How to Say Playful in Other Languages

Afrikaans: speels (spayls)

Albanian: lozonjar (loh-zohn-yahr)

Amharic: ተጫዋች (teh-cha-wah-ch)

Arabic: لعوب (la-uhb)

Armenian: խաղասեր (khah-ga-sehr)

Azerbaijani: oyuncaqlı (oh-yoon-jah-kh-luh)

Basque: jostalari (yos-tah-lah-ree)

Belarusian: гарэзны (ha-rez-ny)

Bengali: খেলো (khe-loh)

Bosnian: razigran (rah-zee-grahn)

Bulgarian: игрив (ee-greev)

Burmese: ကစားနေ (ka-sah-nay)

Catalan: juganer (hoo-gah-nehr)

Cebuano: duwaon (doo-wah-on)

Chinese (Mandarin): 调皮 (tiaow-pee)

Croatian: razigran (rah-zee-grahn)

Czech: hravý (hrah-vee)

Danish: legesyg (lay-geh-sue)

Dutch: speels (spayls)

Esperanto: ludema (loo-deh-mah)

Estonian: mänguline (man-goo-leen-eh)

Finnish: leikkisä (layk-kee-sah)

French: espiègle (ehs-pee-eh-gluh)

Galician: xoguetón (sho-geh-ton)

Georgian: თამაშის მოყვარული (tam-ash-is moh-kvahr-oo-lee)

German: verspielt (fehr-shpeelt)

Greek: παιχνιδιάρης (pekh-neeth-yah-rees)

Gujarati: રમૂજી (rah-moo-jee)

Haitian Creole: ludik (loo-deek)

Hausa: wasanni (wah-sah-nee)

Hebrew: שובב (sho-vav)

Hindi: शरारती (sha-rah-rah-tee)

Hungarian: játékos (yah-teh-kosh)

Icelandic: leikfullur (layk-fuhl-ur)

Igbo: egwu (eh-gwoo)

Indonesian: ceria (cheh-ree-ah)

Irish: spraíúil (sprah-yool)

Italian: giocoso (joh-koh-soh)

Japanese: お茶目 (oh-cha-meh)

Javanese: guyon (goo-yohn)

Kannada: ಆಡು (a-du)

Kazakh: ойнақтақ (oy-nakh-takh)

Khmer: ចូលលេង (choul-leng)

Korean: 장난기 많은 (jang-nan-gi ma-neun)

Kurdish: bergirin (ber-gee-reen)

Kyrgyz: оюнчул (oy-oon-chul)

Lao: ມ່ວນ (muan)

Latvian: rotaļīgs (ro-tah-leegz)

Lithuanian: žaismingas (zhay-smin-gas)

Luxembourgish: spilleresch (shpill-er-esh)

Macedonian: разигран (rah-zee-gran)

Malagasy: milalao (mee-lah-lah-oh)

Malay: suka bermain (soo-kah buhr-mah-een)

Malayalam: കളിയുള്ള (kah-lee-yool-lah)

Maltese: imqarqis (eem-ar-kees)

Maori: whakangahau (fah-kah-nah-how)

Marathi: खेळकर (khayl-kar)

Mongolian: тоглоомтой (toh-gloh-om-toy)

Nepali: खेलौना (khe-low-nah)

Norwegian: leken (lay-ken)

Odia: ଖେଳାର (khe-lah-rah)

Pashto: لوبغاړی (loh-bghah-ree)

Persian: بازیگوش (bah-zee-goosh)

Polish: figlarny (fig-lahr-nih)

Portuguese: brincalhão (breen-kahl-yown)

Punjabi: ਖਿਡਾਰੀ (khi-da-ree)

Romanian: jucăuș (joo-cuh-oosh)

Russian: игривый (ee-gree-vee)

Samoan: fiafia (fee-ah-fee-ah)

Serbian: разигран (rah-zee-gran)

Shona: kunakidza (koo-nah-keed-zah)

Sinhala: ක්‍රීඩාකාරී (kree-dah-ka-ree)

Slovak: hravý (hrah-vee)

Slovenian: igriv (ee-greev)

Somali: ciyaarsiis (chee-yar-sees)

Spanish: juguetón (hoo-geh-ton)

Sundanese: maén (ma-en)

Swahili: mchezaji (m-cheh-zah-jee)

Swedish: lekfull (lek-fuhl)

Tagalog: malaro (mah-lah-roh)

Tajik: шух (shookh)

Tamil: விளையாட்டு (vee-lai-ahtu)

Telugu: ఆటపటు (ah-ta-pat-too)

Thai: ขี้เล่น (kee-len)

Tigrinya: ሓሲና (hah-see-na)

Turkish: oyuncu (oy-oon-joo)

Turkmen: oýnawaç (oy-nah-wach)

Ukrainian: грайливий (hraih-lee-viy)

Urdu: شوخ (shookh)

Uzbek: shoʻx (shohkh)

Vietnamese: tinh nghịch (tinh-ngheek)

Welsh: chwaraeus (khwah-rye-us)

Wolof: ndiay-tan (n-dyah-tan)

Xhosa: dlala-khulu (d-lah-lah koo-loo)

Yiddish: שובב (shoy-vav)

Yoruba: erekusu (eh-reh-koo-soo)

Zulu: dlala (d-lah-lah)

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