User:DenisYurkin/Phrasebook International

Word list edit

These are words that some travellers report are widely understood. Other travellers find that claim dubious.

Criteria for (non)inclusion of a specific word/phrase is still under development; for now, just follow your intuition.


  • air conditioner
  • airplane
  • auto/automobile
  • apartments
  • bank
  • bikini
  • block
  • boss
  • boyfriend
  • bus/autobus
  • bust (as sculpture and as breast)
  • cacao
  • catalog/catalogue
  • catastrophe
  • cheque
  • chips
  • cigar
  • cigarette
  • cofee
  • compliment
  • contrast
  • credit card
  • dentist
  • deposit
  • discount
  • expedition
  • GSM -- mobile phone
  • guide (person)
  • fridge/refrigerator
  • grill
  • hotel
  • jacuzzi (may be misjudged as Yakuza!)
  • mackerel
  • mask (noun)
  • metro
  • microwave
  • money
  • no
  • nonstop
  • OK
  • operation
  • operator
  • paprika
  • parfume
  • penthouse
  • private
  • problem
  • salad
  • salami
  • sauna
  • sex
  • shampoo
  • souvenir
  • station
  • steak
  • stop
  • stuart
  • taxi
  • telephone
  • temperature
  • therapia / therapy
  • toilet
  • tour
  • tourist
  • track
  • tram/tramway
  • trolleybus
  • visit
  • WC
  • yes
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