“Stupid” is a word used to describe someone or something lacking intelligence or common sense. It can be used in various contexts, often in a derogatory manner. Despite its negative connotation, knowing how to say “stupid” in different languages can be an interesting exploration of linguistic diversity. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “stupid” is expressed in 70 different languages around the world.
Here is a list of how to say “stupid” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Budalla | Pronunciation: Boo-dah-lah
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – غبي (Ghabi) | Pronunciation: Gha-bee
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Անզգա (Anzga) | Pronunciation: An-zgah
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Axmaq | Pronunciation: Ahk-mahk
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Zoriontsu | Pronunciation: Zoh-ree-on-tsoo
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Дурны (Durny) | Pronunciation: Doo-rny
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বোকা (Boka) | Pronunciation: Boh-ka
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Glup | Pronunciation: Gloop
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Глупав (Glupav) | Pronunciation: Gloo-pav
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Estúpid | Pronunciation: Es-too-peet
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Hloupý | Pronunciation: Hlo-pee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Dum | Pronunciation: Doom
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Dom | Pronunciation: Dom
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Stupid | Pronunciation: Stoo-pid
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Rumal | Pronunciation: Roo-mal
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – احمق (Ahmaq) | Pronunciation: Ah-maq
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tyhmä | Pronunciation: Tü-mah
- French (🇫🇷) – Stupide | Pronunciation: Stoo-peed
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – სულელი (Suleli) | Pronunciation: Soo-leh-lee
- German (🇩🇪) – Dumm | Pronunciation: Doom
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ηλίθιος (Ilíthios) | Pronunciation: Ee-lee-thee-ohs
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – טיפש (Tipesh) | Pronunciation: Tee-pesh
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बेवकूफ (Bewakoof) | Pronunciation: Bay-va-koof
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Hülye | Pronunciation: Hyu-lye
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Heimskur | Pronunciation: Heyms-kur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Bodoh | Pronunciation: Boh-doh
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Amaideach | Pronunciation: Ah-mah-dyuh
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Stupido | Pronunciation: Stoo-pee-doh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 馬鹿 (Baka) | Pronunciation: Bah-kah
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Ақымақ (Aqimak) | Pronunciation: Ah-kee-mahk
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ល្ងង់ (Lngong) | Pronunciation: Luh-ngong
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 멍청한 (Meongcheonghan) | Pronunciation: Muhng-chong-han
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Êş | Pronunciation: Esh
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Акмак (Akmāk) | Pronunciation: Ahk-mak
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ໂງ່ (Ngong) | Pronunciation: N-gong
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Stulbs | Pronunciation: Stulbs
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kvailas | Pronunciation: Kvay-lahs
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Domm | Pronunciation: Dohm
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Глупав (Glupav) | Pronunciation: Gloo-pav
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Bodoh | Pronunciation: Boh-doh
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Iblaħ | Pronunciation: Iblah
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 愚蠢 (Yúchǔn) | Pronunciation: Yoo-chwen
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मूर्ख (Murkh) | Pronunciation: Moor-kh
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Тэнэг (Teneg) | Pronunciation: Teh-neg
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – मुर्ख (Murkh) | Pronunciation: Moor-kh
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Dum | Pronunciation: Doom
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – بې وقوفه (Be waqoofa) | Pronunciation: Bay wa-koo-fa
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Głupi | Pronunciation: Gwoo-pee
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Estúpido | Pronunciation: Es-too-pee-doo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Prost | Pronunciation: Prost
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Глупый (Glupyy) | Pronunciation: Gloo-pey
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Глуп (Glup) | Pronunciation: Gloop
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මෝඩ (Moda) | Pronunciation: Mo-dah
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Hlúpy | Pronunciation: Hloo-pee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Neumen | Pronunciation: Neh-oo-men
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Doqon | Pronunciation: Doh-kon
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Estúpido | Pronunciation: Es-too-pee-doh
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mpumbavu | Pronunciation: Mpoom-ba-voo
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Dum | Pronunciation: Doom
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ахмақ (Akhmaq) | Pronunciation: Ahk-maq
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – முட்டாள் (Muttal) | Pronunciation: Moo-tahl
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – మూర్ఖుడు (Moorkhudu) | Pronunciation: Moor-khoo-doo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – โง่ (Ngo) | Pronunciation: Noh
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Aptal | Pronunciation: Ap-tal
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Дурний (Durnyy) | Pronunciation: Door-neey
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بیوقوف (Bewaqoof) | Pronunciation: Bay-wa-koof
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Ahmoq | Pronunciation: Ah-mok
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ngu ngốc | Pronunciation: Ngoo-ngok
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Twp | Pronunciation: Toop
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isilima | Pronunciation: Ee-see-lee-mah