The term “buy” is a fundamental aspect of commerce and daily life, describing the act of acquiring something in exchange for money. This essential verb varies interestingly across languages, highlighting the diversity of linguistic structures globally. Here’s how to say “buy” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Blej | Pronunciation: Blay
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يشتري (Yashtari) | Pronunciation: Yash-ta-ree
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Գնում է (Gnum e) | Pronunciation: G-noom eh
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Alır | Pronunciation: A-lir
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Erosi | Pronunciation: E-ro-si
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Купляе (Kuplyae) | Pronunciation: Koo-ply-ye
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – কিনে (Kine) | Pronunciation: Kee-nay
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kupi | Pronunciation: Koo-pee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Купува (Kupuva) | Pronunciation: Koo-poo-va
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Compra | Pronunciation: Com-pra
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Koupit | Pronunciation: Ko-pit
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Køber | Pronunciation: Koy-ber
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Kopen | Pronunciation: Ko-pen
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Buy | Pronunciation: Buy
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Ostab | Pronunciation: Os-tab
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خریدن (Kharidan) | Pronunciation: Kha-ree-dan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Ostaa | Pronunciation: Os-taa
- French (🇫🇷) – Acheter | Pronunciation: A-she-tey
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ყიდვა (Qidva) | Pronunciation: Kwid-va
- German (🇩🇪) – Kaufen | Pronunciation: Kow-fen
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Αγοράζει (Agorázei) | Pronunciation: A-go-ra-zee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – קונה (Koneh) | Pronunciation: Ko-neh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – खरीदना (Kharidna) | Pronunciation: Kha-ree-dna
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Vásárol | Pronunciation: Va-sa-rol
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Kaupa | Pronunciation: Koy-pa
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Membeli | Pronunciation: Mem-be-lee
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Ceannaigh | Pronunciation: Can-ny
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Comprare | Pronunciation: Com-pra-re
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 買う (Kau) | Pronunciation: Kow
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сатып алу (Satyp alu) | Pronunciation: Sa-typ a-loo
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ទិញ (Tinh) | Pronunciation: Teenh
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 사다 (Sada) | Pronunciation: Sa-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Kirîn | Pronunciation: Kee-reen
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Сатып алуу (Satyp aluu) | Pronunciation: Sa-typ a-loo
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຊື້ (Sou) | Pronunciation: Soo
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Pirkt | Pronunciation: Peerkt
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Pirkti | Pronunciation: Peer-kee
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Kaafen | Pronunciation: Kaa-fen
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Купува (Kupuva) | Pronunciation: Koo-poo-va
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Membeli | Pronunciation: Mem-be-lee
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ixtri | Pronunciation: Ish-tree
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 买 (Mǎi) | Pronunciation: My
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – खरेदी करा (Kharedi kara) | Pronunciation: Kha-re-di ka-ra
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Худалдаж авах (Khudaldaj avakh) | Pronunciation: Khu-dal-daj a-vakh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – किन्नु (Kinnu) | Pronunciation: Kee-noo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Kjøpe | Pronunciation: Shoo-pe
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – اخیستل (Akhistl) | Pronunciation: A-khis-tl
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – خریدن (Kharidan) | Pronunciation: Kha-ree-dan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kupować | Pronunciation: Koo-po-vach
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Comprar | Pronunciation: Com-prar
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Cumpăra | Pronunciation: Coom-pa-ra
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Покупать (Pokupat’) | Pronunciation: Po-ku-pat’
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Купити (Kupiti) | Pronunciation: Koo-pee-tee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මිලදී ගන්න (Miladi Ganna) | Pronunciation: Mee-la-dee Gan-na
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Kúpiť | Pronunciation: Koo-pit’
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Kupiti | Pronunciation: Koo-pee-tee
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Iibso | Pronunciation: Eeb-so
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Comprar | Pronunciation: Com-prar
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kununua | Pronunciation: Koo-noo-noo-a
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Köpa | Pronunciation: Sher-pa
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Харидан (Kharidan) | Pronunciation: Kha-ree-dan
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – வாங்கு (Vāngu) | Pronunciation: Vaa-ngu
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – కొనుగోలు (Konugolu) | Pronunciation: Ko-nu-go-lu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ซื้อ (Sue) | Pronunciation: Soo
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Satın almak | Pronunciation: Sat-in al-mak
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Купувати (Kupuvaty) | Pronunciation: Koo-poo-va-tee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خریدنا (Kharidna) | Pronunciation: Kha-rid-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sotib olish | Pronunciation: So-tib o-lish
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Mua | Pronunciation: Mwah
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Prynu | Pronunciation: Pri-nu