Lost in Translation? Words Across Languages | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Name the languages in the correct order: Friday / Divendres / Sexta-feira / Freitag / Föstudag

English / Catalan / Portuguese / German / Icelandic

English / Portuguese / German / Catalan / Icelandic

Icelandic / English / Catalan / Portuguese / German

таксі: What does this Ukrainian word mean? Is it very similar in multiple languages?

taxi - yes

taxi - no

car ride - yes

car ride - no

"Actual" means ________ in English.

real

at the present moment

'Lemon' is a word that is similar in various languages. Which language is it originally from?

Arabic

Sanskrit

Urdu

What do we call this insect in English?

Mosquito

Little fly

Mousse Quito

Mosskeeto

What country is the name for this kind of dance from? (Bonus point: how do you pronounce it, in English?)

France

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Where does the name for this sauce originate from?

China

France

Germany

Italy

Where is the word "karaoke" originally from?

Japan

Korea

China

Malaysia

"Banana" is a word that sounds very similar in many languages. Where is it originally from?

Senegal and the Gambia

Nigeria and Cameroon

Scotland and Ireland

Minionia and Cartonia

"Xocolatl" is a word from a dead ______ language.

Aztec

Mayan

Atlantic

Swiss

"Dollar" describes currency in many countries. Where is the word from?

The Czech Republic (Bohemia) in the XVI century

Ancient Rome

Ancient Egypt

According to psycholinguists, there is only one word in existence that's the same in every language, and that word is _____.

huh

haha

no

final

How much of the English language originates from Latin?

30%

10%

50%

70%

Which language does the word "penguin" come from?

Welsh

Portuguese

Spanish

Icelandic