How to say “pleasant” in 35 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.
- ممتع/mumtiʕ/ Arabic
- հաճելի/hɑt͡ʃeˈli/ Armenian
- খোশ/kʰoʃ/ Bengali
“pleasant” in Arabic: ممتع
It is commonest in Lithuanian, where malonu is the 215th most used word.
Pleasant in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian këndshëm/kəndʃəm/ pleasant, nice, likable #1,081
- Arabic ممتع/mumtiʕ/ pleasant, delicious, amusing, enjoyable #874
- Armenian հաճելի/hɑt͡ʃeˈli/ pleasant, agreeable #263
- Basque atsegin/at͡s̺eɡin/ #290
- Bengali খোশ/kʰoʃ/ pleasant, delightful, amusing #1,721
- Bosnian ugodan/ûɡodan/ pleasing, pleasant, agreeable #2,468
- Bulgarian приятен[priˈja̟tɛn] pleasant, enjoyable, nice #1,263
- Catalan agradable[ə.ɣɾəˈðab.blə] pleasant; agreeable; pleasing #1,237
- Chinese 愉快/y³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ happy; pleasant; enjoyable #459
- Croatian ugodan/ûɡodan/ pleasing, pleasant, agreeable #1,839
- Danish rart/ˈʁɑːˀd/ #635
- Dutch leuk/løːk/ nice, pleasant, enjoyable #205
- English sweet/swit/ In a pleasant manner #638
- Esperanto agrabla/aˈɡrabla/ agreeable, pleasant, congenial #1,712
- Finnish hauskaa/ˈhauskaː/ pleasant, nice, merry, fun, enjoyable #279
- French agréable/a.ɡʁe.abl/ pleasurable, nice, pleasant, agreeable #1,797
- Georgian მყუდრო[mχʼudɾo̞] calm, tranquil, having a pleasant ambiance #1,510
- Hebrew נחמד/neχˈmad/ nice, pleasant, lovely #221
- Hungarian kedves[ˈkɛdvɛʃ] nice, kind, pleasant #327
- Korean 반갑다[pa̠nɡa̠p̚t͈a̠] to be glad, happy; pleasant; welcome #1,444
- Latvian jauki/ˈjauki/ nice, pleasant, nicely, pleasantly; adverbial… #260
- Lithuanian malonu[mɐloːˈnʊ] pleasant, pleasing; agreeable #215
- Macedonian пријатен[ˈpri(j)atɛn] pleasant, nice, agreeable #1,529
- Malay seronok/səˈronok/ pleasant; enjoyable; fun #793
- Malayalam സുഗന്ധം/suɡɐn̪d̪(ʱ)ɐm/ pleasant smell; fragrance; scent #1,437
- Norwegian hyggelig/ˈhʏɡl̩ɪ/ nice, pleasant #357
- Polish miły/ˈmi.wɘ/ nice, pleasant, dear, gentle, mild, soft,… #1,247
- Portuguese simpático/sĩˈpa.t͡ʃi.ku/ nice, pleasant, likable #1,419
- Serbian prijatan/prîjaːtan/ #2,229
- Slovenian prijeten/prijèːtən/ #738
- Spanish agradable/aɡɾaˈdable/ agreeable, pleasant #1,011
- Swedish trevlig/ˈtrɛvlɪɡ/ nice and pleasant towards others, personable #821
- Tagalog sarap/saˈɾap/ tastiness; deliciousness; pleasant taste #459
- Tamil இனிய/ɪnɪjɐ/ sweet, pleasant, delightful #230
- Turkish tatlı/tatˈɫɯ/ sweet; having a pleasant taste, akin to that… #537
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.