When someone searches for a best friend in different languages, they’re usually looking to express love, loyalty, or appreciation for someone special in a way that feels personal and meaningful.
Maybe it’s for a tattoo, a heartfelt letter, an international friendship, or even a creative project.
This article will guide you through how to say “best friend” in 70 different languages, how to pronounce it, and how to use it in a simple sentence.
You’ll walk away with global vocabulary and a deeper connection to the meaning of friendship everywhere.
🌍 How to Say Best Friend in 70 Different Languages
Each line follows this format:
Language Name (🇨🇳) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English Pronunciation]
Example sentence.
- English (🇺🇸) – Best Friend | Best Frend
You are my best friend. - Spanish (🇪🇸) – Mejor Amigo / Mejor Amiga | Meh-hor Ah-mee-go / Ah-mee-ga
Eres mi mejor amigo. - French (🇫🇷) – Meilleur Ami / Meilleure Amie | May-yer Ah-mee
Tu es mon meilleur ami. - German (🇩🇪) – Bester Freund / Beste Freundin | Bes-ter Froint / Froin-deen
Du bist mein bester Freund. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Migliore Amico / Amica | Mee-lyo-ray Ah-mee-ko / Ah-mee-ka
Sei il mio migliore amico. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Melhor Amigo / Amiga | Mel-yor Ah-mee-go / Ah-mee-ga
Você é meu melhor amigo. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Лучший друг | Loo-shiy droog
Ты мой лучший друг. - Arabic (🇸🇦) – أفضل صديق | Af-dal Sa-deeq
أنت أفضل صديق لي. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – सबसे अच्छा दोस्त | Sab-se Ach-cha Dost
तुम मेरे सबसे अच्छे दोस्त हो। - Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 最好的朋友 | Zway Hao De Peng-you
你是我最好的朋友。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – 親友 | Shin-yuu
あなたは私の親友です。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 가장 친한 친구 | Ga-jang Chin-han Chin-gu
너는 내 가장 친한 친구야. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – En İyi Arkadaş | En Ee-yee Ar-ka-dash
Sen benim en iyi arkadaşımsın. - Urdu (🇵🇰) – سب سے اچھا دوست | Sab se achha dost
تم میرے سب سے اچھے دوست ہو۔ - Bengali (🇧🇩) – সবচেয়ে ভাল বন্ধু | Shob-chey bhalo bondhu
তুমি আমার সবচেয়ে ভাল বন্ধু। - Persian/Farsi (🇮🇷) – بهترین دوست | Beh-tar-een Doost
تو بهترین دوست من هستی. - Greek (🇬🇷) – Καλύτερος φίλος | Ka-lee-te-ros Fee-los
Είσαι ο καλύτερός μου φίλος. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – חבר הכי טוב | Cha-ver Ha-khi Tov
אתה החבר הכי טוב שלי. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Rafiki wa karibu | Ra-fee-kee wa ka-ree-boo
Wewe ni rafiki wangu wa karibu. - Thai (🇹🇭) – เพื่อนที่ดีที่สุด | Puean Tee Dee Tee Soot
คุณคือเพื่อนที่ดีที่สุดของฉัน - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Beste Vriend | Bes-tuh Vreend
Jij bent mijn beste vriend. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Najlepszy Przyjaciel | Nai-lep-shi Pshy-ya-chel
Jesteś moim najlepszym przyjacielem. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Cel mai bun prieten | Chel mai boon pree-e-ten
Ești cel mai bun prieten al meu. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Legjobb barát | Leg-yob Ba-raat
Te vagy a legjobb barátom. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bạn thân nhất | Ban Than Nyat
Bạn là bạn thân nhất của tôi. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Sahabat Terbaik | Sa-ha-bat Ter-bai
Kamu adalah sahabat terbaikku. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Sahabat Baik | Sa-ha-bat Bai-yek
Awak ialah sahabat baik saya. - Filipino/Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Pinakamatalik na kaibigan | Pee-na-ka-ma-ta-lik na Kai-bi-gan
Ikaw ang pinakamatalik kong kaibigan. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Nejlepší přítel | Nay-lep-shee Pree-tel
Jsi můj nejlepší přítel. - Slovak (🇸🇰) – Najlepší priateľ | Nye-lep-shee Pree-a-tel
Si môj najlepší priateľ. - Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Найкращий друг | Nai-krash-chyy droog
Ти мій найкращий друг. - Serbian (🇷🇸) – Najbolji prijatelj | Nai-bol-yee Pree-a-tel
Ti si moj najbolji prijatelj. - Croatian (🇭🇷) – Najbolji prijatelj | Nai-bol-yee Pree-a-tel
