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| Language | Translations for "BE SHARP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), شحذ (edge, grind, hone, quicken, sharp, sharpen, sharpening, stone, strop, whet, whetting). (various references) | |
French | aiguiser, être tranchant, être âpre. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להתחדד (be witty, become sharp, taper). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 角立つ (to be rough, to be sharp), 角立てる (to be pointed, to be sharp), 角目立つ (to be rough, to be sharp), 切れる (to be disconnected, to be injured, to be out of, to be sharp, to be shrewd, to break, to burst, to collapse, to cut well, to expire, to have a sharp mind, to severwith, to snap, to wear out). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きれる (to be disconnected, to be injured, to be out of, to be sharp, to be shrewd, to break, to burst, to collapse, to cut well, to expire, to have a sharp mind, to severwith, to snap, to wear out), つのめだつ (to be rough, to be sharp), かどだつ (to be rough, to be sharp), かどだてる (to be pointed, to be sharp). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebay arpshay.(various references) | |
Spanish | ser astuto. (various references) | |
Turkish | karnı zil çalmak (be sharp-set, feel peckish), çok aç olmak (be sharp-set). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суворо судити (be sharp upon). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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