Travel — a word that inspires adventure, connection, and discovery. Whether you’re exploring distant countries, meeting new people, or learning about different cultures, knowing how to say travel in other languages can make your journey more meaningful.
This guide is designed to help travelers, language lovers, and global explorers understand how to express travel across more than 650 languages. Each translation includes pronunciation in simple English and an example sentence, so you can confidently use it anywhere in the world.
How to Say “Travel” in 650 Different Languages
- Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Reis | Pronunciation: rays Example: Ek hou daarvan om te reis na nuwe plekke. (I love to travel to new places.)
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Udhëtoj | Pronunciation: oo-thuh-toy Example: Më pëlqen të udhëtoj nëpër botë.
- Amharic (🇪🇹) – ጉዞ (Guzo) | Pronunciation: goo-zo Example: እወዳለሁ ጉዞ ማድረግ። (I love to travel.)
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – سفر (Safar) | Pronunciation: sah-far Example: أحب أن أسافر حول العالم. (I love to travel around the world.)
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ճամփորդել (Champordel) | Pronunciation: cham-por-del Example: Ես սիրում եմ ճամփորդել։ (I love to travel.)
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ভ্রমণ (Bhramon) | Pronunciation: bhro-mon Example: আমি নতুন স্থানে ভ্রমণ করতে ভালোবাসি।
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Putovati | Pronunciation: poo-to-va-tee Example: Volim putovati svijetom.
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Пътувам (Pŭtuvam) | Pronunciation: puh-too-vam Example: Обичам да пътувам по света.
- Catalan (🇪🇸) – Viatjar | Pronunciation: vee-ah-char Example: M’encanta viatjar arreu del món.
- Chinese (🇨🇳) – 旅行 (Lǚxíng) | Pronunciation: lyoo-shing Example: 我喜欢旅行。 (I like to travel.)
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Rejse | Pronunciation: rye-seh Example: Jeg elsker at rejse.
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Reizen | Pronunciation: rye-zen Example: Ik hou van reizen.
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Matkustaa | Pronunciation: mat-koo-stah Example: Rakastan matkustaa maailmalla.
- French (🇫🇷) – Voyager | Pronunciation: vwah-yah-zhay Example: J’aime voyager à travers le monde.
- German (🇩🇪) – Reisen | Pronunciation: rye-zen Example: Ich liebe es zu reisen.
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ταξιδεύω (Taxidevo) | Pronunciation: tak-see-the-vo Example: Μου αρέσει να ταξιδεύω.
- Haitian Creole (🇭🇹) – Vwayaje | Pronunciation: vwuh-yah-jay Example: Mwen renmen vwayaje nan mond lan.
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לטייל (Letayel) | Pronunciation: leh-tah-yel Example: אני אוהב לטייל בעולם.
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – यात्रा (Yatra) | Pronunciation: ya-tra Example: मुझे यात्रा करना पसंद है।
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Utasni | Pronunciation: oo-tash-nee Example: Szeretek utazni a világban.
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Bepergian | Pronunciation: beh-per-gee-ahn Example: Saya suka bepergian ke tempat baru.
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Viaggiare | Pronunciation: vee-ah-jah-reh Example: Amo viaggiare nel mondo.
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 旅行する (Ryokō suru) | Pronunciation: ryoh-koh soo-roo Example: 旅行するのが大好きです。
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 여행하다 (Yeohaenghada) | Pronunciation: yuh-heng-ha-da Example: 나는 여행하는 것을 좋아해요.
- Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Viajar | Pronunciation: vee-ah-zhar Example: Eu adoro viajar.
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Путешествовать (Puteshestvovat’) | Pronunciation: poo-tye-shest-vo-vat Example: Я люблю путешествовать.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Viajar | Pronunciation: vee-ah-har Example: Me encanta viajar por el mundo.
- Swahili (🇰🇪) – Kusafiri | Pronunciation: koo-sah-fee-ree Example: Napenda kusafiri kote ulimwenguni.
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Seyahat etmek | Pronunciation: seh-yah-hat et-mek Example: Seyahat etmeyi severim.
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Hamba | Pronunciation: ham-bah Example: Ngithanda uku hamba emhlabeni wonke.
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເດີນທາງ (Dern-thaang) | Pronunciation: dern-thaang Example: ຂ້ອຍມັກທີ່ຈະ ເດີນທາງ. (I love to travel.)
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Ceļot | Pronunciation: tse-lyot Example: Man patīk ceļot pa pasauli.
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kelionė | Pronunciation: keh-lyoh-neh Example: Man patinka keliauti po pasaulį.
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Reesen | Pronunciation: ray-zen Example: Ech reese gär. (I love to travel.)
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Патувам (Patuvam) | Pronunciation: pah-too-vam Example: Сакам да патуам низ светот.
- Malay (🇲🇾) – Bepergian | Pronunciation: beh-per-gee-ahn Example: Saya suka bepergian ke negara lain.
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ivvjaġġa | Pronunciation: iv-yah-jah Example: Inħobb ivvjaġġa madwar id-dinja.
- Maori (🇳🇿) – Haere | Pronunciation: high-reh Example: He pai ki ahau te haere.
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – प्रवास (Pravas) | Pronunciation: pra-vaas Example: मला प्रवास करायला आवडते.
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Аялах (Ayalakh) | Pronunciation: ah-yah-lakh Example: Би аялах дуртай.
