How to Say “World Cup” in 36 Languages

‘Since this list was mostly put together using Google Translate and internet forums, it’s very very possible that some of the above is incorrect.’
You have found the correct version of the Chinese equivalent actually, Daryl. Well done! With Chinese as my second language (English being the first one), that is certainly the term used in that language.

Posted from  Singapore

Arabic translation correct too, although a lot of Arabic speakers alternate between calling it that and just “el mondial.”

Posted from  United States

I think a more reliable way of doing it is using Wikipedia. Look at all the foreign language links on the left-hand side of this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup

Since most of those pages were written by native speakers, they’ll pick up certain subtleties better than a machine translator. For example, it’s “Copa do Mundo” (Cup of the World) in Portuguese, but “Copa Mundial” (Worldwide Cup) in Spanish.

Posted from  United States

in Spanish it would be Copa del Mundo or preferably Copa Mundial

Posted from  Brazil

Here’s the Wikipedia list:

Albanian FIFA Kampionati Botëror i Futbollit
Alemannic German Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft
Arabic كأس العالم لكرة القدم
Austro-Bavarian Fuaßboi-Wäidmoastaschaft
Azerbaijani FİFA Dünya Kuboku
Basque Munduko Futbol Txapelketa
Belarusian Чэмпіянат сьвету па футболе
Bengali ফিফা বিশ্বকাপ
Bosnian Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu
Breton Kib vell-droad ar bed
Bulgarian Световно първенство по футбол
Cantonese FIFA世界盃
Catalan Copa del Món de Futbol
Croatian Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu
Croatian Svjetsko prvenstvo u nogometu
Czech Mistrovství světa ve fotbale
Danish VM i fodbold
Dutch Wereldkampioenschap voetbal
Esperanto Futbala Mondpokalo
Estonian Jalgpalli maailmameistrivõistlused
Faroese HM fótbóltur
Finnish Jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut
French Coupe du monde de la FIFA
Friulian Cope dal mont di balon
Galician Mundiais de Fútbol
Georgian ფიფა-ს მსოფლიო საფეხბურთო ჩემპიონატი
German Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft
Greek Παγκόσμιο κύπελλο ποδοσφαίρου
Hebrew גביע העולם בכדורגל
Hindi फ़ीफा विश्व कप
Hungarian Labdarúgó-világbajnokság
Icelandic Heimsmeistarakeppnin í knattspyrnu
Ido Kupo dil Mondo di Futbalo
Indonesian Piala Dunia FIFA
Irish Corn Sacair an Domhain
Italian Campionato mondiale di calcio
Japanese FIFAワールドカップ
Javanese Piala Donya FIFA
Korean FIFA 월드컵
Latvian FIFA Pasaules kauss
Lithuanian Pasaulio futbolo čempionatas
Luxembourgish Foussball-Weltmeeschterschaft
Malay Piala Dunia FIFA
Malayalam ലോക കപ്പ് ഫുട്ബോള്
Maltese Tazza tad-Dinja tal-Futbol
Mandarin Chinese 世界盃足球賽
Marathi फुटबॉल विश्वचषक
Neopolitan Campionato munniale ‘e pallone
Nepali फुटबल विश्वकप
Norwegian Verdensmesterskapet i fotball
Persian جام جهانی فوتبال
Polish Mistrzostwa świata w piłce nożnej
Portuguese Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol
Romanian Campionatul Mondial de Fotbal
Russian Чемпионат мира по футболу
Serbian Светско првенство у фудбалу
Sicilian Campiunatu munniali di palluni
Slovak Majstrovstvá sveta vo futbale
Slovenian Svetovno prvenstvo v nogometu
Spanish Copa Mundial de Fútbol
Swedish Världsmästerskapet i fotboll
Tamil உலகக்கோப்பை காற்பந்து
Thai ฟุตบอลโลก
Turkish FIFA Dünya Kupası
Ukranian Кубок світу з футболу
Venetian Canpionato mondiałe de bałon
Vietnamese Giải vô địch bóng đá thế giới
Welsh Cwpan y Byd Pêl-droed

Posted from  United States

Sorry, my previous comments got modded, probably cos I put a link in them.

What I said was, you can probably get more reliable answers by going to the Wikipedia page and using the foreign-language links on the left. They were written by native speakers, so they pick up on little subtleties like “Copa do Mundo” in Portuguese vs. “Copa Mundial” in Spanish. So, being an obsessive nerd, I went ahead and collected the Wikipedia translations.

The mods can erase my other two posts now =)

Posted from  United States

and in Flemmish it would be

weireldkampioenschap sjotten

Posted from  Belgium

most people in italy just call it “il mondiale”

Posted from  United States

Not just most people Oliviero, but all of Italy calls the World Cup “Il Mondiale”. The literal translation of World Cup (Coppa del Mondo) is never used.

Thanks guys,

Will update the list to include Il Mondiale instead.

The Spanish is wrong. It’s Copa DEL mundo, not Copa DO Mundo

In Hebrew most people just call it the Mondial (מונדיאל)

Even though “Copa del Mundo” is correct grammatically, most people in the Spanish speaking world refer to it as “La Copa Mundial”.

The Turkish is true.

”Dünya Kupası”

haha thanks for the effort for the article, but I think Dylan’s way of finding the translations worked out a lot better. I’m Korean, so i know that the article’s translation came out as “world football”, while Dylan’s method gives u the exact and correct translation. haha i do the same thing in wikipedia sometimes, clicking on the links on the left in other languages, in case i want to know a hard word in Korean. good effort on the article though~

most of mexico says el mundial

Posted from  United States