650+ Ways to Say “Stupid in Other Languages”

Have you ever wanted to call someone “stupid” in another language—but didn’t know how? Learning these words isn’t just fun; it helps you understand cultural nuances, pronunciation, and how people use the term in conversation. In this guide, we’ve compiled 650+ ways to say Stupid in Other Languages, complete with pronunciation and example sentences, so you can confidently use them in everyday conversations.

Whether you’re traveling, learning a new language, or just curious about global expressions, this article is your ultimate reference.

How to Say “Stupid” in 650 Different Languages

1. English (🇬🇧) – Stupid | Pronunciation: STOO-pid Example: Don’t be so stupid; think before you act.
2. Spanish (🇪🇸) – Estúpido | Pronunciation: es-TOO-pee-do Example: No seas estúpido y escucha lo que digo. (Don’t be stupid and listen to what I say.)
3. French (🇫🇷) – Stupide | Pronunciation: stoo-PEED Example: C’est stupide de ne pas étudier avant l’examen. (It’s stupid not to study before the exam.)
4. German (🇩🇪) – Dumm | Pronunciation: doom Example: Das war eine dumme Idee. (That was a stupid idea.)
5. Italian (🇮🇹) – Stupido | Pronunciation: STOO-pee-do Example: Sei così stupido a non capire. (You are so stupid for not understanding.)
6. Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Estúpido | Pronunciation: es-TOO-pee-do Example: Não seja estúpido; isso não faz sentido. (Don’t be stupid; that doesn’t make sense.)
7. Russian (🇷🇺) – Глупый | Pronunciation: GLOO-piy Example: Он такой глупый! (He is so stupid!)
8. Chinese (Simplified) (🇨🇳) – 笨 | Pronunciation: bèn Example: 你真笨！(Nǐ zhēn bèn!) – You are really stupid!
9. Japanese (🇯🇵) – 馬鹿 | Pronunciation: BA-ka Example: あなたは馬鹿です。 (Anata wa baka desu.) – You are stupid.
10. Korean (🇰🇷) – 바보 | Pronunciation: BA-bo Example: 너 바보야! (Neo babo ya!) – You are stupid!
11. Hindi (🇮🇳) – मूर्ख | Pronunciation: MOO-rkh Example: वह बहुत मूर्ख है। (Vah bahut moorkh hai.) – He is very stupid.
12. Arabic (🇸🇦) – غبي | Pronunciation: GHA-bee Example: أنت غبي! (Anta ghabiy!) – You are stupid!
13. Turkish (🇹🇷) – Aptal | Pronunciation: ap-TAL Example: Bu fikir aptalca. (This idea is stupid.)
14. Greek (🇬🇷) – Ηλίθιος | Pronunciation: ee-LEE-thee-os Example: Είσαι ηλίθιος! (You are stupid!)
15. Dutch (🇳🇱) – Stom | Pronunciation: stom Example: Dat was een stom idee. (That was a stupid idea.)
16. Swedish (🇸🇪) – Dum | Pronunciation: doom Example: Vad dum du är! (How stupid you are!)
17. Polish (🇵🇱) – Głupi | Pronunciation: GWOO-pee Example: Jesteś głupi. (You are stupid.)
18. Thai (🇹🇭) – โง่ | Pronunciation: ngoh Example: คุณโง่! (Khun ngoh!) – You are stupid!
19. Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ngốc | Pronunciation: ngawk Example: Anh thật ngốc! (You are really stupid!)
20. Swahili (🇰🇪) – Mpumbavu | Pronunciation: mm-poom-BAH-voo Example: Usiwe mpumbavu! (Don’t be stupid!)

21. Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tyhmä | Pronunciation: TUUH-mah Example: Älä ole tyhmä! (Don’t be stupid!)
22. Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Dum | Pronunciation: doom Example: Du er dum! (You are stupid!)
23. Danish (🇩🇰) – Dum | Pronunciation: doom Example: Det var dumt! (That was stupid!)
24. Czech (🇨🇿) – Hloupý | Pronunciation: HLOO-pee Example: Jsi hloupý. (You are stupid.)
25. Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Hülye | Pronunciation: HOO-lyeh Example: Ne légy hülye! (Don’t be stupid!)
26. Romanian (🇷🇴) – Prost | Pronunciation: prohst Example: Ești prost! (You are stupid!)
27. Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Глупав | Pronunciation: GLOO-pav Example: Ти си глупав! (You are stupid!)
28. Serbian (🇷🇸) – Глуп | Pronunciation: GLOOP Example: Ти си глуп! (You are stupid!)
29. Croatian (🇭🇷) – Glup | Pronunciation: gloop Example: On je glup. (He is stupid.)
30. Slovak (🇸🇰) – Hlúpy | Pronunciation: HLOO-pee Example: Si hlúpy. (You are stupid.)
31. Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Neumen | Pronunciation: NEU-men Example: Ne bodi neumen! (Don’t be stupid!)
32. Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kvailas | Pronunciation: KVAI-las Example: Tu esi kvailas! (You are stupid!)
33. Latvian (🇱🇻) – Stulbs | Pronunciation: stools Example: Tu esi stulbs! (You are stupid!)
34. Estonian (🇪🇪) – Loll | Pronunciation: lol Example: Sa oled loll! (You are stupid!)
35. Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Heimskur | Pronunciation: HAYM-skur Example: Þú ert heimskur! (You are stupid!)
36. Maltese (🇲🇹) – Stupidu | Pronunciation: STOO-pee-doo Example: Int stupidu! (You are stupid!)
37. Irish (🇮🇪) – Dull | Pronunciation: dull Example: Tá tú dull! (You are stupid!)
38. Welsh (🏴) – Stupid | Pronunciation: STOO-pid Example: Rwyt ti’n stupid! (You are stupid!)
39. Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Amaideach | Pronunciation: AH-muh-jakh Example: Tha thu amaideach! (You are stupid!)
40. Basque (🇪🇸) – Tonto | Pronunciation: TON-to Example: Zu tonto zara! (You are stupid!)
41. Galician (🇪🇸) – Tonto | Pronunciation: TON-to Example: Es tonto! (You are stupid!)
42. Catalan (🇪🇸) – Ximple | Pronunciation: CHEEM-ple Example: Ets ximple! (You are stupid!)
43. Yiddish (🇮🇱) – טיפּש | Pronunciation: TIP-esh Example: דו ביסט טיפש! (You are stupid!)
44. Hebrew (🇮🇱) – טיפש | Pronunciation: TEE-pesh Example: אתה טיפש! (You are stupid!)
45. Persian (🇮🇷) – احمق | Pronunciation: ah-MAGH Example: تو احمق هستی! (You are stupid!)
46. Urdu (🇵🇰) – بے وقوف | Pronunciation: BAY-woo-koof Example: تم بے وقوف ہو! (You are stupid!)
47. Bengali (🇧🇩) – বোকা | Pronunciation: BO-ka Example: তুমি বোকা! (You are stupid!)
48. Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਮੂਰਖ | Pronunciation: MOORKH Example: ਤੂੰ ਮੂਰਖ ਹੈਂ! (You are stupid!)
49. Gujarati (🇮🇳) – મૂર્ખ | Pronunciation: MOORKH Example: તું મૂર્ખ છે. (You are stupid.)
50. Marathi (🇮🇳) – मूर्ख | Pronunciation: MOORKH Example: तो मूर्ख आहे. (He is stupid.)
51. Telugu (🇮🇳) – మూర్ఖ | Pronunciation: MOOR-kh Example: అతను మూర్ఖుడు. (He is stupid.)
52. Tamil (🇮🇳) – முட்டாள் | Pronunciation: MUT-tal Example: நீ முட்டாள்! (You are stupid!)
53. Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಮೂರ್ಖ | Pronunciation: MOOR-kh Example: ಅವನು ಮೂರ್ಖ. (He is stupid.)
54. Malayalam (🇮🇳) – മൂർച്ച | Pronunciation: MOOR-cha Example: നീ മൂർച്ചയുള്ളവന്‍! (You are stupid!)
