Beans are a common and nutritious food enjoyed in many cultures around the world. From black beans in Latin America to soybeans in East Asia, they are used in soups, salads, stews, and more. Learning how to say “beans” in different languages not only helps with international cooking and travel but also gives insight into how cultures around the globe incorporate this versatile ingredient into their diets. Below are 100 ways to say “beans” in various languages spoken across continents.

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100 Ways to Say “Beans” in Different Languages

• Afrikaans – Bone
  
• Albanian – Fasule
  
• Amharic – Baqela
  
• Arabic – Fasolia
  
• Armenian – Lobi
  
• Azerbaijani – Lobya
  
• Basque – Babarrunak
  
• Belarusian – Babi
  
• Bengali – Shim
  
• Bosnian – Grah
  
• Bulgarian – Bob
  
• Catalan – Mongetes
  
• Cebuano – Monggos
  
• Chichewa – Nyemba
  
• Chinese (Simplified) – 豆子 (Dòuzi)
  
• Chinese (Traditional) – 豆子 (Dòuzi)
  
• Corsican – Fagioli
  
• Croatian – Grah
  
• Czech – Fazole
  
• Danish – Bønner
  
• Dutch – Bonen
  
• Esperanto – Faboj
  
• Estonian – Oad
  
• Filipino – Mga beans
  
• Finnish – Pavut
  
• French – Haricots
  
• Frisian – Beanen
  
• Galician – Fabas
  
• Georgian – Lobio
  
• German – Bohnen
  
• Greek – Fasolia
  
• Gujarati – શિમબી (Shimbi)
  
• Haitian Creole – Pwa
  
• Hausa – Wake
  
• Hawaiian – Pīni
  
• Hebrew – She’u’it (שְׁעוּעִית)
  
• Hindi – Rajma or Beans
  
• Hmong – Noob taum
  
• Hungarian – Bab
  
• Icelandic – Baunir
  
• Igbo – Agwa
  
• Indonesian – Kacang
  
• Irish – Pónaire
  
• Italian – Fagioli
  
• Japanese – Mame (豆)
  
• Javanese – Kacang
  
• Kannada – Huralikayi
  
• Kazakh – Buryshak
  
• Khmer – សណ្តែក (Sândaek)
  
• Kinyarwanda – Ibijumba
  
• Korean – Kong (콩)
  
• Kurdish – Fasol
  
• Kyrgyz – Burchak
  
• Lao – Tua
  
• Latin – Fabae
  
• Latvian – Pupiņas
  
• Lithuanian – Pupelės
  
• Luxembourgish – Bounen
  
• Macedonian – Grachok
  
• Malagasy – Tsaramaso
  
• Malay – Kacang
  
• Malayalam – Payar
  
• Maltese – Fazola
  
• Maori – Pīni
  
• Marathi – Wal
  
• Mongolian – Buuts
  
• Myanmar (Burmese) – Pe
  
• Nepali – Simī
  
• Norwegian – Bønner
  
• Nyanja – Nyemba
  
• Odia – Bāra
  
• Pashto – Lobia
  
• Persian – لوبیا (Lobia)
  
• Polish – Fasola
  
• Portuguese – Feijão
  
• Punjabi – Rajma
  
• Romanian – Fasole
  
• Russian – Fasol (Фасоль)
  
• Samoan – Pi
  
• Scots Gaelic – Pònairean
  
• Serbian – Pasulj
  
• Sesotho – Dinawa
  
• Shona – Nyemba
  
• Sindhi – Walh
  
• Sinhala – Bōnā
  
• Slovak – Fazuľa
  
• Slovenian – Fižol
  
• Somali – Digir
  
• Spanish – Frijoles
  
• Sundanese – Kacang
  
• Swahili – Maharagwe
  
• Swedish – Bönor
  
• Tajik – Lobia
  
• Tamil – Avarai
  
• Tatar – Borçaq
  
• Telugu – Guggillu
  
• Thai – Tua (ถั่ว)
  
• Turkish – Fasulye
  
• Ukrainian – Fasolya (Фасоля)
  
• Urdu – لوبیا (Lobia)