“Backwards” in 38 languages

How do you say “backwards” in other languages? Here is “backwards” translated into 38 languages, with a link to example sentences for each one.

LanguageTranslationUsage examples
French en arrière Backwards in French
Hindi पीछे की ओर Backwards in Hindi
Arabic الى الوراء Backwards in Arabic
Korean 뒤로 Backwards in Korean
German rückwärts Backwards in German
Spanish hacia atrás Backwards in Spanish
Portuguese para trás Backwards in Portuguese
Italian indietro Backwards in Italian
Russian назад Backwards in Russian
Japanese 後方に Backwards in Japanese
Chinese 向后 Backwards in Chinese
Polish-language Wstecz Backwards in Polish
Dutch achteruit Backwards in Dutch
Swedish bakåt Backwards in Swedish
Danish tilbage Backwards in Danish
Finnish taaksepäin Backwards in Finnish
Greek προς τα πίσω Backwards in Greek
Czech dozadu Backwards in Czech
Romanian înapoi Backwards in Romanian
Slovak späť Backwards in Slovak
Bulgarian наопаки Backwards in Bulgarian
Slovene nazaj Backwards in Slovene
Lithuanian atgal Backwards in Lithuanian
Latvian atpakaļ Backwards in Latvian
Estonian tagasi Backwards in Estonian
Turkish geriye doğru Backwards in Turkish language
Indonesian ke belakang Backwards in Indonesian
Bengali ফিরিয়া Backwards in Bengali
Ukrainian назад Backwards in Ukrainian
Catalan a l'inrevés Backwards in Catalan
Croatian unazad Backwards in Croatian
Hungarian visszafelé Backwards in Hungarian
Persian به عقب Backwards in Persian
Macedonian наназад Backwards in Macedonian
Norwegian bakover Backwards in Norwegian
Serbian уназад Backwards in Serbian
Bosnian unazad Backwards in Bosnian

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