Tell
/[tʰɔː]/
Translations of "tell" (93 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sê(to pass information), vertel(to pass information) | — | |
| Albanian | rrëfej(to pass information), them(to pass information) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | λέγω(to pass information) | légō | |
| Arabic | أَخْبَرَ(to pass information), حَكَّى(to pass information), قال(to pass information), قال(to pass information), قَالَ(to pass information) | ʔaḵbara, ḥakka, ʔāl, gāl, qāla | |
| Armenian | ասել(to pass information), պատմել(to pass information) | asel, patmel | |
| Assamese | ক(to pass information) | ko | |
| Azerbaijani | demək(to pass information) | — | |
| Bashkir | айырыу(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), белеү(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), күреү(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), тейеү(to instruct), ҡушыу(to instruct), әйтеү(to pass information) | ayırıw, belew, kürew, teyew, quşıw, əytew | |
| Belarusian | гавары́ць(to pass information), каза́ць(to pass information), сказа́ць(to pass information) | havarýcʹ, kazácʹ, skazácʹ | |
| Bengali | বলা(to pass information) | bola | |
| Bulgarian | нареждам(to instruct), разка́звам(to pass information), различавам(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), ука́звам(to instruct) | nareždam, razkázvam, različavam, ukázvam | |
| Burmese | ပြော(to pass information) | prau: | |
| Catalan | adonar-se(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), conèixer(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), dir(to pass information), dir(to instruct), explicar(to pass information), notar(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 告訴 /告诉(to pass information), 說 /说(to pass information) | gàosu, shuō | |
| Church Slavic | говорити(to pass information), рещи(to pass information) | govoriti, rešti | |
| Cornish | lawl(to pass information), leverel(to pass information) | — | |
| Czech | hovořit(to pass information), říci(to pass information), říkat(to pass information) | — | |
| Danish | afgøre(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), afsige(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), fortælle(to pass information), instruere(to instruct), sige(to pass information), tilsige(to instruct) | — | |
| Dutch | instrueren(to instruct), vertellen(to pass information), vertellen(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), zeggen(to pass information), zeggen(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Emilian | dîr(to pass information) | — | |
| Esperanto | distingi(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Estonian | ütlema(to pass information) | — | |
| Finnish | kertoa(to pass information), käskeä(to instruct), määrätä(to instruct), sanoa(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| French | tell(A hill or mound), dire(to pass information), dire(to instruct), se voir(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Georgian | თქმა(to pass information) | tkma | |
| German | erkennen(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), erklären(to instruct), erzählen(to pass information), mitteilen(to pass information), petzen(to inform someone in authority), sagen(to pass information), sagen(to instruct), sagen(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), unterscheiden(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽(to pass information) | spillōn | |
| Greek | καταλαβαίνω(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), λέω(to pass information), λέω(to instruct) | katalavaíno, léo, léo | |
| Hebrew | אָמַר(to pass information), אָמַר(to instruct), הִגִּיד(to pass information), הִגִּיד(to instruct), הבדיל(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), הבין(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | amár, amár, higíd, higíd, hivdíl, hevín | |
| Hindi | कहना(to pass information) | kahnā | |
| Hungarian | elmond(to pass information), megmond(to instruct), megmond(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Icelandic | segja(to pass information) | — | |
| Indonesian | kata(to pass information) | — | |
