🇪) – Hintern | Pronunciation: Hin-tern
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Κώλος (Kólos) | Pronunciation: Ko-los
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – תחת (Tachat) | Pronunciation: Ta-chat
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – नितम्ब (Nitamb) | Pronunciation: Ni-tamb
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Fenék | Pronunciation: Fe-nek
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Rass | Pronunciation: Rass
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Pantat | Pronunciation: Pan-tat
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Tóin | Pronunciation: Tone
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Sedere | Pronunciation: Se-de-re
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – お尻 (Oshiri) | Pronunciation: O-shi-ri
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Артқы бөлік (Artqy bölik) | Pronunciation: Art-ky bol-ik
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ខាងក្រោយ (Khang kraoy) | Pronunciation: Khang kra-oy
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 엉덩이 (Eongdeong-i) | Pronunciation: Eong-dong-i
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Şirîk | Pronunciation: Shee-rik
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Артка (Artka) | Pronunciation: Art-ka
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຕັ້ງ (Tang) | Pronunciation: Tang
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Pakaļa | Pronunciation: Pa-ka-la
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Užpakalis | Pronunciation: Uzh-pa-ka-lis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Hënner | Pronunciation: Hen-ner
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Задник (Zadnik) | Pronunciation: Zad-nik
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Punggung | Pronunciation: Poong-goong
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ġenb | Pronunciation: Jenb
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 屁股 (Pìgǔ) | Pronunciation: Pee-goo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – नितंब (Nitamb) | Pronunciation: Ni-tamb
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Загатнаа (Zagatnaa) | Pronunciation: Za-gat-naa
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – नितम्ब (Nitamb) | Pronunciation: Ni-tamb
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Rumpe | Pronunciation: Rum-pe
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زنه (Zana) | Pronunciation: Za-na
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – باسن (Basen) | Pronunciation: Ba-sen
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Tyłek | Pronunciation: Tew-lek
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Bumbum | Pronunciation: Boom-boom
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Fund | Pronunciation: Foond
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Задница (Zadnitsa) | Pronunciation: Zad-ni-tsa
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Дупе (Dupe) | Pronunciation: Du-pe
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – පසුපස (Pasupasa) | Pronunciation: Pa-su-pa-sa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Zadok | Pronunciation: Za-dok
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Rit | Pronunciation: Rit
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Dabada | Pronunciation: Da-ba-da
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Trasero | Pronunciation: Tra-se-ro
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Matako | Pronunciation: Ma-ta-ko
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Rumpa | Pronunciation: Rum-pa
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Зағ (Zagh) | Pronunciation: Zag
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – குண்டி (Kuṇṭi) | Pronunciation: Kun-di
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పిరుదు (Pirudu) | Pronunciation: Pee-ru-du
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ก้น (Gon) | Pronunciation: Gon
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Popo | Pronunciation: Po-po
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Зад (Zad) | Pronunciation: Zad
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – چوتڑ (Chotar) | Pronunciation: Cho-tar
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Orqa | Pronunciation: Or-ka
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Mông | Pronunciation: Mong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Tin | Pronunciation: Tin