Amharic uses 'metegberiya' but 'app' is also used.
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Arabic uses 'tatbiq' but 'app' is also used.
Bengali speakers commonly use 'app' directly.
Catalan uses 'aplicació' but 'app' is also used.
Czech uses 'aplikace' but 'app' is common.
Danish speakers commonly use 'App' directly.
German speakers commonly use 'App' directly, borrowing the English term.
Greek uses 'efarmogí' but 'app' is also used.
In Spanish, 'aplicación' is the standard term, but 'app' is widely understood and used, especially in informal contexts.
Estonian uses 'rakendus' but 'app' is also used.
Basque uses 'aplikazioa' but 'app' is also used.
Persian uses 'barnāmeh' but 'app' is also used.
Finnish uses 'sovellus' but 'app' is also used.
Like Spanish, 'application' is the correct term, but 'app' is common, especially among younger people.
Galician uses 'aplicación' but 'app' is also used.
Gujarati speakers commonly use 'app' directly.
Hausa uses 'aikace-aikace' but 'app' is also used.
Hebrew uses 'aplikatzia' but 'app' is also used.
Hindi speakers commonly use 'app' directly.
Hungarian uses 'alkalmazás' but 'app' is also used.
Indonesian uses 'aplikasi' but 'app' is also used.
Icelandic uses 'app' but also 'forrit' (program).
While 'applicazione' is the formal term, 'app' is widely used and understood in Italian.
Japanese uses 'apuri' (short for 'application') for 'app'.
Korean uses 'aep' (borrowed from English) for 'app'.
Lithuanian uses 'programėlė' but 'app' is also used.
Latvian uses 'lietotne' but 'app' is also used.
Marathi speakers commonly use 'app' directly.
Malay uses 'aplikasi' but 'app' is also used.
Dutch speakers readily use 'app' directly.
Norwegian speakers commonly use 'App' directly.
Punjabi speakers commonly use 'app' directly.
Polish uses 'aplikacja' but 'app' is very common.
Portuguese speakers often use 'app' directly, especially in Brazil.
Romanian uses 'aplicație' but 'app' is also used.
While 'prilozheniye' is the formal term, 'app' (pronounced 'app' in Russian) is also used.
Swedish speakers commonly use 'App' directly.
Swahili uses 'programu' but 'app' is also used.
Tamil uses 'seyali' but 'app' is also used.
Telugu uses 'anuvarthanam' but 'app' is also used.
Thai uses 'aep' (borrowed from English) for 'app'.
Tagalog uses 'aplikasyon' but 'app' is also used.
Turkish uses 'uygulama' but 'app' is also used.
Ukrainian uses 'dodatok' but 'app' is also used.
Urdu speakers commonly use 'app' directly.
Vietnamese uses 'ung dung' but 'app' is also used.
Yoruba uses 'Àpótí' but 'app' is also used.
Chinese uses 'yingyong chengxu' but 'app' is also used, especially in informal contexts.
Cantonese uses 'yingyung chingsik' but 'app' is also used.
Zulu uses 'uhlelo lokusebenza' but 'app' is also used.