| Irish | abair le(to pass information), abair le(to instruct) | — | |
| Italian | tell(A hill or mound), dire(to pass information), insegnare(to instruct), notare(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), raccontare(to pass information) | — | |
| Japanese | おっしゃる(to pass information), 分かる(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), 判る(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), 教える(to pass information), 申し上げる(to pass information), 申す(to pass information), 言う(to pass information), 述べる(to pass information) | ossharu, wakaru, wakaru, oshieru, mōshiageru, mōsu, noberu | |
| Javanese | kandha(to pass information) | — | |
| Kambera | paní(to pass information) | — | |
| Kashmiri | بوزناوُن(to pass information), دَپُن(to pass information), وَنُن(to pass information) | bōznāvun, dapun, vanun | |
| Kashubian | rzec(to pass information) | — | |
| Kazakh | айту(to pass information), деу(to pass information) | aitu, deu | |
| Khmer | ថា(to pass information), និយាយ(to pass information) | thaa, niyiəy | |
| Korean | 말씀하다(to pass information), 말하다(to pass information), 알리다(to pass information) | malsseumhada, malhada, allida | |
| Kyrgyz | айтуу(to pass information) | aytuu | |
| Lao | ກ່າວ(to pass information), ບອກ(to pass information) | kāo, bǭk | |
| Latin | tell(A hill or mound), doceo(to instruct), memoro(to pass information), narrō(to pass information) | — | |
| Latvian | stāstīt(to pass information) | — | |
| Lithuanian | pasakyti(to pass information), sakyti(to pass information) | — | |
| Lombard | dì(to pass information) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | wulicowaś(to pass information), wulicyś(to pass information) | — | |
| Macedonian | каже(to pass information), кажува(to pass information), кажува(to instruct), разликува(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | kaže, kažuva, kažuva, razlikuva | |
| Malay | kata(to pass information) | — | |
| Manchu | ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠᠮᠪᡳ(to pass information) | hendumbi | |
| Marathi | सांगणे(to pass information) | sāṅgṇe | |
| Mòcheno | learnen(to instruct) | — | |
| Mongolian | хэлэх(to pass information) | xelex | |
| Nepali | भन्नु(to pass information) | bhannu | |
| Norman | dithe(to pass information), dithe(to instruct) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | gotin(to pass information) | — | |
| Northern Sami | bagadallat(to instruct), muitalit(to pass information), máinnastit(to pass information) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | fortelle(to pass information), si(to pass information) | — | |
| Old English | secgan(to pass information), tōcnāwan(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Pashto | اظهارول(to pass information) | ezhārawᶕl | |
| Persian | گُفْتَن(to pass information) | goftan | |
| Pitcairn-Norfolk | tull(to pass information) | — | |
| Polish | tall(A hill or mound), tell(A hill or mound), mówić(to pass information), powiedzieć(to pass information), rzec(to pass information) | — | |
| Portuguese | tell(A hill or mound), contar(to pass information), dizer(to pass information), dizer(to instruct), dizer(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), mandar(to instruct), notar(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Romanian | spune(to pass information), zice(to pass information) | — | |
| Russian | телль(A hill or mound), говори́ть(to pass information), говори́ть(to instruct), отлича́ть(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), отличи́ть(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), приказа́ть(to instruct), различа́ть(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), различи́ть(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), сказа́ть(to pass information), сказа́ть(to instruct) | tellʹ, govorítʹ, govorítʹ, otličátʹ, otličítʹ, prikazátʹ, različátʹ, različítʹ, skazátʹ, skazátʹ | |
| Sanskrit | गदति(to pass information) | gadati | |
| Scottish Gaelic | innis(to pass information) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | govòriti(to pass information), kázati(to pass information), rȅći(to pass information), гово̀рити(to pass information), ка́зати(to pass information), ре̏ћи(to pass information) | — | |
