Language Trivia

Questions

What is the Spanish word for "friend"?
What word is "bread" in French?
How do you say "goodbye" in Japanese?
Agua is the Portuguese word for what?
What is the Italian word for "house"?
What is the Chinese word for "tea"?
What is the Hindi word for "potato"?

What is the Spanish word for "hello"?
There are many place names in Japan with the word "-yama" in their names, what does this word mean?
What is the German word for "goodbye"?
What is the Portuguese word for "thank you"?
What does the Chinese phrase "feng shui" mean?
If you're holidaying in Italy and see a signpost with the word "spiaggia", what does this mean?
What does the French phrase "faux pas" mean?
Which fruit in Spanish is called a "manzana"?
What is the Arabic word for "peace"?
What does the Japanese word "karaoke" mean?
What is the Latin word for "life"?
What does "wiki" mean in Hawaiian?
What's both the Spanish and Italian word for "wine"?
What does the Italian word "finestra" mean?
What in Latin is "mensa"?
What does the word "safari" mean in Swahili?
What's the Spanish word for "sun"?
What is the word for "grandmother" in Russian?
What is the Maori word for "hello"?

Answers

What is the Spanish word for "friend"? Answer: Amigo (masculine), amiga (feminine)
What word is "bread" in French? Answer: Pain
How do you say "goodbye" in Japanese? Answer: Sayonara
"Agua" is the Portuguese word for what? Answer: Water
What is the Italian word for "house"? Answer: Casa
What is the Chinese word for "tea"? Answer: Cha
What is the Hindi word for "potato"? Answer:Aloo
What is the Spanish word for "hello"? Answer: Hola
There are many place names in Japan with the word "-yama" in their names, what does this word mean? Answer: Mountain
What is the German word for "goodbye"? Answer: Auf Wiedersehen
What is the Portuguese word for "thank you"? Answer: Obrigado (masculine), Obrigada (feminine)
What does the Chinese phrase "feng shui" mean? Answer: Wind-water
If you're holidaying in Italy and see a signpost with the word "spiaggia", what does this mean? Answer: Beach
What does the French phrase 'faux pas' mean? Answer: A social blunder
Which fruit in Spanish is called a "manzana"? Answer: Apple
What is the Arabic word for "peace"? Answer: Salaam
What does the Japanese word "karaoke" mean? Answer: Empty orchestra
What is the Latin word for "life"? Answer: Vita
What does "wiki" mean in Hawaiian? Answer: To hurry; fast, quick (as in wikipedia)
What's both the Spanish and Italian word for "wine"? Vino
What does the Italian word "finestra" mean? Answer: Window
What in Latin is "mensa"? Answer: Table
What does the word safari mean in Swahili? Answer: Journey
What's the Spanish word for "sun"? Answer: Sol
What is the word for "grandmother" in Russian? Answer: babushka (as in a famous Kate Bush song)
What is the Maori word for "hello"? Answer: Kia ora