He is always in your corner, he’s your biggest fan – he’s your dad. It can be hard to find the words to encompass all that he has done for you, but this Father’s Day we can help you out! Here’s fifty different ways you can say Dad (just remember to call him!
Afrikaans: Pa
Albanian: Baba
Arabic: أب (‘ab)
Armenian: Հայրը (Hayry)
Bangla: বাবা (Bābā)
Basque: Aita
Bulgarian: татко (Tatko)
Catalan: Pare
Chinese: 爸 (Bà)
Croatian: Tata
Czech: Táto
Danish: Far
Dutch: Pa
Estonian: Isa
Filipino: Tatay
French: Papa
Greek: Μπαμπάς (Bampás)
Hawaiian: E Pāpā
Hindi: पिता (Pita)
Hmong: Txiv
Hungarian: Apu
Icelandic: Pabbi
Indonesian: Ayah
Irish: Daid
Japanese: パパ (Papa)
Kannada: ತಂದೆ (Tande)
Kazakh: Әкем (Äkem)
Korean: 아빠 (Appa)
Kurdish: Bav
Kyrgz: ата (Ata)
Lao: ພໍ່ (Pho)
Latvian: Tētis
Malagasy: Dada
Marathi: बाबा (Bābā)
Mongolian: Ааваа (Aavaa)
Norwegian: Pappa
Portuguese: O Pai
Russian: папа (Papa)
Samoan: Tamā
Sinhala: තාත්තා (Tāttā)
Slovack: Ocko
Slovenian: Oče
Somali: Aabe
Spanish: Papá
Tajik: Падар (Padar)
Tamil: அப்பா (Appā)
Thai: พ่อ (Ph̀x)
Uzbek: Otam
Vietnamese: Cha
Zulu: Ubaba
For some extra fun, find out another 50 ways to say “i love you”!
What language will you call your Dad in? Let us know below or on any of our social media.