| Slovak | hovoriť(to pass information), povedať(to pass information), povedať(to instruct), povedať(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish) | — | |
| Slovene | reči(to pass information) | — | |
| Spanish | tell(A hill or mound), contar(to pass information), darse cuenta(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), decir(to pass information), decir(to instruct), devisar(to pass information), notarse(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), noticiar(to pass information), percatar(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), percatarse(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), platicar(to pass information), recontar(to pass information) | — | |
| Swedish | avgöra(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), berätta(to pass information), säga(to pass information), säga(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), säga till(to instruct), säga åt(to instruct), tala om(to pass information), tala om(to instruct) | — | |
| Tagalog | sabihin(to pass information) | — | |
| Tajik | гуфтан(to pass information) | guftan | |
| Tatar | дияргә(to pass information), әйтергә(to pass information) | diyärgä, äytergä | |
| Tày | cạ(to pass information) | — | |
| Thai | กล่าว(to pass information), บอก(to pass information), พูด(to pass information) | glàao, bɔ̀ɔk, pûut | |
| Tocharian B | we(to pass information), āks(to pass information) | — | |
| Turkish | demek(to pass information), söylemek(to pass information) | — | |
| Turkmen | aýtmak(to pass information), diýmek(to pass information) | — | |
| Ukrainian | відрізни́ти(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), відрізня́ти(to discern, notice, identify or distinguish), говори́ти(to pass information), каза́ти(to pass information), розповіда́ти(to pass information), сказа́ти(to pass information) | vidriznýty, vidriznjáty, hovorýty, kazáty, rozpovidáty, skazáty | |
| Urdu | کَہْنا(to pass information) | kahnā | |
| Uyghur | ئېيتماق(to pass information), دېمەك(to pass information) | ëytmaq, dëmek | |
| Uzbek | aytmoq(to pass information), demoq(to pass information), gapirmoq(to pass information) | — | |
| Vietnamese | bảo(to pass information), kể(to pass information), nói(to pass information) | — | |
| West-Frisian | fertelle(to pass information) | — | |
| Yiddish | זאָגן(to pass information) | zogn | |
| Zealandic | vertelle(to pass information) | — | |
| Zhuang | gangj(to pass information) | — |
sê, vertel
rrëfej, them
demək
adonar-se, conèixer, dir, dir, explicar, notar
lawl, leverel
hovořit, říci, říkat
afgøre, afsige, fortælle, instruere, sige, tilsige
instrueren, vertellen, vertellen, zeggen, zeggen
dîr
distingi
ütlema
kertoa, käskeä, määrätä, sanoa
tell, dire, dire, se voir
erkennen, erklären, erzählen, mitteilen, petzen, sagen, sagen, sagen, unterscheiden
elmond, megmond, megmond
segja
kata
abair le, abair le
tell, dire, insegnare, notare, raccontare
おっしゃる, 分かる, 判る, 教える, 申し上げる, 申す, 言う, 述べる
ossharu, wakaru, wakaru, oshieru, mōshiageru, mōsu, noberu
kandha
paní
rzec
tell, doceo, memoro, narrō
stāstīt
pasakyti, sakyti
dì
wulicowaś, wulicyś
kata
learnen
dithe, dithe
gotin
bagadallat, muitalit, máinnastit
fortelle, si
secgan, tōcnāwan
tull
tall, tell, mówić, powiedzieć, rzec
tell, contar, dizer, dizer, dizer, mandar, notar
spune, zice
телль, говори́ть, говори́ть, отлича́ть, отличи́ть, приказа́ть, различа́ть, различи́ть, сказа́ть, сказа́ть
tellʹ, govorítʹ, govorítʹ, otličátʹ, otličítʹ, prikazátʹ, različátʹ, različítʹ, skazátʹ, skazátʹ
innis
govòriti, kázati, rȅći, гово̀рити, ка́зати, ре̏ћи
hovoriť, povedať, povedať, povedať
reči
tell, contar, darse cuenta, decir, decir, devisar, notarse, noticiar, percatar, percatarse, platicar, recontar
avgöra, berätta, säga, säga, säga till, säga åt, tala om, tala om
sabihin
cạ
we, āks
demek, söylemek
aýtmak, diýmek
відрізни́ти, відрізня́ти, говори́ти, каза́ти, розповіда́ти, сказа́ти
vidriznýty, vidriznjáty, hovorýty, kazáty, rozpovidáty, skazáty
aytmoq, demoq, gapirmoq
bảo, kể, nói
fertelle
vertelle
gangj
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.