How to say “handsome” in 30 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
“handsome” in French: belle · Arabic: وسيم · Turkish: yakışıklı
It is commonest in Tagalog, where guwapo is the 347th most used word.
Handsome in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic وسيم/wasiːm/ handsome, pretty, goodly, elegant #1,164
- Basque ederra/eˈðeˌra/ beautiful, pretty, handsome #159
- Bosnian zgodan/zɡôdan/ handsome, pretty, attractive #1,556
- Chinese 漂亮/pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ¹/ pretty; beautiful; handsome #110
- Croatian zgodan/zɡôdan/ handsome, pretty, attractive #1,514
- Danish smuk/smok/ beautiful, handsome, good-looking #530
- Dutch mooi/moːi̯/ beautiful, pretty, handsome #236
- Finnish komea/ˈkomeɑ/ #1,936
- French belle/bɛl/ handsome, fine, attractive #398
- Galician aposto[aˈpɔstʊ] handsome, good-looking #1,597
- Georgian ლამაზი[ɫämäzi] beautiful, handsome #197
- German hübsch/hʏpʃ/ pretty, handsome #1,079
- Greek όμορφη/ˈo.moɾ.fi/ beautiful, pretty, handsome #547
- Hebrew נאה/naˈʔe/ handsome, fair #1,487
- Hungarian jóképű[ˈjoːkeːpyː] #1,992
- Icelandic myndarlegur[ˈmɪntarˌlɛːɣʏr] handsome, good-looking #1,159
- Indonesian tampan/ˈtam.pan/ #997
- Malay tampan/tam.pan/ handsome; good-looking — usually of a man #1,629
- Persian خوشگل[xoʃ.ɡʲel̥] beautiful, handsome, good-looking #630
- Polish ładna/ˈwad.na/ pretty; handsome; nice-looking #1,774
- Russian красивый[krɐˈsʲivɨj] beautiful, handsome #2,204
- Serbian zgodan/zɡôdan/ handsome, pretty, attractive #1,575
- Slovenian lep/léːp/ beautiful; handsome #299
- Spanish hermosa/eɾˈmosa/ gorgeous, beautiful, handsome, lovely #850
- Swedish snygg/snʏɡː/ good-looking; handsome #917
- Tagalog guwapo/ɡuˈapo/ handsome; good-looking #347
- Turkish yakışıklı/jakɯʃɯkˈɫɯ/ #1,080
- Ukrainian гарний[ˈɦarnei̯] beautiful, pretty, handsome #677
- Urdu حسین/ɦə.siːn/ beautiful, handsome #2,492
- Vietnamese bảnh[ʔɓajŋ̟˧˩] handsome and well-dressed #2,247
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.