Sword Swallowing in Other Languages


  • English: sword swallower
  • Icelandic: sverðgleypir
  • Norwegian: sverdsluker
  • Swedish: svärdslukare
  • Danish: sværdsluger, sabelsluger
  • German: Schwertschlucker, Säbelschlucker, Messerschlucker, Schwertkünstler
  • Dutch: Degenslikker, Zwaardslikker
  • Afrikaans: Swaardslukker
  • Flemish: Staalkeel, Adampierser
  • French: avaleur de sabres, avaleur d'épée
  • Portuguese: engolidor de espadas, jogador de espadas
  • Spanish: traga espadas, tragasables
  • Italian: mangiatore di spade, mangiaspade, ingioatore di spade, mangiatore di coltelli
  • Romanian: Înghititorul de säbii
  • Polish: poŁykać szpady, poŁykać ogny
  • Russian: Shpago glotatel shpago glotatel
  • Ukranian: Ukranian sword swallow kovtaty shpagu   kovtaty mech, kovtaty shpagu
  • Bulgarian: goltach nahnojoveh, gultenai na sabii
  • Hungarian: kard nyelö
  • Bosnian: nož gutati
  • Croatian: gutač mačeva, gutanje mačeva
  • Czech: polykač mečü, meč polykající
  • Slovak: hltač mečov, hltac mecov
  • Estonian: mõõganeelaja, mõõganeelamine
  • Finnish: miekannielijä
  • Irish Gaelic: clóidheamh ?
  • Scottish Gaelic: claidheamh ? slug?
  • Greek: katapino machaira
  • Maltese: tibla ix-xabla
  • Turkish: kiliç yutan, kiliç yutmak, semsirbaz
  • Hebrew: bole'a charavot
  • Farsi: shamshir baz
  • Arabic: balea al seuff
  • Urdu: talwar ghotna
  • Bengali: talhuar ghilar
  • Hindi: talwar nigalna
  • Marathi: talwar gilnare
  • Tamil: kathi jadugar, vaal villingula, virungku vaal
  • Malayalam: waall vizhungunna aal
  • Telegu: indra jalakudu
  • Sri Lanka Singalese: khaduag basinova, khaduah bascinova
  • Chinese: Chinese twin chien
  • Japanese: Japanese katananomi, katanawo nomu
  • Korean: Korean kalel ipsokeuro samkinda
  • Lakota Sioux: hle'wekwe
  • Navajo: ?
  • Zuni: muwaiye
  • Esperanto: glav-glutisto

If you know the translation for "Sword Swallower" or "Sword Swallowing" in other languages,
please e-mail dan@swordswallow.com