Ti si moj najbolji prijatelj. - Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Najbolji prijatelj | Nai-bol-yee Pree-a-tel
Ti si moj najbolji prijatelj. - Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Най-добър приятел | Nai-do-bar Pree-a-tel
Ти си моят най-добър приятел. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Paras Ystävä | Pa-ras Oos-ta-va
Olet paras ystäväni. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Bästa Vän | Bess-ta Ven
Du är min bästa vän. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Beste Venn | Bes-te Venn
Du er min beste venn. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Bedste Ven | Best-uh Ven
Du er min bedste ven. - Estonian (🇪🇪) – Parim Sõber | Pa-rim Suh-ber
Sa oled minu parim sõber. - Latvian (🇱🇻) – Labākais draugs | La-bai-kais drowgs
Tu esi mans labākais draugs. - Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Geriausias draugas | Ge-ree-ow-sas drow-gas
Tu esi mano geriausias draugas. - Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Besti vinur | Bes-ti Vee-nur
Þú ert besti vinur minn. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Umngane omkhulu | Oom-nga-neh Om-koo-loo
Ungumngane wami omkhulu. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Umhlobo omkhulu | Oom-hlo-bo Om-koo-loo
Ungumhlobo wam omkhulu. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ọrẹ to dara julọ | Oh-reh toh dah-rah joo-loh
Iwọ ni ọrẹ mi to dara julọ. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Enyi kacha mma | En-yee ka-cha mma
I bu enyi m kacha mma. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Aboki mafi kyau | Ah-bo-kee Ma-fee Kyau
Kai ne aboki na mafi kyau. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಗೆಳೆಯ | At-yut-tha-ma Ge-le-ya
ನೀನು ನನ್ನ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಗೆಳೆಯ. - Tamil (🇮🇳) – சிறந்த நண்பர் | Si-ran-tha Nan-bar
நீ எனது சிறந்த நண்பர். - Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఉత్తమ స్నేహితుడు | Ut-ta-ma Sne-hi-tu-du
నీవు నా ఉత్తమ స్నేహితుడివి. - Marathi (🇮🇳) – सर्वोत्तम मित्र | Sar-vot-tam Mitra
तू माझा सर्वोत्तम मित्र आहेस. - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – શ્રેષ્ઠ મિત્ર | Shreshth Mitr
તું મારો શ્રેષ્ઠ મિત્ર છે. - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵਧੀਆ ਦੋਸਤ | Sabh ton vadhiya dost
ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵਧੀਆ ਦੋਸਤ ਹੈਂ। - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – හොඳම මිතුරා | Hon-da-ma Mi-thu-raa
ඔබ මගේ හොඳම මිතුරායි. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – सबैभन्दा मिल्ने साथी | Sabai Bhanda Milne Saathi
तिमी मेरो सबैभन्दा मिल्ने साथी हौ। - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Хамгийн сайн найз | Kham-gin Sain Naiz
Чи миний хамгийн сайн найз. - Tibetan (🇨🇳) – གྲོགས་མཆེད་དགའ་བསུ | Drok-che Ga-su
ཁྱོད་ངའི་གྲོགས་མཆེད་རེད། - Maori (🇳🇿) – Hoa Pai Rawa | Ho-a Pie Rah-wa
Ko koe taku hoa pai rawa atu. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Uo Sili | Oo-oh See-lee
O oe o lo’u uo sili. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Hoa Pili Pōmaikaʻi | Ho-a Pee-lee Po-my-kai
ʻO ʻoe kuʻu hoa pili pōmaikaʻi. - Esperanto (🌍) – Plej bona amiko | Pley Bo-na A-mee-ko
Vi estas mia plej bona amiko. - Latin (🇻🇦) – Amicus Optimus | Ah-mee-koos Op-tee-moos
Tu es amicus meus optimus. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Lagunik onena | La-goo-neek Oh-ne-na
Zu zara nire lagunik onena. - Galician (🇪🇸) – Mellor amigo | Mel-lor A-mee-go
Ti es o meu mellor amigo. - Catalan (🇪🇸) – Millor amic | Mee-yor A-meek
Ets el meu millor amic. - Welsh (🏴) – Ffrind gorau | Frind Go-rye
Ti yw fy ffrind gorau. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Cara is fearr | Kah-ra iss Far
Is tú mo chara is fearr. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Caraid as fheàrr | Ka-rit as Hah
‘S e thusa mo charaid as fheàrr. - Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Beschte Frënd | Besh-tuh Frend
Du bass mäi beschte Frënd.
🌟 Conclusion
No matter where you go in the world, the word “best friend“ always brings warmth, loyalty, and love.
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