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| Language | Translations for "A SMILE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | صعب عليه الضحك (force a smile), إبتسم في وجهه (give smb. a smile), إبتسم له (give smb. a smile), روح تبتسم ل (ghost of a smile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 似笑非笑 (resemble a smile yet not smile). (various references) | |
Czech | vylodit na kom úsmìv (coax a smile out of smb.), usmát se na koho (give smb. a smile), přinutit se k úsmìvu (force a smile), obdařit koho úsmìvem (favour smb. a smile), náznak úsmìvu (hint of a smile). (various references) | |
Finnish | hymyhuulin (smilingly, with a smile on one's lips). (various references) | |
French | avoir le sourire (have a smile on one's face), tirer un sourire (get a smile), sourire à qn (give smb. a smile), réprimer son envie de rire (force a smile), ombre de sourire (ghost of a smile), faire sourire (raise a smile). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mosolyt kelt (to evoke a smile), mosolyog (to smile at, to wear a smile), mosoly ül az arcán (to wear a smile), mosoly árnyéka (ghost of a smile), megmosolyogtat (to raise a smile), alig észrevehető mosoly (ghost of a smile). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 頬笑み , 一笑 (a laugh). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほおえみ, いっしょう (1800 cc, a general, a generation, a laugh, a lifetime, all through life, an age, one existence, one win or victory, the era, the whole world, unit of old Japanese liquid measurement, whole life). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay ilesmay.(various references) | |
Romanian | se strãdui sã zâmbeascã (force a smile). (various references) | |
Russian | улыбнуться (crack a smile). (various references) | |
Scottish | snodha , snodha gàire, snodha, smigeadh, mìog, miog, fàite. (various references) | |
Spanish | sonreír a uno (give smb. a smile). (various references) | |
Turkish | belli belirsiz gülümseme (a suspicion of a smile). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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