“Drag” is a versatile word in English, often used to describe pulling something with force or dragging an item across a surface. Interestingly, this concept exists in many languages, each bringing a unique linguistic twist to it. Whether you’re writing, traveling, or simply expanding your linguistic knowledge, here’s how to say “drag” in 70 different languages from around the globe.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Tërheq | Pronunciation: Ter-hek
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – سحب (Sahab) | Pronunciation: Sah-hab
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Քաշել (K’ashel) | Pronunciation: Kash-el
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Sürükləmək | Pronunciation: Sur-uk-le-mek
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Arrastatu | Pronunciation: Arras-ta-tu
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Цягнуць (Tsiahnuc’) | Pronunciation: Tsyag-noots’
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – টানা (Tānā) | Pronunciation: Tah-nah
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Vuci | Pronunciation: Voo-chee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Влача (Vlacha) | Pronunciation: Vla-cha
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Arrossegar | Pronunciation: Ah-ros-se-gar
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Táhnout | Pronunciation: Tah-hnout
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Trække | Pronunciation: Trek-eh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Slepen | Pronunciation: Sle-pen
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Drag | Pronunciation: Drag
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Lõhistama | Pronunciation: Loh-hist-ama
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – کشیدن (Keshidan) | Pronunciation: Keh-shee-dan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Vetää | Pronunciation: Ve-taa
- French (🇫🇷) – Traîner | Pronunciation: Train-ay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გადაწევა (Gadatseva) | Pronunciation: Ga-da-tse-va
- German (🇩🇪) – Ziehen | Pronunciation: Zee-hen
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σύρση (Syrsi) | Pronunciation: Seer-see
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לגרור (Legaror) | Pronunciation: Le-ga-ror
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – खींचना (Khīn̄canā) | Pronunciation: Kheen-cha-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Húz | Pronunciation: Hooz
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Draga | Pronunciation: Dra-ga
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Menarik | Pronunciation: Me-na-rik
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Tarraing | Pronunciation: Tar-ring
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Trascinare | Pronunciation: Tra-sci-nare
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 引っ張る (Hikizuru) | Pronunciation: Hiki-zuru
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сүйреу (Süıreu) | Pronunciation: Sooy-rey-oo
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អូស (Aos) | Pronunciation: Aos
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 끌다 (Kkeulda) | Pronunciation: Kkeul-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Rakekirin | Pronunciation: Rah-keh-ki-rin
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Сүйрөө (Süyröö) | Pronunciation: Sooy-roo
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ລາກ (Lak) | Pronunciation: Lak
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Vilkt | Pronunciation: Vilk-t
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Traukti | Pronunciation: Trow-kee
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Zéien | Pronunciation: Zay-en
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Влече (Vleche) | Pronunciation: Vle-che
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Menarik | Pronunciation: Me-na-rik
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Iġbed | Pronunciation: Ij-bed
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 拖 (Tuō) | Pronunciation: Tuo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – खेचणे (Khecaṇē) | Pronunciation: Khe-cha-ne
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Татаж мөргөх (Tataj mörgökh) | Pronunciation: Tataj mor-gokh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – तान्नु (Tānnu) | Pronunciation: Taan-nu
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Dra | Pronunciation: Dra
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – کښېنول (Ksheynawal) | Pronunciation: Kshay-no-wal
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – کشیدن (Keshidan) | Pronunciation: Keh-shee-dan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Ciągnąć | Pronunciation: Chyag-nach
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Arrastar | Pronunciation: Ah-ras-tar
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Trage | Pronunciation: Tra-geh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Тянуть (Tyanut’) | Pronunciation: Tyah-noot’
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Вући (Vući) | Pronunciation: Voo-chee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ඇහිඳීම (Aehiḍīma) | Pronunciation: Ae-hee-dee-ma
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Ťahať | Pronunciation: Tyah-hat
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Vleči | Pronunciation: Vle-chi
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Jiid | Pronunciation: Jeed
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Arrastrar | Pronunciation: Ah-rras-tar
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Buruta | Pronunciation: Boo-roo-tah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Dra | Pronunciation: Dra
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Кашидан (Kashidan) | Pronunciation: Kah-shee-dan
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – இழு (Iḻu) | Pronunciation: I-zhoo
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – లాగు (Lāgu) | Pronunciation: Laa-goo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ลาก (Lāk) | Pronunciation: Laak
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Çekmek | Pronunciation: Chek-mek
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Тягнути (Tyahnuti) | Pronunciation: Tyah-hoo-tee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – کھینچنا (Khinchana) | Pronunciation: Khin-cha-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tortmoq | Pronunciation: Tort-mok
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Kéo | Pronunciation: Keh-oh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Llusgo | Pronunciation: Llus-go