Want
//wɒnt//
Translations of "want" (173 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wil(to desire) | — | |
| Albanian | dua(to desire) | — | |
| Amharic | መፈለግ(to desire) | mäfäläg | |
| Ancient Greek | βούλομαι(to desire), ἐθέλω(to desire) | boúlomai, ethélō | |
| Arabic | أَرَادَ(to desire), بد(to desire), بغى(to desire), بِغي(to desire), حب(to desire), حب(to desire), رَغِبَ(to desire), شَاءَ(to desire), عايز(to desire) | ʔarāda, bidd, bḡa, biḡi, ḥabb, ḥabb, raḡiba, šāʔa, ʕāyez | |
| Aragonese | querer(to desire), voler(to desire) | — | |
| Archi | кьан(to desire) | kˡʼan | |
| Armenian | կարիք(lack (of)), կարիք(poverty — see also poverty), պակաս(lack (of)), ուզել(to desire), ուզենալ(to desire) | karikʻ, karikʻ, pakas, uzel, uzenal | |
| Aromanian | voi(to desire) | — | |
| Asturian | querer(to desire) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | istəmək(to desire) | — | |
| Bakhtiari | خواستن(to desire) | xâsten | |
| Basque | nahi izan(to desire) | — | |
| Belarusian | жада́ць(to desire), захаце́ць(to desire), пажада́ць(to desire), хаце́ць(to desire) | žadácʹ, zaxacjécʹ, pažadácʹ, xacjécʹ | |
| Bengali | ইচ্ছা(desire, wish, longing), চাওয়া(to desire) | iccha, caōẇa | |
| Bislama | wantem(to desire) | — | |
| Breton | fellout(to desire) | — | |
| Bulgarian | бе́дност(poverty — see also poverty), желание(desire, wish, longing), липса(lack (of)), лишение(poverty — see also poverty), недостиг(lack (of)), нужда(desire, wish, longing), жела́я(to desire), и́скам(to desire) | bédnost, želanie, lipsa, lišenie, nedostig, nužda, želája, ískam | |
| Burmese | ချင်(to desire), လို(to desire), လိုချင်(to desire), အလို(to desire) | hkyang, lui, luihkyang, a.lui | |
| Carpathian Rusyn | хотї́ти(to desire) | xotjíty | |
| Catalan | desig(desire, wish, longing), voler(to desire) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | خواستن(to desire) | xwastin | |
| Chadian Arabic | دور(to desire) | dawwar | |
| Chechen | еза(to desire), лаа(to desire) | jeza, laa | |
| Cheyenne | ho'ahe(to desire) | — | |
| Chinese | щён(to desire), ё(to desire), 想欲(to desire), 愛 /爱(to desire), 欲(to desire) | xi͡on, i͡o, siūⁿ-beh, ài, beh | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 想(to desire), 想要(to desire), 愛 /爱(to desire), 要(to desire) | soeng², soeng² jiu³, oi³, jiu³ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 想(to desire), 想要(to desire), 要(to desire), 需要(to desire), 願意 /愿意(to desire) | xiǎng, xiǎngyào, yào, xūyào, yuànyi | |
| Church Slavic | хотѣти(to desire), ⱈⱁⱅⱑⱅⰻ(to desire) | xotěti, xotěti | |
| Classical Nahuatl | nequi(to desire) | — | |
| Corsican | vulè(to desire) | — | |
| Czech | chtít(to desire) | — | |
| Dalmatian | blaire(to desire) | — | |
| Danish | behov(poverty — see also poverty), brist(lack (of)), ønske(desire, wish, longing), kræve(to desire), ville(to desire) | — | |
| Dari | خَواسْتَن(to desire) | xāstan | |
| Dutch | behoefte(desire, wish, longing), tekort(lack (of)), willen(to desire) | — | |
| Eastern Min Chinese | 欲(to desire) | buóh | |
| Esperanto | deziri(to desire), voli(to desire) | — | |
