How to Say Bittersweet in Other Languages

Afrikaans: bitter-soet (bit-ter-soot)

Albanian: i hidhur dhe i ëmbël (ee hee-dhur dhe ee em-bul)

Amharic: መራራ እና ጣፋጭ (me-ra-ra en-na t’a-fa-ch’)

Arabic: مر وحلو (mur wa helou)

Armenian: դառը և քաղցր (dar-uh yev khagh-tsr)

Azerbaijani: acı və şirin (ah-juh va shee-reen)

Basque: mingotsa eta gozoa (meen-got-sa eta go-zoh-ah)

Belarusian: горка-салодкі (hor-ka sa-lot-kee)

Bengali: মিষ্টি তেতো (mishti teto)

Bosnian: gorak i sladak (go-rak ee sla-dak)

Bulgarian: горчиво-сладък (gor-chi-vo slad-uhk)

Catalan: agredolç (ah-gre-dols)

Cebuano: mapait ug tam-is (ma-pah-it oohg tam-ees)

Chichewa: zowawa ndi zotsekemera (zo-wah-wah en-dee zo-tse-ke-meh-ra)

Chinese (Mandarin): 苦甜 (kǔ tián)

Corsican: amaru è dolce (a-ma-ro e dol-che)

Croatian: gorko-slatko (gor-ko-slat-ko)

Czech: hořkosladký (horzh-ko-slad-kee)

Danish: bittersød (bee-ter-suth)

Dutch: bitterzoet (bit-ter-zoet)

Esperanto: amare dolĉa (ah-mah-reh dol-cha)

Estonian: kibemagus (kee-beh-mah-goos)

Fijian: varasuka kei na savasava (va-ra-suka kay na sa-va-sa-va)

Filipino: mapait-tamis (mah-pa-eet tah-mees)

Finnish: katkeransuloinen (kat-keh-ran-su-loy-nen)

French: doux-amer (doo a-mehr)

Frisian: bitterswiet (bit-ter-sweet)

Galician: agridoce (ah-gree-doh-thee)

Georgian: მწარედ ტკბილი (mtsa-red tk-bee-lee)

German: bittersüß (bit-ter-sues)

Greek: πικρόγλυκο (pi-kro-ghlee-ko)

Gujarati: તીખું મીઠું (tee-khoo mee-thoo)

Haitian Creole: anmè-dous (ah-meh-doos)

Hausa: mai daci da dadi (my dah-chee dah da-dee)

Hawaiian: ʻano maikaʻi ʻole (ah-noh mai-ka-ee oh-le)

Hebrew: מריר מתוק (ma-reer ma-tok)

Hindi: कड़वा मीठा (kad-wa mee-tha)

Hmong: iab qab zib (yahb kahb zeeb)

Hungarian: keserédes (keh-she-reh-des)

Icelandic: beiskt sætt (bayskt sait)

Igbo: obi mgbawa ma ọ dị mma (o-bee mg-ba-wa ma o dee ma)

Indonesian: pahit-manis (pa-heet ma-nees)

Irish: searbh-milis (shar-iv mee-lish)

Italian: dolceamaro (dol-che-ah-ma-ro)

Japanese: 甘苦い (amai-nigai)

Javanese: pahit legi (pa-heet le-gee)

Kannada: ಕಹಿ ಸಿಹಿ (ka-hee see-hee)

Kazakh: ащы және тәтті (ash-shee zhuh-nee tat-tee)

Khmer: បឹនបឹនផ្អែម (bin-bin pa-em)

Kinyarwanda: gusharira kandi kwiza (goo-sha-ree-ra kan-dee kwee-za)

Korean: 달콤씁쓸한 (dal-kom sseup-sseul-han)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): ji xirinc u sheerin (jee khir-inch oo sheer-een)

Kyrgyz: ачуу жана таттуу (ah-choo zha-na tat-too)

Lao: ເຄັດຫວານ (khet-hwan)

Latin: amarus et dulcis (a-ma-roos et dool-chis)

Latvian: rūgts-salds (roogs salds)

Lithuanian: kartus-saldus (kar-tus sal-dus)

Luxembourgish: batter-séiss (bat-ter sees)

Macedonian: горко-слатко (gor-ko slat-ko)

Malagasy: marikivy (mah-ree-kee-vee)

Malay: pahit-manis (pa-heet mah-nees)

Malayalam: കൈപ്പും മധുരവും (kai-pum ma-dhu-ra-vum)

Maltese: morra-ħelwa (mor-ra hel-wa)

Maori: kawa reka (ka-wa re-ka)

Marathi: गोड कडू (go-d ka-doo)

Mongolian: гашуун чихэрлэг (ga-shuun chi-kher-leg)

Myanmar (Burmese): ခါးခါးမီပြ (kha-kha mee-pyah)

Nepali: तीतो मिठो (tee-to mee-tho)

Norwegian: bittersøt (bit-ter-sut)

Odia: ତିତି ମିଠା (tee-tee mee-tha)

Pashto: تریخ خوږ (tar-ee-kh khwog)

Persian: تلخ و شیرین (tal-kh va shee-reen)

Polish: słodko-gorzki (swod-ko gor-ski)

Portuguese: agridoce (a-gree-do-se)

Punjabi: ਖਟਾ ਮੀਠਾ (kh-ta mee-tha)

Romanian: dulce-amărui (dool-cheh ah-muh-roo-ee)

Russian: горько-сладкий (gor-ka slad-kee)

Samoan: suamalie aulelei (soo-ah-ma-lee-ay ow-lay-lay)

Scottish Gaelic: milis searbh (meel-ish shar-uv)

Serbian: горко-сладак (gor-ko sla-dak)

Sesotho: monate o bohloko (mo-nah-te o boo-hloo-ng)

Shona: zvinyoro zvakaoma (zvi-nyo-ro zva-ka-o-ma)

Sindhi: کڙھو مٺو (kar-ho me-tho)

Sinhala: රසකොල (ra-sa-ko-la)

Slovak: horko-sladký (hor-ko slad-kee)

Slovenian: grenko-sladko (gren-ko slad-ko)

Somali: qadhaadh iyo macaan (qa-dha-dh iyo ma-aan)

Spanish: agridulce (a-gree-dool-se)

Sundanese: pait amis (pa-eet a-mees)

Swahili: chungu-tamu (choo-ngu ta-moo)

Swedish: bittersöt (bit-ter-sut)

Tajik: талх ва ширин (tal-kh va shee-reen)

Tamil: கசப்பும் இனிப்பும் (ka-sa-pum ee-ni-pum)

Telugu: చేదు తీయని (chee-du tee-yuh-nee)

Thai: ขมหวาน (kom-wan)

Turkish: tatlı-acı (tat-luh ah-juh)

Turkmen: ajy we süýji (ah-jai weh so-yi-jee)

Ukrainian: гірко-солодкий (hir-ko so-lod-kee)

Urdu: تلخ میٹھا (tal-kh mee-tha)

Uzbek: achchiq-shirin (ach-cheek sheer-een)

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