“Bad” in 46 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 46 of 46 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• CatalandolentFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchmauvaisFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianmaloFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItaliancattivoFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinmalusFrom Wiktionary▶
• PortugueseruimFrom Wiktionary▶
• RomanianrăuFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishmaloFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• BulgarianлошlošFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianlošFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechšpatnýFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishzłyFrom Wiktionary▶
• Russianплохо́йplokhoyMatches Wiktionary▶
• SlovakzlýFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianslàbFrom Wiktionary▶
• Ukrainianпога́нийpohányjFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishdårligFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchslechtFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanschlechtFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishdåligFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• BengaliখারাপkharapFrom Wiktionary▶
• HindiबुराburāFrom Wiktionary▶
• PersianبدbadFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduبراburāFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinomaliFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianburukFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalayburukFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanipisFrom Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzжаманjamanFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishkötüFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianhalbFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishhuonoFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungarianrosszFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatviansliktsFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuanianblogasFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicسَيِّئsayyiʔFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewרַעrāʿFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• Albaniani keqFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasquegaizkiFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishdonaFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese坏huàiFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantomalbonaFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese悪いwaruiFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean나쁘다nappeudaFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiแย่yɛ̂ɛFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnamesexấuFrom Wiktionary▶