Sword Swallowing in Various Languages


  • English: sword swallower, steel slurper, blade glommer, sword swallowing
  • Icelandic: sverðgleypir, sverðgleypirinn
  • Norwegian: sverdsluker
  • Swedish: svärdslukare, svärdslukning
  • Danish: sværdsluger, sabelsluger
  • German: Schwertschlucker, Schwertschluckerin, Säbelschlucker, Messerschlucker, Degenschlucker, Schwertfresser, Schwertkünstler
  • Dutch: degenslikker, zwaardslikker
  • Afrikaans: swaardslukker
  • Flemish: Staalkeel, Adampierser
  • French: avaleur de sabres, avaleur d'épée
  • Portuguese: engolidor de espada, engolidor de espadas, jogador de espadas
  • Spanish: traga espadas, tragasables
  • Basque: rentsi ezpatas
  • Catalan: tragaespadas
  • Galician: tragasables
  • Italian: mangiatore di spade, mangiaspade, ingoiatore di spade, mangiatore di coltelli
  • Romanian: Înghititorul de säbii
  • Polish: poŁykać mieczy, poŁykać szpada, poŁykać szpady, poŁykać nozy, polykaczy mieczy
  • Russian: Russian - sword swallower in Russian - shpago glotatel shpago glotatel
  • Ukranian: Ukranian - sword swallower in Ukranian - kovtaty shpagu   kovtaty mech, kovtaty shpagu
  • Armenian: Aremenian - sword swallower in Armenian   sur kul tvogh, soor kul tavogh
  • Azerbaijani: qilinc uddu, qilinc udmaq
  • Uzbek: qilich yutish kuchi, qilich yutuvchilar
  • Albanian: perpi shpat, perpi shpata, gëlltitës shpate
  • Bosnian: nož gutati
  • Bulgarian: goltach nahnojoveh, gultenai na sabii
  • Serbian: gutaca maceva
  • Croatian: gutaca maceva, gutač mačeva, gutanje mačeva
  • Czech: polykač mečü, meč polykající
  • Slovak: hltač mečov, hltac mecov, hltacov mecov
  • Hungarian: kard nyelö
  • Lithuanian: kardu ryjikas
  • Latvian: zobenu mazgatajs
  • Estonian: mõõganeelaja, mõõganeelamine
  • Finnish: miekannielijä
  • Irish Gaelic: clóidheamh ?
  • Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh ? slug?
  • Greek: katapino machaira
  • Maltese: tibla ix-xabla, tibla x-xabla
  • Turkish: kiliç yutan, kiliç yutmak, semsirbaz
  • Azerbaijani Azeri: qilinc udmanin
  • Farsi: shamshir baz, kasi, mardi ke shamshir ra mibalad
  • Arabic: balea al seuff
  • Hebrew: bole'a charavot, bolea chravotl
  • Amharic: Amharic - sword swallowing in Amharic
  • Urdu: talwar ghotna
  • Bengali: talhuar ghilar
  • Gujarati: talavara svelora
  • Hindi: Hindi - sword swallowing in Hindi Hindi - sword swallower in Hindi   talwar nigalna, talvar nigalne, talwar nigalne, talwar nigalná válá, talwar nigalna wala
  • Marathi: Marathi - sword swallowing in Marathi   talwar gilnare, talvar gilnare
  • Nepali: Marathi - sword swallowing in Marathi   talwar nelna, talvar nelna
  • Oriya: khanda giliba
  • Tamil: Tamil - sword swallower in Tamil  kathi jadugar, vaal villingula, virungu vaal
  • Malayalam: waall vizhungunna aal
  • Telugu: Sword swallower in Telugu  indra jalakudu, kathi mingatam, kathi minguta
  • Lombardi: charai galleyvalo
  • Sri Lanka Singalese: khaduag basinova, khaduah bascinova
  • Filipino: lumulunok ng espada, lunukin ang tabak
  • Tagalog: lumulunok ng espada, lunukin ang tabak
  • Cebuano: nga motulon ug espada
  • Indonesian: penelan pedang
  • Javanese: ngulu pedhang
  • Malay Bahasa: menelan pedang
  • Vietnamese: nuot kiem
  • Chinese: Chinese Sword Swallower in Chinese Traditional Sword Swallower in Chinese Simplified twin chien
  • Japanese: Japanese  katananomi, katanawo nomu
  • Korean: Korean  kalel ipsokeuro samkinda
  • Samoan: pelu afu
  • Malagasy: sabatra mitelina
  • Lakota Sioux: hle'wekwe
  • Zuni: muwaiye
  • Esperanto: glav-glutisto, glavoglutistoj

If you know the translation for "Sword Swallower" or "Sword Swallowing" in other languages,
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