How to say

Big

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Amharic አማርኛ am

ትልቅ

Ti-LEK

Use 'tilek' to describe size or importance.

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Arabic العربية ar

كبير

Kah-BEER

Use 'kabīr' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender and number.

Bangla বাংলা bn

বড়

Bo-RO

Use 'boro' to describe size or importance.

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Catalan català ca

Gran

Grahn

Use 'gran' to describe size or importance; it changes to 'grans' for plural.

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Czech čeština cs

Velký

VEHL-kee

Use 'velký' to describe size or importance; the ending changes depending on gender and case.

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Danish dansk da

Stor

Stohr

Use 'stor' to describe size or importance; it changes to 'store' for common gender nouns.

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German Deutsch de

Groß

Grohs

Use 'groß' to describe size, age, or importance.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Μεγάλο

Meh-GAH-loh

Use 'megálo' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender and number.

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Spanish Español es

Grande

GRAHN-deh

Use 'grande' to describe the size of objects, animals, or abstract concepts like importance.

Estonian eesti et

Suur

Soor

Use 'suur' to describe size or importance.

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Basque Basque eu

Handi

AHN-dee

Use 'handi' to describe size or importance.

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Persian فارسی fa

بزرگ

Boh-ZORG

Use 'bozorg' to describe size or importance.

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Finnish suomi fi

Suuri

SOO-ree

Use 'suuri' to describe size or importance.

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French Français fr

Grand

Grah(n)

Use 'grand' to describe size, age, or importance; it changes to 'grande' for feminine nouns.

Galician Galician gl

Grande

GRAHN-deh

Use 'grande' to describe size or importance.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

મોટું

Mo-TU

Use 'motu' to describe size or importance.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Babba

BAH-bah

Use 'babba' to describe size or importance.

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Hebrew עברית he

גדול

Gah-DOHL

Use 'gadol' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender and number.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

बड़ा

Buh-DAH

Use 'bada' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender.

Hungarian magyar hu

Nagy

Nohdj

Use 'nagy' to describe size or importance.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Besar

Beh-SAR

Use 'besar' to describe size or importance.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Stór

Stohr

Use 'stór' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender and case.

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Italian Italiano it

Grande

GRAHN-deh

Use 'grande' to describe size, age, or importance.

Japanese 日本語 ja

大きい

Oh-KEE

Use 'ōkii' to describe size; it can also mean 'large' or 'great'.

Korean 한국어 ko

큰

Keun

Use 'keun' to describe size or importance.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Didelis

Dee-DEH-lees

Use 'didelis' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender and case.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Liels

Leels

Use 'liels' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on gender and case.

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Marathi मराठी mr

मोठा

Mo-THA

Use 'motha' to describe size or importance.

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Malay Melayu ms

Besar

Beh-SAR

Use 'besar' to describe size or importance.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Groot

Grote

Use 'groot' to describe size or importance.

Norwegian norsk no

Stor

Stoor

Use 'stor' to describe size or importance; it changes to 'store' for common gender nouns.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਵੱਡਾ

Vuh-DAH

Use 'vadda' to describe size or importance.

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Polish polski pl

Duży

DU-zhy

Use 'duży' to describe size; it changes form depending on the gender of the noun.

Portuguese Português pt

Grande

GRAHN-deh

Use 'grande' to describe size, age, or importance.

Romanian română ro

Mare

MAH-reh

Use 'mare' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on the gender of the noun.

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Russian русский ru

Большой

Bohl-SHOY

Use 'bol'shoy' to describe size or importance; the ending changes depending on gender and case.

Swedish svenska sv

Stor

Stoor

Use 'stor' to describe size or importance; it changes to 'stora' for plural or common gender nouns.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Kubwa

Koo-BWAH

Use 'kubwa' to describe size or importance; it changes form depending on the noun class.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

பெரிய

Pe-RI-ya

Use 'periya' to describe size or importance.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

పెద్ద

PE-dda

Use 'pedda' to describe size or importance.

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Thai ไทย th

ใหญ่

YAI

Use 'yai' to describe size or importance.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Malaki

Ma-LA-kee

Use 'malaki' to describe size or importance.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Büyük

Beu-YUK

Use 'büyük' to describe size or importance.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Великий

Veh-LIH-kyy

Use 'velykyy' to describe size or importance; the ending changes depending on gender and case.

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Urdu اردو ur

بڑا

Buh-RAH

Use 'bara' to describe size or importance.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Lớn

Lurn

Use 'lớn' to describe size or importance.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Tóbi

TOH-bee

Use 'tóbi' to describe size or importance.

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Chinese 中文 zh

大

DAH

Use 'dà' to describe size or importance.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

大

DAI

Use 'daai6' to describe size or importance.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Khulu

Khoo-LOO

Use 'khulu' to describe size or importance.

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