- Myanmar (🇲🇲) – ခရီးသွား (Khayei thwa) | Pronunciation: kha-yee-thwah Example: ကျွန်တော် ခရီးသွား ချင်တယ်။
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – भ्रमण (Bhraman) | Pronunciation: bhra-man Example: म भ्रमण गर्न मन पराउँछु।
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Reise | Pronunciation: rye-seh Example: Jeg liker å reise.
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – سفر (Safar) | Pronunciation: sah-far Example: زه د نړۍ سفر کول خوښوم.
- Persian/Farsi (🇮🇷) – سفر (Safar) | Pronunciation: sah-far Example: من دوست دارم سفر کنم.
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Podróżować | Pronunciation: po-droo-zhov-atch Example: Lubię podróżować po świecie.
- Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਸਫਰ (Safar) | Pronunciation: sah-far Example: ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਫਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਚੰਗਾ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ।
- Quechua (🇵🇪) – Puriy | Pronunciation: poo-ree Example: Ñuqa munani puriyta.
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Călători | Pronunciation: kuh-luh-to-ree Example: Îmi place să călătoresc.
- Samoan (🇼🇸) – Malaga | Pronunciation: mah-lah-gah Example: Ou te fiafia e malaga.
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Путовати (Putovati) | Pronunciation: poo-to-va-tee Example: Волим да путујем.
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සංචාරය (Sanchāraya) | Pronunciation: san-cha-ray-ya Example: මට සංචාරය කිරීමට ආදරෙයි.
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Cestovať | Pronunciation: ches-to-vat Example: Rád cestujem po svete.
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Potovati | Pronunciation: po-to-va-tee Example: Rad potujem po svetu.
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Safar | Pronunciation: sah-far Example: Waan jeclahay inaan safar sameeyo.
- Sundanese (🇮🇩) – Lalana | Pronunciation: lah-lah-nah Example: Abdi resep lalana ka tempat anyar.
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Resa | Pronunciation: ray-sah Example: Jag älskar att resa.
- Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Maglakbay | Pronunciation: mag-lak-bye Example: Mahilig akong maglakbay.
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பயணம் (Payanam) | Pronunciation: pah-yah-nam Example: எனக்கு பயணம் பிடிக்கும்.
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ప్రయాణం (Prayanam) | Pronunciation: pra-ya-nam Example: నాకు ప్రయాణం చేయడం ఇష్టం.
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เดินทาง (Dern-thaang) | Pronunciation: dern-thaang Example: ฉันชอบ เดินทาง.
- Tibetan (🇨🇳) – ཕྱི་ལོག (Phyi-log) | Pronunciation: chee-log Example: ང་ལོ་འཁོར་བའི་ཕྱི་ལོག་དགོས།
- Tigrinya (🇪🇷) – መጓዓዝ (Meguaz) | Pronunciation: meh-gwahz Example: ኣዝዩ ይፍቱዋ እየ መጓዓዝ።
- Tongan (🇹🇴) – Folau | Pronunciation: fo-lau Example: Oku ou sai keu folau.
- Tswana (🇧🇼) – Tsamaya | Pronunciation: tsa-mah-yah Example: Ke rata go tsamaya.
- Turkmen (🇹🇲) – Syýahat etmek | Pronunciation: see-yah-hat et-mek Example: Men syýahat etmegi gowy görýärin.
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Подорожувати (Podorozhuvaty) | Pronunciation: po-do-ro-zhu-va-ty Example: Я люблю подорожувати.
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – سفر (Safar) | Pronunciation: sah-far Example: مجھے سفر کرنا پسند ہے۔
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sayohat qilish | Pronunciation: sah-yoh-hat ke-leesh Example: Men sayohat qilishni yoqtiraman.
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Du lịch | Pronunciation: zoo lick Example: Tôi thích du lịch.
- Welsh (🏴) – Teithio | Pronunciation: tey-thyo Example: Rwy’n caru teithio.
- Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Hamba | Pronunciation: ham-bah Example: Ndiyathanda uku hamba.
- Yiddish (🇮🇱) – רייזן (Reyzen) | Pronunciation: ray-zen Example: איך ליב רייזן.
- Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Rin ajo | Pronunciation: reen ah-joh Example: Mo nifẹ lati rin ajo.
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Hamba | Pronunciation: ham-bah Example: Ngithanda uku hamba.
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – ធ្វើដំណើរ (Tver damnaer) | Pronunciation: tuh-vuh dam-nair Example: ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្ត ធ្វើដំណើរ។
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ferðast | Pronunciation: fer-thast Example: Ég elska að ferðast.
- Irish (🇮🇪) – Taisteal | Pronunciation: tash-tal Example: Is breá liom taisteal.
- Kinyarwanda (🇷🇼) – Kujya | Pronunciation: koo-jah Example: Nkunda kujya ahandi.
- Kurdish (🇮🇶) – Geşt | Pronunciation: gesht Example: Ez geşt dikim.
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Саяхаттау (Sayakhat-tau) | Pronunciation: sah-yah-khat-tau Example: Мен саяхаттауды ұнатамын.
- Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಪ್ರಯಾಣ (Prayāṇa) | Pronunciation: pra-yaa-na Example: ನನಗೆ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಇಷ್ಟ.
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Bidaia | Pronunciation: bee-die-ah Example: Bidaia egitea gustatzen zait.
- Galician (🇪🇸) – Viaxar | Pronunciation: vee-ah-shar Example: Encántame viaxar polo mundo.
- Hausa (🇳🇬) – Tafiya | Pronunciation: tah-fee-yah Example: Ina son tafiya sosai.
Conclusion
No matter where you go in the world, the word “travel” always carries a spirit of adventure, connection, and discovery.
