“Exactly” is a term often used to confirm or agree precisely with what has been said. Interestingly, like many common phrases, the way to express this notion varies significantly across different languages and cultures. If you find yourself in foreign lands, knowing how to say “exactly” can be particularly useful in conversations to show agreement or to emphasize a point precisely. Here’s how you can say “exactly” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Saktësisht | Pronunciation: Sahk-teh-sisht
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – بالضبط (Bilḍabṭ) | Pronunciation: Bal-dabt
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ճշմարիտ (Chshmarit) | Pronunciation: Chsh-ma-reet
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Dəqiq | Pronunciation: Da-keek
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Zehatz | Pronunciation: Zeh-hatz
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Аднолькава (Adnol’kava) | Pronunciation: Ad-nol-kah-va
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ঠিক আছে (Ṭhika āchē) | Pronunciation: Tik a-che
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Tačno | Pronunciation: Tach-no
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Точно (Tochno) | Pronunciation: Toch-no
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Exactament | Pronunciation: Ex-act-a-ment
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Přesně | Pronunciation: Pyerz-nye
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Præcis | Pronunciation: Pry-sis
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Precies | Pronunciation: Pre-sees
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Exactly | Pronunciation: Egg-zact-ly
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Täpselt | Pronunciation: Taps-elt
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – دقیقا (Daghigha) | Pronunciation: Dag-hee-gha
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Täsmälleen | Pronunciation: Tas-mal-len
- French (🇫🇷) – Exactement | Pronunciation: Ex-act-eh-mon
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ზუსტად (Zustad) | Pronunciation: Zoo-stad
- German (🇩🇪) – Genau | Pronunciation: Geh-now
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ακριβώς (Akribōs) | Pronunciation: Ah-kree-vos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – בדיוק (B’diyuk) | Pronunciation: Be-dyook
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बिल्कुल (Bilkul) | Pronunciation: Bil-kul
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Pontosan | Pronunciation: Pon-toe-shan
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Nákvæmlega | Pronunciation: Nauk-vaim-lay-ga
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Tepat | Pronunciation: Tuh-paht
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Go díreach | Pronunciation: Guh dee-rakh
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Esattamente | Pronunciation: Eh-sat-ta-men-te
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 正確に (Seikaku ni) | Pronunciation: Say-kah-koo nee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Дәл (Däl) | Pronunciation: Dahl
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ត្រឹមត្រូវ (Trem trov) | Pronunciation: Trem trove
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 정확하게 (Jeonghwakhage) | Pronunciation: Jung-hwak-ha-ge
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – بهرستی (Beresti) | Pronunciation: Beh-res-tee
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Так (Tak) | Pronunciation: Tahk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຖືກຕ້ອງ (Thūk tǭng) | Pronunciation: Tuk tong
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Tieši tā | Pronunciation: Tye-shee ta
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Tiksliai | Pronunciation: Tik-sly
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Genee | Pronunciation: Geh-neh
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Точно (Tochno) | Pronunciation: Toch-no
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Tepat | Pronunciation: Tuh-pat
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Eżattament | Pronunciation: Eh-zatt-a-ment
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 确切地 (Quèqiè de) | Pronunciation: Chweh-chee-eh duh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – नेमके (Nemake) | Pronunciation: Nuh-mah-kay
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Нарийвчлан (Nariwchlan) | Pronunciation: Nah-reev-chlahn
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – यथार्थ (Yathārtha) | Pronunciation: Ya-thar-tha
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Nøyaktig | Pronunciation: Noy-ak-tig
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – بالکل (Bilkul) | Pronunciation: Bil-kul
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – دقیقا (Daghigha) | Pronunciation: Dag-hee-gah
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Dokładnie | Pronunciation: Do-klad-nye
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Exatamente | Pronunciation: Esh-zah-ta-men-ti
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Exact | Pronunciation: Ex-act
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Точно (Tochno) | Pronunciation: Toch-no
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Тачно (Tačno) | Pronunciation: Tach-no
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – නිශ්චිතව (Nishchitava) | Pronunciation: Nish-chi-ta-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Presne | Pronunciation: Pre-sneh
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Natančno | Pronunciation: Na-tan-chno
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Sax | Pronunciation: Sah-h
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Exactamente | Pronunciation: Ex-ac-ta-men-te
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Hasa | Pronunciation: Ha-sa
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Exakt | Pronunciation: Eh-zakt
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Дақиқ (Daqīq) | Pronunciation: Da-keek
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சரியாக (Cariyāka) | Pronunciation: Sa-ree-ya-ga
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఖచ్చితంగా (Khacchitaṅgā) | Pronunciation: Kah-chit-an-ga
- Thai (🇹🇭) – อย่างแน่นอน (Xyā̀ng ǹæ̂n xn) | Pronunciation: Yahng nae non
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Tam olarak | Pronunciation: Tahm oh-lar-uhk
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Точно (Tochno) | Pronunciation: Toch-no
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بالکل (Bilkul) | Pronunciation: Bil-kul
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Aniq | Pronunciation: Ah-neek
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Chính xác | Pronunciation: Chin zaak
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Yn union | Pronunciation: Un ee-oon
Now you can agree precisely and affirm statements accurately, no matter where you find yourself in the world!