How do you say pretty/beautiful in your language?
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this site has inspired me so much. everyone is so gorgeous and unique in his/her own way that to say 'beautiful' in one language is just not enough anymore...
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Chelle G.
ORANGE COUNTY,
United States
151 posts
Member since: 01/18/2012
MEOW
posted Jan 26, 2012
Scotty H.
Ireland
139 posts
OG since: 08/25/2009
Gaeilge / Irish
Beautiful: Álainn (awh-linn)
Cute: Gleoite (glow-che)
posted Jan 26, 2012
MADMalice X.
SARAJEVO,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 posts
OG since: 04/01/2010
Bosnian/Croatian: lijep (male) lijepa (female)
Serbian: lep (male) lepa (female)
posted Jan 26, 2012
Broken R.
NAPLES,
Italy
4 posts
Member since: 01/11/2012
In italian: che carino! *__*
posted Jan 27, 2012
Y.D. P.
SINGAPORE,
Singapore
40 posts
Member since: 01/10/2012
indonesian : cantik :)
posted Jan 28, 2012
Ylse -.
Netherlands
26 posts
Member since: 06/16/2011
Dutch: mooi
posted Jan 28, 2012
Lena K.
Germany
14 posts
Member since: 01/03/2012
German: hübsch / schön
posted Jan 28, 2012
Katri A.
Finland
192 posts
Member since: 01/22/2012
Pretty= Nätti. ('ä' is an umlauted 'a'.)
Beautiful= Kaunis.
In Finnish.
posted Jan 31, 2012
Tina A.
CHICAGO,
United States
79 posts
Member since: 09/30/2011
lepa - - - serbian
posted Jan 31, 2012
Jennifer L.
THE WOODS,
United Kingdom
96 posts
Member since: 01/21/2012
Scottish Gaelic: Bhòidheach
Scots: Bonny!
I can safely say I use the latter far more than the former!
posted Jan 31, 2012
Monica D.
Bulgaria
241 posts
Member since: 01/25/2012
English: handsome (for a man) / beautiful (for a woman)
Bulgarian: красив / красива
It's pronounced: krəˈsif / krəˈsiva
posted Feb 4, 2012
Violet B.
THE AUSTERE ACADEMY,
United Kingdom
108 posts
Member since: 10/09/2011
Yorkshire: Fit
Oh so classy. ;)
posted Feb 4, 2012
Katie L.
INDIANAPOLIS,
United States
345 posts
OG since: 08/30/2009
I'm American so that's no fun.
But the girls here where I live call each other "darling" and "lovely" for pretty and beautiful.
Guys are attractive.
posted Feb 4, 2012
Alexandra L.
GIURGIU,
Romania
55 posts
Member since: 11/07/2010
well, in Romania
it's
beautiful: frumos (male) frumoasa[h] (female)
cute: dragut [drahguts]
posted Feb 8, 2012
N ..
Satellite Provider
126 posts
Member since: 02/14/2012
Bukur!
posted Feb 25, 2012
Roza Z.
DUBROVNIK,
Croatia
56 posts
Member since: 04/29/2011
in Croatian, pretty-lijepo (pretty girl-lijepa, pretty guy-lijep)
beautiful-prelijepo (girl-prelijepa, guy-prelijep)
:)
posted Feb 25, 2012
Reiel L.
JAPAN BUT LIVING IN MANILA,
Philippines
302 posts
Member since: 12/13/2011
i"m a Filipino,
here in Metro Manila, we say it MAGANDA
we have different dialects.
posted Feb 28, 2012
Janni L.
PORI, FINLAND,
Finland
35 posts
Member since: 03/18/2011
In Finnish: kaunis. Also , söpö (cute) and nätti (pretty). Handsome= komea. :)
Words in Finnish are pronounced just the way they are written.
posted Feb 28, 2012
Amanda S.
Brazil
88 posts
OG since: 04/04/2010
Portuguese
Beautiful - Bonita, linda (fem)
Bonito, lindo (mas)
there are also slangs, like "gostosa" for "hot" (fem) but it's kind of a word boys use to call girls who they think are really hot in a sexual way (that she has a good body and curves)
:)
posted Feb 28, 2012
Dreamer :.
A SMALL ISLAND,
Bahrain
52 posts
Member since: 02/26/2012
I'm Indian and in Hindi the word for beautiful is 'Khoobsurat' or 'Sundar'
posted Mar 24, 2012
Madeleine R.
BUFFALO,
United States
63 posts
Member since: 03/02/2012
schoen in German
belle in French
:)
posted Mar 24, 2012
Nathaniel T.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
272 posts
Member since: 03/12/2011
'kirei' in japanese
'damnn, you look fine' or 'hot' in american english
'sheila' in australian english
posted Mar 25, 2012
Katrine J.
DENMARK,
Denmark
31 posts
Member since: 05/07/2011
In danish: Smuk :)
posted Mar 25, 2012
Daphne B.
AMSTERDAM,
Netherlands
39 posts
Member since: 02/20/2012
Dutch
Pretty: knap, mooi
Beautiful: prachtig
posted Mar 25, 2012
Zofia S.
Poland
32 posts
Member since: 02/22/2012
In Polish
pretty: ładny, śliczny
beautiful: piękny
(they all have "-y" in the end, but it may be "-a" or "-e" as well, depending on the gender of a noun)
posted Mar 25, 2012
Korin B.
