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How to Say 'Beautiful' in 50 Different Languages

Learn these words to impress your friends, family, or significant other and leave them smiling.

Amy Ansalone

Jan 14, 2017

Beautiful. One simple word with infinite meaning all over the world.

  • We say it when we're talking to our significant others to tell them they're beautiful inside and out.
  • We say it when we're taking in the beauty of our surroundings.
  • We say it when we look at flowers.
  • Sometimes, we don't even need to speak the word — we can just look at something or someone with such heartfelt admiration that they know.

No matter what language you say beautiful in, the strength of the word is undeniable.

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Make the word "beautiful" even more meaningful by learning how to say it in 50 different languages. Perfect for Valentine's Day to tell your sweetie, or just because you love them every day. "Beautiful" isn't just for lovers either; saying it to your children, mom, or best friend totally works, too.

  • Afrikaans: “pragtige”
  • Albanian: “bukur”
  • Arabic: “hellwa”
  • Belarusian: “pryhožaja”
  • Bosnian: “lijepa”
  • Bulgarian: “krasiv”
  • Catalan: “bonica”
  • Chinese: “Meilì”
  • Czech: “krásny”
  • Danish: “smuk”
  • Dutch: “mooi”
  • Esperanto: “bela”
  • Filipino: “maganda”
  • Finnish: “kaunis”
  • French: “belle”
  • Georgian: “lamazi”
  • German: “schön”
  • Greek: “ómorfi_”
  • Haitian: “bèl”
  • Hebrew: “yafah”
  • Hindi: “sundara”
  • Hmong: “zoo nkauj”
  • Icelandic: “falleg”
  • Indonesian: “indah”
  • Irish: “Go hálainn”
  • Italian: “bello”
  • Japanese: “Utsukushi”
  • Javanese: “ayu”
  • Khmer: “da srasa saat”
  • Lao: “ngam”
  • Latin: “pulchram”
  • Latvian: “skaista”
  • Macedonian: “ubava”
  • Maltese: “beautiful”
  • Marathi: “sundara”
  • Nepali: “sundara”
  • Norwegian: “vakker”
  • Polish: “piekna”
  • Portuguese: “bela”
  • Punjabi: “sudara”
  • Romanian: “frumos”
  • Russian: “krasivaya”
  • Slovak: “krásna”
  • Somali: “qurux”
  • Spanish: “hermosa”
  • Swahili: “nzuri”
  • Swedish: “vacker”
  • Telugu: “andamaina”
  • Turkish: “güzel”
  • Welsh: “hardd”

Now that you know how to say "beautiful" in 50 languages, go out and spread the love. Let your friends know they look “belle” today!