| Estonian | soovima(to desire), tahtma(to desire) | — | |
| Fijian | vinakata(to desire) | — | |
| Finnish | halu(desire, wish, longing), kaipuu(desire, wish, longing), köyhyys(poverty — see also poverty), puute(lack (of)), haluta(to desire), tahtoa(to desire) | — | |
| French | besoin(desire, wish, longing), désir(desire, wish, longing), manque(lack (of)), misère(poverty — see also poverty), pauvreté(poverty — see also poverty), vouloir(to desire) | — | |
| Friulian | volê(to desire) | — | |
| Galician | desexo(desire, wish, longing), vontade(desire, wish, longing), querer(to desire) | — | |
| Gamilaraay | nginda(to desire) | — | |
| Georgian | სურვილი(to desire) | survili | |
| German | Mangel(lack (of)), Not(desire, wish, longing), Not(poverty — see also poverty), wollen(to desire) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰(lack (of)), 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽(to desire) | þarba, wiljan | |
| Greek | θέλω(to desire) | thélo | |
| Gujarati | જોઈવું(to desire) | joīvũ | |
| Haitian Creole | vle(to desire) | — | |
| Hakka Chinese | 想愛 /想爱(to desire), 愛 /爱(to desire) | sióng-oi, oi | |
| Hawaiian | makemake(to desire) | — | |
| Hebrew | חָפֵץ(to desire), רָצָה(to desire) | ẖafétz, ratsá | |
| Hindi | आशा(desire, wish, longing), इच्छा(desire, wish, longing), कामना(desire, wish, longing), ग़रीबी(poverty — see also poverty), चाह(desire, wish, longing), तंगी(poverty — see also poverty), नियाज(lack (of)), इच्छा(to desire), चाहना(to desire) | āśā, icchā, kāmnā, ġarībī, cāh, taṅgī, niyāj, icchā, cāhnā | |
| Hungarian | akar(to desire) | — | |
| Icelandic | vilja(to desire) | — | |
| Ido | dezirar(to desire), volar(to desire) | — | |
| Indonesian | hendak(to desire), mau(to desire), menginginkan(to desire) | — | |
| Ingrian | halu(desire, wish, longing), himo(desire, wish, longing), iso(desire, wish, longing), ohvotta(desire, wish, longing), haluta(to desire), himottaa(to desire), ohvottaissa(to desire), tahtoa(to desire) | — | |
| Interlingua | voler(to desire) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | خواسْتَن(to desire) | xâstan | |
| Irish | ar an gcaolchuid(poverty — see also poverty), ceal(lack (of)), díothacht(poverty — see also poverty), bheith ag iarraidh(to desire) | — | |
| Italian | mancanza(lack (of)), miseria(poverty — see also poverty), povertà(poverty — see also poverty), voglia(desire, wish, longing), volere(desire, wish, longing), volere(to desire) | — | |
| Japanese | 望む(to desire), 欲しい(to desire), 欲する(to desire) | nozomu, hoshii, hossuru | |
| Kabyle | bɣu(to desire) | — | |
| Kaitag | бикка́ра(to desire) | bikkára | |
| Kansa | góⁿya(to desire) | — | |
| Kashubian | chcec(to desire) | — | |
| Kazakh | келу(to desire), тілеу(to desire), қалау(to desire) | kelu, tıleu, qalau | |
| Khmer | ចង់(to desire) | cɑng | |
| Korean | 고 싶다(to desire), 바라다(to desire), 빌다(to desire), 싶다(to desire), 원하다(to desire) | -go sipda, barada, bilda, sipda, wonhada | |
| Kyrgyz | каалоо(to desire), келүү(to desire) | kaaloo, kelüü | |
