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Lost in Translation? Words Across Languages
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What do we call this insect in English?
Mosquito
Little fly
Mosskeeto
Mousse Quito
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"Xocolatl" is a word from a dead ______ language.
Aztec
Swiss
Mayan
Atlantic
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'Lemon' is a word that is similar in various languages. Which language is it originally from?
Sanskrit
Urdu
Arabic
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Where does the name for this sauce originate from?
China
Italy
France
Germany
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According to psycholinguists, there is only one word in existence that's the same in every language, and that word is _____.
no
final
huh
haha
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"Banana" is a word that sounds very similar in many languages. Where is it originally from?
Nigeria and Cameroon
Minionia and Cartonia
Scotland and Ireland
Senegal and the Gambia
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"Dollar" describes currency in many countries. Where is the word from?
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Rome
The Czech Republic (Bohemia) in the XVI century
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"Actual" means ________ in English.
at the present moment
real
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Where is the word "karaoke" originally from?
Japan
Malaysia
Korea
China
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Which language does the word "penguin" come from?
Spanish
Welsh
Portuguese
Icelandic
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What country is the name for this kind of dance from? (Bonus point: how do you pronounce it, in English?)
Spain
France
Italy
Portugal
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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
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таксі: What does this Ukrainian word mean? Is it very similar in multiple languages?
taxi - yes
car ride - yes
car ride - no
taxi - no
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How much of the English language originates from Latin?
70%
50%
30%
10%
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