Lithuania
287 posts
OG since: 02/05/2010
Lithuanian
about girl
Pretty: daili
Beautiful: graži (pronounced: grazhi)
about boy
Pretty: dailus
Beautiful: gražus (pronounced: grazhus)
posted Mar 25, 2012
Melanie M.
Sweden
8 posts
Member since: 03/06/2012
in swedish
vacker - beautiful
pretty- söt
posted Mar 25, 2012
Milla E.
HELSINKI, FINLAND,
Finland
80 posts
Member since: 02/26/2012
in finnish:
beautiful = kaunis ("cow-n-is"),
pretty = nätti (like "cat" but "nat-ty" with the ending y like in tiny),
cute = söpö (ö is pronounced like the vowel in "girl", "the" or "sir", i can't explain better hahah :D),
wonderful = ihana ("i-hun-uh" with a short i like in "is"),
handsome = komea ("com-eh-uh"),
words like awesome, glorious, fabulous = upea (start like you would say "oops": "oop-eh-uh"), mahtava ("muh-tuh-vuh"), loistava (begin like "noise" but with an l: "loise-tuh-vuh", this means literally shining)
fantastic = fantastinen ("fanta-styn-en", the en like in "then")
perfect = täydellinen (begin like "sTAnd": "ta-eew-delly-nen")
unbelieveable = uskomaton ("oos-com-uh-ton", say the end like you were begining the word "thong")
and, if you want to combine one with very or really, use the word "todella" or "tosi" for a short ("tod-ella", "tho-see" with tho again like in "thong"): for example, very beautiful would be "tosi kaunis"
i guess these are pretty much the words usually seen. :p there are plenty of other words, of course, but you see them mostly in written text. hahah i had fun with trying to explain the pronouncing!
posted Mar 25, 2012
D▲isie J.
South Africa
1 posts
Member since: 12/07/2010
~ pragtig/ mooi !
in afrikaans :)
<3
posted Mar 25, 2012
Aldrin N.
JAPAN LIVING IN MANILA,
Philippines
34 posts
Member since: 02/19/2012
"Kirei" きれい。in Japanese.
posted Mar 25, 2012
Silje H.
OSLO,
Norway
27 posts
Member since: 03/04/2012
Beautiful = Vakker
Pretty = Pen
posted Mar 25, 2012
Cami A. M.
PUNTA DEL ESTE URUGUAY BUT LIVING IN SANTIAGO,
Chile
15 posts
Member since: 09/10/2011
Spanish: Lindo, bello, hermoso
posted Mar 25, 2012
Patrycja K.
WROCLOVE,
Poland
20 posts
Member since: 09/17/2011
Polish: piękny - beautiful
Ładny - pretty :D
posted Mar 25, 2012
Katia V.
MONTREAL,
Canada
51 posts
Member since: 06/04/2011
In French: Belle
posted Mar 25, 2012
Bella Friska M.
EAST JAVA-INDONESIA,
Indonesia
71 posts
Member since: 09/08/2011
In Bahasa Indonesia: CANTIK
posted Mar 26, 2012
Marisa S.
SURABAYA,
Indonesia
8 posts
Member since: 03/19/2012
i am indonesian
pretty is cantik
cute is imut
posted Mar 26, 2012
Naomi L.
THE FRENCH PART OF CANADA,
Canada
266 posts
Member since: 09/25/2010
I'm french Canadian
Beautiful: Magnifique or Belle (in French)
posted Mar 26, 2012
Mònica H.
VILA-SECA,
Spain
19 posts
Member since: 04/08/2012
In spanish (from Spain): preciosa (pretty), guapa (beautiful)
In catalan: preciosa (pretty), guapa/maca (beautiful)
posted Apr 21, 2012
Mimmi R.
Sweden
23 posts
Member since: 06/10/2011
In Swedish: Fin, snygg or vacker.
posted Apr 21, 2012
Jane B.
TEXAS,
United States
121 posts
Member since: 03/13/2012
In russian Beautiful = krasivaya for girls , krasivyi = for boys
posted Apr 21, 2012
Maria A.
ALKMAAR,
Netherlands
27 posts
Member since: 08/11/2011
Mooi / Knap (Dutch)
posted 24 days ago
Peter D.
ANDROMEDA,
Philippines
145 posts
Member since: 12/21/2011
Well, in my own dialect, we call it
"Gwapa" for girls
"Gwapo" for guys :)
posted 24 days ago
Tool S.
LOS ANGELES,
United States
114 posts
Member since: 09/04/2011
TITS OR GTFO
posted 24 days ago
Livia D.
NAPOLI,
Italy
165 posts
Member since: 09/01/2010
italian:bella /carina
posted 24 days ago
Sandra M.
SAINT TROPEZ,
France
5 posts
Member since: 02/20/2012
In French : Jolie, magnifique
posted 23 days ago
Bianca P.
SãO PAULO,
Brazil
86 posts
OG since: 03/29/2010
pretty in portuguese is bonita (for girls) and bonito (for boys)
and beautiful in portuguese is linda (for girls) and lindo (for boys)
posted 23 days ago
Lau 3.
France
19 posts
Member since: 01/28/2012
French:
Pretty = Jolie
Beautiful = Belle or Magnifique
posted 19 days ago