How to Say Smile in Other Languages

Afrikaans: glimlag (ghlim-lahg)

Albanian: buzëqeshje (boo-zeh-cheh-sheh)

Amharic: ጥርት (tsir-te)

Arabic: ابتسامة (ib-ti-sa-ma)

Armenian: ժպիտ (zh-peet)

Azerbaijani: təbəssüm (tuh-bess-yoom)

Basque: irribarre (ee-ree-bar-re)

Belarusian: усмешка (us-myeh-shka)

Bengali: হাসি (haa-shee)

Bosnian: osmijeh (os-mee-yeh)

Bulgarian: усмивка (oo-smeev-ka)

Catalan: somriure (sohm-ree-oo-reh)

Cebuano: pahiyom (pah-hee-yom)

Chichewa: kumwetulira (koom-whe-too-lee-rah)

Chinese (Mandarin): 微笑 (wēi xiào)

Croatian: osmijeh (os-mee-yeh)

Czech: úsměv (oos-myev)

Danish: smil (smeel)

Dutch: glimlach (ghlim-lakh)

Esperanto: rideto (ree-deh-toh)

Estonian: naeratus (nah-rah-toos)

Finnish: hymy (hoo-moo)

French: sourire (soo-reer)

Galician: sorriso (sor-ree-soh)

Georgian: ღიმილი (gh-ee-mee-lee)

German: lächeln (leh-kheln)

Greek: χαμόγελο (khah-mo-yeh-loh)

Gujarati: સ્મિત (smee-th)

Haitian Creole: souri (soo-ree)

Hausa: murmushi (moor-moo-shee)

Hebrew: חיוך (khee-ookh)

Hindi: मुस्कान (moos-kan)

Hmong: luag ntxhi (loo-ahg n-tshee)

Hungarian: mosoly (moh-shoy)

Icelandic: bros (brohs)

Igbo: ọchị (oh-chee)

Indonesian: senyum (seh-nyoom)

Irish: meangadh gáire (mang-gah gahr-eh)

Italian: sorriso (sohr-ree-soh)

Japanese: 笑顔 (eh-gah-oh)

Javanese: mesem (meh-sem)

Kannada: ನಗು (na-goo)

Kazakh: күлкі (kool-kee)

Khmer: ញញឹម (nhoh-nhoem)

Korean: 미소 (mee-soh)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): pêşik (peh-sheek)

Kyrgyz: жылмаюу (zhyl-ma-yoo)

Lao: ຢິ່ມ (yeem)

Latvian: smaids (smayds)

Lithuanian: šypsena (sheep-seh-nah)

Luxembourgish: laachen (lah-khen)

Macedonian: насмевка (nah-smehv-kah)

Malagasy: mitsiky (mee-tsee-kee)

Malay: senyum (seh-nyoom)

Malayalam: പുഞ്ചിരി (poon-chee-ree)

Maltese: tbissima (tbee-see-mah)

Maori: menemene (meh-neh-meh-neh)

Marathi: हास्य (haas-yuh)

Mongolian: инээмсэглэл (ee-nehm-seglel)

Nepali: मुस्कान (moos-kan)

Norwegian: smil (smeel)

Odia: ହସ (haw-suh)

Pashto: مسکا (mus-ka)

Persian: لبخند (lab-khand)

Polish: uśmiech (oosh-myehkh)

Portuguese: sorriso (soh-ree-zoo)

Punjabi: ਮੁਸਕਾਨ (moos-kaan)

Romanian: zâmbet (zum-bet)

Russian: улыбка (oo-lyp-ka)

Samoan: ataata (ah-tah-ah-tah)

Sanskrit: स्मितम् (smi-tahm)

Serbian: осмех (os-mehkh)

Sesotho: pososelo (poh-so-seh-lo)

Shona: kuseka (koo-seh-kah)

Sindhi: مسڪراهٽ (moos-krah-hat)

Sinhala: සිනහව (see-nah-hah-va)

Slovak: úsmev (oos-myev)

Slovenian: nasmeh (nahs-mehk)

Somali: dhoolla caddeyn (thool-lah chad-deyn)

Spanish: sonrisa (sohn-ree-sah)

Sundanese: seuri (seh-oo-ree)

Swahili: tabasamu (tah-bah-sah-moo)

Swedish: leende (lee-en-deh)

Tajik: табассум (tah-bas-soom)

Tamil: சிரிப்பு (sirip-pu)

Telugu: చిరునవ్వు (chiru-nav-voo)

Thai: ยิ้ม (yeem)

Tigrinya: ስምት (semt)

Turkish: gülümseme (goo-loom-seh-meh)

Turkmen: ýylgyrma (yihl-geer-mah)

Ukrainian: посмішка (pos-meesh-kah)

Urdu: مسکراہٹ (moos-krah-hut)

Uzbek: tabassum (tah-bas-soom)

Vietnamese: nụ cười (noo koo-yuh)

Welsh: gwên (gwen)

Xhosa: ncuma (nkoo-mah)

Yiddish: שמייכל (shm-eykh-el)

Yoruba: ẹrin (eh-reen)

Zulu: ukumamatheka (oo-koo-mah-mah-theh-kah)

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