Google, the word not the company, has become such a common word for anyone who uses a computer (other than the yahoos who still use Yahoo, I guess) that it’s surprising to learn that other languages have a different word for it. Like Italians say Googlare. Or that the Portugese say Googlar. It gets weirder.
The Atlantic Wire explains that the phrase “to Google” has become translated to other languages and listed some examples:
Spanish: googlear and guglear
Italian: googlare
Portuguese: googlar or guglar
German: googeln and googlen
French: googler
Swedish: att googla
Hebrew: l’gagel
Slovenian: proguglati or poguglati
Polish – googlować
Finnish: googlata
Czech: vygooglit
That doesn’t even include Russian (гуглить/gugleet or googleet) or Greek (γκουγκλίζω/googlizo). Check out the full list at The Atlantic Wire. Or just Google it. [The Atlantic Wire]
