“Being late” in 38 languages

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

Language	Translation	Usage examples
French	être en retard	Being late in French
Hindi	देरी करना	Being late in Hindi
Arabic	يجري في وقت متأخر	Being late in Arabic
Korean	지각	Being late in Korean
German	Verspätung	Being late in German
Spanish	llegar tarde	Being late in Spanish
Portuguese	estar atrasado	Being late in Portuguese
Italian	essere in ritardo	Being late in Italian
Russian	опаздывать	Being late in Russian
Japanese	遅刻	Being late in Japanese
Chinese	迟到	Being late in Chinese
Polish-language	być spóźnionym	Being late in Polish
Dutch	laat zijn	Being late in Dutch
Swedish	vara för sent	Being late in Swedish
Danish	komme for sent	Being late in Danish
Finnish	olla myöhässä	Being late in Finnish
Greek	άργησα	Being late in Greek
Czech	zpoždění	Being late in Czech
Romanian	fiind întârziat	Being late in Romanian
Slovak	meškať	Being late in Slovak
Bulgarian	закъснявам	Being late in Bulgarian
Slovene	biti pozen	Being late in Slovene
Lithuanian	vėluoti	Being late in Lithuanian
Latvian	kavēt	Being late in Latvian
Estonian	hiljaks	Being late in Estonian
Turkish	geç kalmak	Being late in Turkish language
Indonesian	terlambat	Being late in Indonesian
Bengali	দেরী হচ্ছে	Being late in Bengali
Ukrainian	запізнення	Being late in Ukrainian
Catalan	arribar tard	Being late in Catalan
Croatian	kasniti	Being late in Croatian
Hungarian	késni	Being late in Hungarian
Persian	دیر	Being late in Persian
Macedonian	доцни	Being late in Macedonian
Norwegian	være sen	Being late in Norwegian
Serbian	кашњење	Being late in Serbian
Bosnian	kašnjenje	Being late in Bosnian

“Being late” in 38 languages

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