“Eat” is a fundamental verb that we use daily. The way it’s said varies significantly across languages, reflecting diverse linguistic heritages. Here’s how to say “eat” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Hani | Pronunciation: Hah-nee
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – يأكل (Ya’kul) | Pronunciation: Yah-kool
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ուտել (Utel) | Pronunciation: Oo-tel
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Yeyin | Pronunciation: Yey-in
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Jan | Pronunciation: Yan
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Есці (Yestsi) | Pronunciation: Yes-tsee
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – খান (Khan) | Pronunciation: Khaan
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Jesti | Pronunciation: Yes-tee
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Яжте (Yazhte) | Pronunciation: Yazh-te
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Menja | Pronunciation: Men-jah
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Jíst | Pronunciation: Yeest
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Spise | Pronunciation: Spee-seh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Eten | Pronunciation: Ay-ten
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Eat | Pronunciation: Eet
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Sööma | Pronunciation: Seu-ma
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خوردن (Khordan) | Pronunciation: Khor-dan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Syödä | Pronunciation: Sue-da
- French (🇫🇷) – Manger | Pronunciation: Man-zher
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ჭამა (Chama) | Pronunciation: Cha-ma
- German (🇩🇪) – Essen | Pronunciation: Ess-en
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φάε (Fae) | Pronunciation: Fah-eh
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לאכול (Le’ekol) | Pronunciation: Leh-eh-kol
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – खाना (Khana) | Pronunciation: Kha-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Enni | Pronunciation: En-nee
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Borða | Pronunciation: Bor-tha
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Makan | Pronunciation: Ma-kan
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Ith | Pronunciation: Ih
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Mangiare | Pronunciation: Man-jar-eh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 食べる (Taberu) | Pronunciation: Tah-ber-oo
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жеу (Zheu) | Pronunciation: Zhe-oo
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ញ៉ាំ (Nyam) | Pronunciation: Nyam
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 먹다 (Meokda) | Pronunciation: Muk-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Xwarin | Pronunciation: Khwa-rin
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жеш (Zhes) | Pronunciation: Zhes
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ກິນ (Kin) | Pronunciation: Kin
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Ēst | Pronunciation: Est
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Valgyti | Pronunciation: Val-gy-tee
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Iessen | Pronunciation: Ee-sen
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Јаде (Jade) | Pronunciation: Ya-de
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Makan | Pronunciation: Ma-kan
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Tieħu | Pronunciation: Tee-hu
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 吃 (Chī) | Pronunciation: Chee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – खाणे (Khaṇe) | Pronunciation: Kha-ne
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Идэх (Idekh) | Pronunciation: Ee-dekh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – खानु (Khanu) | Pronunciation: Kha-nu
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Spise | Pronunciation: Spee-seh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – خوراکی (Khwaraki) | Pronunciation: Kha-wra-kee
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – خوردن (Khordan) | Pronunciation: Khor-dan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Jeść | Pronunciation: Yesh-ch
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Comer | Pronunciation: Ko-mer
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Mânca | Pronunciation: Muhn-ka
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Есть (Est’) | Pronunciation: Yest
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Јести (Jesti) | Pronunciation: Yes-tee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කනවා (Kanava) | Pronunciation: Ka-na-wa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Jesť | Pronunciation: Yes-t
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Jest | Pronunciation: Yest
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Cun | Pronunciation: Coon
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Comer | Pronunciation: Ko-mer
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kula | Pronunciation: Koo-la
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Äta | Pronunciation: Eh-ta
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хӯрок хӯрдан (Khorok khurdan) | Pronunciation: Kho-rok khur-dan
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சாப்பிடு (Sappiṭu) | Pronunciation: Saap-pi-du
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – తిను (Tinu) | Pronunciation: Tee-nu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – กิน (Kin) | Pronunciation: Kin
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yemek | Pronunciation: Yeh-mek
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Їсти (Yisty) | Pronunciation: Yis-ty
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – کھانا (Khana) | Pronunciation: Kha-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yeyish | Pronunciation: Yey-ish
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ăn | Pronunciation: An
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Bwyta | Pronunciation: Bwee-ta