| Ladin | volei(to desire), voler(to desire) | — | |
| Lao | ຕ້ອງການ(to desire), ຢາກ(to desire), ເອົາ(to desire) | tǭng kān, yāk, ē ʼ | |
| Latin | inopia(lack (of)), volō(to desire) | — | |
| Latvian | gribēt(to desire), vēlēties(to desire) | — | |
| Lezgi | кӏан хьун(to desire) | ḳan xun | |
| Ligurian | voéi(to desire) | — | |
| Lithuanian | norė́ti(to desire) | — | |
| Lombard | vorè(to desire) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | kśěś(to desire) | — | |
| Lü | ᦀᧁ(to desire), ᦊᦱᧅ(to desire), ᦎᦸᧂᧉᦂᦱᧃ(to desire) | ˙ʼaw, ẏaak, ṫoang²k̇aan | |
| Macedonian | са́ка(to desire) | sáka | |
| Malay | kemahuan(desire, wish, longing), hendak(to desire), ingin(to desire), mahu(to desire) | — | |
| Malayalam | ആഗ്രഹം(desire, wish, longing), ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക(to desire) | āgrahaṁ, āgrahikkuka | |
| Maltese | ried(to desire) | — | |
| Maore Comorian | utsaha(to desire) | — | |
| Māori | hiahia(to desire) | — | |
| Maranao | ngena(to desire) | — | |
| Mauritian Creole | oule(to desire) | — | |
| Megleno-Romanian | voi(to desire) | — | |
| Middle English | willen(to desire) | — | |
| Mongolian | дурлах(to desire) | durlax | |
| Nahuatl | nequi(to desire) | — | |
| Neapolitan | vulè(to desire) | — | |
| Nepali | चाहनु(to desire) | cāhanu | |
| Norman | vouler(to desire) | — | |
| North Frisian | wel(to desire) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | viyan(to desire), xwestin(to desire) | — | |
| Northern Thai | ᨲᩬ᩶ᨦᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ(to desire), ᩀᩣ᩠ᨠ(to desire), ᩐᩣ(to desire) | — | |
| Norwegian | behov(poverty — see also poverty), mangel(lack (of)) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ville(to desire), ønske(to desire) | — | |
| Nǀuu | ǂao(to desire), ǂau(to desire), ǂxaqake(to desire) | — | |
| Occitan | voler(to desire) | — | |
| Odia | ଚାହିବା(to desire) | cāhibā | |
| Old East Slavic | хотѣти(to desire) | xotěti | |
| Old English | willan(to desire) | — | |
| Old Frisian | willa(to desire) | — | |
| Old Irish | ad·cobra(to desire) | — | |
| Old Saxon | willian(to desire) | — | |
| Old Tupi | potar(to desire) | — | |
| Oromo | barbaaduu(to desire), fedhuu(to desire) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | نقصان(lack (of)), یوقسوللق(poverty — see also poverty), استمك(to desire) | noksan, yoksulluk, istemek | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | глєдац(to desire), жадац(to desire), сцец(to desire) | hljedac, žadac, scec | |
| Pashto | غوښتل(to desire) | ǧox̌tël | |
| Persian | آرزو(desire, wish, longing), بینوایی(poverty — see also poverty), تنگدستی(poverty — see also poverty), خواست(desire, wish, longing), نیاز(lack (of)), خْوَاسْتَن(to desire) | ârezu, binavâyi, tangdasti, xâst, niyâz, xwāstan | |
| Piedmontese | vorej(to desire) | — | |
| Pipil | neki(to desire) | — | |
| Polish | chcieć(to desire), życzyć(to desire) | — | |
| Portuguese | afã(desire, wish, longing), falta(lack (of)), pobreza(poverty — see also poverty), vontade(desire, wish, longing), desejar(to desire), querer(to desire) | — | |
