wish  (transitive verb)

Afrikaans: wens

Arabic: raghba = رغبة

Armenian: ts’ankut’yun = ցանկություն

Bengali: Kāmanā karā = কামনা করা

Cebuano: mangandoy

Chichewa: kufuna

Chinese: xi-wang, Xīwàng = 希望

Danish:  ønske

Dutch: wens

Esperanto: deziras

Estonian: soovi

Filipino: hiling

French:  souhaiter

German: Wunsch

Greek: epithymía = επιθυμία

Hausa: fata

Hawaiian: makemake

Hebrew: makasha? = בַּקָשָׁה

Hindi: tamanna = तमन्ना

Hmong: xav

Indonesian: mengharapkan

Italian: desiderio

Japanese: Negai = 願い

Javanese: pengin

Korean: somang = 소망

Lao: padthana = ປາດຖະຫນາ

Latin: vis

Macedonian: želba = желба

Malay: keinginan

Maori:  hiahia

Myanmar: sand = ဆန္ဒ

Norwegian: skulle ønske

Pashto: hela =هیله

Persian: Arezo kardan = آرزو کردن

Portuguese: desejar

Russian: zhelaniye =  желание

Samoan: moomooga

Spanish: deseo

Swedish: önska

Thai: Pras̄ngkh̒ =  ประสงค์

Turkish: dilemek

Ukrainian: bazhannya = бажання

Uzbek: tilamoq

Vietnamese: điều ước

Welsh: dymuno

Xhosa: umnqweno

Yiddish: vintshn = ווינטשן

Zulu: fisa