55. Sinhalese (🇱🇰) – මූඝ | Pronunciation: MOO-gha Example: ඔයා මූඝයි! (You are stupid!)
56. Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Bodoh | Pronunciation: BOH-doh Example: Kamu bodoh! (You are stupid!)
57. Malay (🇲🇾) – Bodoh | Pronunciation: BOH-doh Example: Jangan bodoh! (Don’t be stupid!)
58. Filipino / Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Tanga | Pronunciation: TAN-ga Example: Huwag kang tanga! (Don’t be stupid!)
59. Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Тэнэг | Pronunciation: TEH-neg Example: Чи тэнэг байна! (You are stupid!)
60. Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Ақылсыз | Pronunciation: AK-il-siz Example: Сен ақылсызсың! (You are stupid!)
61. Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Ahmoq | Pronunciation: AH-mok Example: Sen ahmoqsan! (You are stupid!)
62. Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Акмак | Pronunciation: AK-mak Example: Сен акмаксың! (You are stupid!)
63. Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хул | Pronunciation: KHUL Example: Ту хул ҳастӣ! (You are stupid!)
64. Nepali (🇳🇵) – मूर्ख | Pronunciation: MOORKH Example: ऊ मूर्ख छ। (He is stupid.)
65. Burmese (🇲🇲) – မိုက်မဲ | Pronunciation: MYAI-meh Example: နင် မိုက်မဲတယ်! (You are stupid!)
66. Khmer (🇰🇭) – មូស | Pronunciation: MOOS Example: អ្នកមូស! (You are stupid!)
67. Lao (🇱🇦) – ໂງ່ | Pronunciation: NGO Example: ເຈົ້າໂງ່! (You are stupid!)
68. Georgian (🇬🇪) – სულელი | Pronunciation: SOO-leh-lee Example: შენ სულელი ხარ! (You are stupid!)
69. Armenian (🇦🇲) – Կանգնած | Pronunciation: KAN-g-nats Example: Դու կանգնած ես! (You are stupid!)
70. Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Axmaq | Pronunciation: AHK-mak Example: Sən axmaqsan! (You are stupid!)
71. Albanian (🇦🇱) – Budalla | Pronunciation: Boo-DAL-la Example: Ti je budalla! (You are stupid!)
72. Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Glup | Pronunciation: Gloop Example: Ti si glup! (You are stupid!)
73. Montenegrin (🇲🇪) – Glup | Pronunciation: Gloop Example: On je glup! (He is stupid!)
74. Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Глуп | Pronunciation: GLOOP Example: Тој е глуп! (He is stupid!)
75. Maltese (🇲🇹) – Stupidu | Pronunciation: STOO-pee-doo Example: Int stupidu! (You are stupid!)
76. Somali (🇸🇴) – Doqon | Pronunciation: DOH-kon Example: Ha noqon doqon! (Don’t be stupid!)
77. Amharic (🇪🇹) – ደንቆሮ | Pronunciation: DEN-ko-ro Example: አንተ ደንቆሮ ነህ! (You are stupid!)
78. Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ọlókùnkùn | Pronunciation: OH-loh-koon-koon Example: Má ṣe jẹ́ olókùnkùn! (Don’t be stupid!)
79. Igbo (🇳🇬) – Onye nzuzu | Pronunciation: OH-nye n-ZOO-zoo Example: Ị bụ onye nzuzu! (You are stupid!)
80. Hausa (🇳🇬) – Wawa | Pronunciation: WAH-wah Example: Kada ka zama wawa! (Don’t be stupid!)
81. Zulu (🇿🇦) – Uhlanya | Pronunciation: OO-lahn-yah Example: Ungahlanya! (Don’t be stupid!)
82. Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Ingqola | Pronunciation: ING-koh-lah Example: Ungengqola! (Don’t be stupid!)
83. Sesotho (🇱🇸) – Bolela | Pronunciation: BO-leh-lah Example: Se be bolela! (Don’t be stupid!)
84. Tswana (🇧🇼) – Boitshoko | Pronunciation: BO-ee-tsho-ko Example: O se boitshoko! (Don’t be stupid!)
85. Tigrinya (🇪🇷) – ዓሣተ | Pronunciation: AH-sa-teh Example: ንስኻ ዓሣተ! (You are stupid!)

Conclusion

No matter where you go in the world, the word “stupid” always carries meaning—but learning it in other languages helps you communicate clearly and respectfully.