| Quechua | munay(to desire) | — | |
| Romagnol | vlér(to desire) | — | |
| Romani | kamel(to desire) | — | |
| Romanian | lipsă (de)(lack (of)), vrea(to desire) | — | |
| Romansch | leir(to desire), ler(to desire), vulair(to desire), vuleir(to desire), vuler(to desire) | — | |
| Russian | бе́дность(poverty — see also poverty), жела́ние(desire, wish, longing), недоста́ток(lack (of)), нищета́(poverty — see also poverty), нужда́(desire, wish, longing), нужда́(poverty — see also poverty), отсу́тствие(lack (of)), потре́бность(desire, wish, longing), ску́дность(poverty — see also poverty), жела́ть(to desire), захоте́ть(to desire), пожела́ть(to desire), хоте́ть(to desire) | bédnostʹ, želánije, nedostátok, niščetá, nuždá, nuždá, otsútstvije, potrébnostʹ, skúdnostʹ, želátʹ, zaxotétʹ, poželátʹ, xotétʹ | |
| Sanskrit | इच्छति(to desire), वष्टि(to desire) | icchati, vaṣṭi | |
| Sardinian | apèddiu(desire, wish, longing), bolli(to desire), bòlere(to desire), bòliri(to desire), bòlliri(to desire), chèrrere(to desire), chèrri(to desire) | — | |
| Scots | puirtith(poverty — see also poverty) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | cion(lack (of)), easbhaidh(lack (of)), gainne(lack (of)), gainnead(lack (of)), iarr(to desire) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | htjȅti(to desire), htȅti(to desire), хте̏ти(to desire), хтје̏ти(to desire) | — | |
| Sicilian | vuliri(to desire) | — | |
| Sinhalese | අඩුව පවතිනවා(to desire) | aḍuwa pawatinawā | |
| Slovak | chcieť(to desire) | — | |
| Slovene | pomanjkanje(lack (of)), hoteti(to desire) | — | |
| Sotho | batla(to desire) | — | |
| Southern Altai | тилеер(to desire) | tileer | |
| Spanish | afán(desire, wish, longing), anhelo(desire, wish, longing), deseo(desire, wish, longing), egestad(poverty — see also poverty), falta(lack (of)), desear(to desire), querer(to desire) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | wani(to desire) | — | |
| Sudanese Arabic | داير(to desire) | dāyir | |
| Swahili | taka(to desire) | — | |
| Swedish | brist(lack (of)), vilja(to desire) | — | |
| Tagalog | gusto(desire, wish, longing), ibig(desire, wish, longing), kagustuhan(desire, wish, longing), nais(desire, wish, longing), magustohan(to desire) | — | |
| Tajik | хостан(to desire) | xostan | |
| Tamil | வேண்டு(to desire) | vēṇṭu | |
| Tatar | теләргә(to desire) | telärgä | |
| Tày | ái(to desire) | — | |
| Telugu | కోరిక(lack (of)), వాంఛ(lack (of)), కోరుకొను(to desire), వాంఛించు(to desire) | kōrika, vāñcha, kōrukonu, vāñchiñcu | |
| Thai | ต้องการ(to desire), อยาก(to desire), เอา(to desire) | dtɔ̂ng-gaan, yàak, ao | |
| Tibetan | དགོས(to desire), འཁོ(to desire), འཁོ་བ(to desire), འདོད(to desire), འཚལ་བ(to desire) | dgos, 'kho, 'kho ba, 'dod, 'tshal ba | |
| Tocharian B | kulyp(to desire) | — | |
| Turkish | istek(desire, wish, longing), istemek(to desire) | — | |
| Turkmen | gereklemek(to desire), islemek(to desire) | — | |
| Tuvan | күзээр(to desire) | küzeer | |
| Ukrainian | бажа́ти(to desire), хоті́ти(to desire) | bažáty, xotíty | |
