The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Interlingua language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
English | Interlingua |
I | io |
you (singular) | tu |
he | ille |
we | nos |
you (plural) | vos |
they | illes |
this | iste |
that | ille |
here | hic, ci, qui |
there | illac, ibi, la |
who | qui |
what | que |
where | ubi |
when | quando |
how | como |
not | non, ne |
all | tote |
many | multe |
some | alicun |
few | poc, pauc |
other | altere |
one | un |
two | duo |
three | tres |
four | quatro |
five | cinque |
big | grande |
long | longe |
wide | large |
thick | spisse |
heavy | pesante |
small | parve |
short | curte |
narrow | stricte |
thin | tenue |
woman | femina |
man (adult male) | viro |
man (human being) | homine |
child | infante |
wife | marita, sposa |
husband | marito, sposo |
mother | matre |
father | patre |
animal | animal |
fish | pisce |
bird | ave |
dog | can |
louse | pediculo |
snake | serpente |
worm | verme |
tree | arbore |
forest | foreste |
stick | baston |
fruit | fructo |
seed | semine |
leaf | folio |
root | radice |
bark (of a tree) | cortice |
flower | flor |
grass | herba |
rope | corda |
skin | cute, pelle |
meat | carne |
blood | sanguine |
bone | osso |
fat (noun) | grassia |
egg | ovo |
horn | corno |
tail | cauda |
feather | pluma, penna |
hair | pilo, capillo |
head | capite |
ear | aure |
eye | oculo |
nose | naso |
mouth | bucca, ore |
tooth | dente |
tongue (organ) | lingua |
fingernail | ungula |
foot | pede |
leg | gamba |
knee | genu |
hand | mano |
wing | ala |
belly | ventre |
guts | tripas |
neck | collo |
back | dorso |
breast | pectore |
heart | corde |
liver | ficato, hepato |
to drink | biber |
to eat | mangiar |
to bite | morder |
to suck | suger |
to spit | sputar |
to vomit | vomitar |
to blow | sufflar |
to breathe | respirar |
to laugh | rider |
to see | vider |
to hear | audir |
to know | saper |
to think | pensar |
to smell | olfacer |
to fear | timer |
to sleep | dormir |
to live | viver |
to die | morir |
to kill | occidar |
to fight | luctar |
to hunt | chassar |
to hit | colpar |
to cut | secar |
to split | finder |
to stab | dagar |
to scratch | grattar |
to dig | foder |
to swim | natar |
to fly | volar |
to walk | ambular, promenar se |
to come | venir |
to lie (as in a bed) | jacer |
to sit | seder |
to stand | star |
to turn (intransitive) | tornar |
to fall | cader |
to give | dar |
to hold | tener |
to squeeze | premer |
to rub | fricar |
to wash | lavar |
to wipe | essugar |
to pull | tirar |
to push | pulsar |
to throw | jectar |
to tie | ligar |
to sew | suer |
to count | contar |
to say | dicer |
to sing | cantar |
to play | jocar |
to float | flottar |
to flow | fluer |
to freeze | gelar |
to swell | tumer |
sun | sol |
moon | luna |
star | stella |
water | aqua |
rain | pluvia |
river | fluvio |
lake | laco |
sea | mar |
salt | sal |
stone | petra |
sand | arena, sablo |
dust | pulvere |
earth | terra |
cloud | nube |
fog | nebula |
sky | celo |
wind | vento |
snow | nive |
ice | glacie |
smoke | fumo |
fire | foco |
ash | cineres |
to burn | arder |
road | strata |
mountain | montania |
red | rubie |
green | verde |
yellow | jalne |
white | blanc |
black | nigre |
night | nocte |
day | die |
year | anno |
warm | calide |
cold | frigide |
full | plen |
new | nove |
old | vetere |
good | bon |
bad | mal |
rotten | corrupte |
dirty | immunde |
straight | recte |
round | ronde |
sharp (as a knife) | acute |
dull (as a knife) | obtuse |
smooth | lisie |
wet | humide |
dry | sic |
correct | correcte |
near | proxime |
far | distante |
right | dextre |