| Upper Sorbian | chcyć(to desire), zechcyć(to desire) | — | |
| Urdu | چاہْنا(to desire) | cāhnā | |
| Uyghur | ئىستىمەك(to desire), خالىماق(to desire) | istimek, xalimaq | |
| Uzbek | istamoq(to desire), xohlamoq(to desire) | — | |
| Venetan | voler(to desire), vołer(to desire) | — | |
| Vietnamese | cần(to desire), muốn(to desire) | — | |
| Volapük | vilön(to desire) | — | |
| Walloon | voleur(to desire) | — | |
| Welsh | bod am(to desire), bod eisiau(to desire) | — | |
| West-Frisian | wolle(to desire) | — | |
| Yaghnobi | хоҳак(to desire) | xohak | |
| Yemeni Arabic | يِشْتِي(to desire) | yištī | |
| Yiddish | וועלן(to desire) | veln | |
| Yoruba | fẹ́(to desire) | — | |
| Yucatec Maya | k'áat(to desire) | — | |
| Zazaki | waştene (diq)(to desire) | — | |
| Zhuang | aeu(to desire) | — |
wil
dua
أَرَادَ, بد, بغى, بِغي, حب, حب, رَغِبَ, شَاءَ, عايز
ʔarāda, bidd, bḡa, biḡi, ḥabb, ḥabb, raḡiba, šāʔa, ʕāyez
querer, voler
voi
querer
istəmək
nahi izan
wantem
fellout
бе́дност, желание, липса, лишение, недостиг, нужда, жела́я, и́скам
bédnost, želanie, lipsa, lišenie, nedostig, nužda, želája, ískam
desig, voler
ho'ahe
nequi
vulè
chtít
blaire
behov, brist, ønske, kræve, ville
behoefte, tekort, willen
deziri, voli
soovima, tahtma
vinakata
halu, kaipuu, köyhyys, puute, haluta, tahtoa
besoin, désir, manque, misère, pauvreté, vouloir
volê
desexo, vontade, querer
nginda
Mangel, Not, Not, wollen
makemake
आशा, इच्छा, कामना, ग़रीबी, चाह, तंगी, नियाज, इच्छा, चाहना
āśā, icchā, kāmnā, ġarībī, cāh, taṅgī, niyāj, icchā, cāhnā
akar
vilja
dezirar, volar
hendak, mau, menginginkan
halu, himo, iso, ohvotta, haluta, himottaa, ohvottaissa, tahtoa
voler
ar an gcaolchuid, ceal, díothacht, bheith ag iarraidh
mancanza, miseria, povertà, voglia, volere, volere
bɣu
góⁿya
chcec
volei, voler
inopia, volō
gribēt, vēlēties
voéi
norė́ti
vorè
kśěś
kemahuan, hendak, ingin, mahu
ried
utsaha
hiahia
ngena
oule
willen
nequi
vulè
vouler
viyan, xwestin
ᨲᩬ᩶ᨦᨠᩣ᩠ᩁ, ᩀᩣ᩠ᨠ, ᩐᩣ
behov, mangel
ville, ønske
ǂao, ǂau, ǂxaqake
voler
willan
willa
ad·cobra
willian
potar
barbaaduu, fedhuu
آرزو, بینوایی, تنگدستی, خواست, نیاز, خْوَاسْتَن
ârezu, binavâyi, tangdasti, xâst, niyâz, xwāstan
vorej
neki
chcieć, życzyć
afã, falta, pobreza, vontade, desejar, querer
munay
vlér
kamel
lipsă (de), vrea
leir, ler, vulair, vuleir, vuler
бе́дность, жела́ние, недоста́ток, нищета́, нужда́, нужда́, отсу́тствие, потре́бность, ску́дность, жела́ть, захоте́ть, пожела́ть, хоте́ть
bédnostʹ, želánije, nedostátok, niščetá, nuždá, nuždá, otsútstvije, potrébnostʹ, skúdnostʹ, želátʹ, zaxotétʹ, poželátʹ, xotétʹ
apèddiu, bolli, bòlere, bòliri, bòlliri, chèrrere, chèrri
puirtith
cion, easbhaidh, gainne, gainnead, iarr
htjȅti, htȅti, хте̏ти, хтје̏ти
vuliri
chcieť
pomanjkanje, hoteti
batla
afán, anhelo, deseo, egestad, falta, desear, querer
wani
taka
brist, vilja
gusto, ibig, kagustuhan, nais, magustohan
ái
kulyp
istek, istemek
gereklemek, islemek
chcyć, zechcyć
istamoq, xohlamoq
voler, vołer
cần, muốn
vilön
voleur
bod am, bod eisiau
wolle
fẹ́
k'áat
waştene (diq)
aeu
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