Word to say to smile

Smile in Different Languages: A smile is mainly caused by relaxing the muscles of mouth-side. Many gestures include an expression known as a Duchenne smile which contracts the muscles at the eye corner. Smiling, among individuals, refers to fun, sociability, happiness, joy or pleasant. It is different from a similar but generally unintentional expression of anxiety called a grimace.

Translation of word Smile in almost 100+ different languages of the world.

Different Languages Word Smile
Albanian buzëqeshje
Basque irribarre
Belarusian ўсмешка
Bosnian osmijeh
Bulgarian усмивка
Catalan somriure
Croatian osmijeh
Czech usměj se
Danish smil
Dutch glimlach
Estonian naeratus
Finnish hymy
French sourire
Galician sorriso
German Lächeln
Greek χαμόγελο (chamógelo)
Hungarian mosoly
Icelandic Bros
Irish aoibh gháire
Italian Sorriso
Latvian smaids
Lithuanian šypsena
Macedonian насмевка
Maltese daħka
Norwegian smil
Polish uśmiech
Portuguese sorrir
Romanian zâmbet
Russian улыбка (ulybka)
Serbian осмех (osmeh)
Slovak úsmev
Slovenian nasmeh
Spanish sonreír
Swedish leende
Ukrainian посмішка (posmishka)
Welsh gwenu
Yiddish שמייכל
Armenian ժպիտ
Azerbaijani təbəssüm
Bengali হাসি
Chinese Simplified 微笑 (wéixiào)
Chinese Traditional 微笑 (wéixiào)
Georgian smile
Gujarati સ્મિત
Hindi मुस्कुराओ
Hmong luag
Japanese スマイル
Kannada ಸ್ಮೈಲ್
Kazakh күлімсіреу
Khmer ស្នាមញញឹម
Korean 미소 (miso)
Lao ຮອຍຍິ້ມ
Malayalam പുഞ്ചിരി
Marathi स्मित
Mongolian инээмсэглэл
Myanmar (Burmese) ပွုံးရယျ
Nepali मुस्कान
Sinhala සිනහව
Tajik табассум
Tamil புன்னகை
Telugu స్మైల్
Thai ยิ้ม
Turkish gülümseme
Urdu مسکراہٹ
Uzbek tabassum
Vietnamese nụ cười
Arabic ابتسامة (aibtisama)
Hebrew חיוך
Persian لبخند
Afrikaans glimlag
Chichewa kumwetulira
Hausa murmushi
Igbo ọchị
Sesotho pososelo
Somali dhoola
Swahili tabasamu
Yoruba smile
Zulu ukumamatheka
Cebuano pahiyom
Filipino ngiti
Indonesian tersenyum
Javanese eseman
Malagasy tsiky
Malay senyuman
Maori ataata
Esperanto rideto
Haitian Creole souri
Latin risus

Smile in European Languages

Translation of word Smile in almost 42 European languages.

Different Languages Word Smile
Albanian buzëqeshje
Basque irribarre
Belarusian ўсмешка
Bosnian osmijeh
Bulgarian усмивка
Catalan somriure
Corsican surrisu
Croatian osmijeh
Czech usměj se
Danish smil
Dutch glimlach
Estonian naeratus
Finnish hymy
French sourire
Frisian laitsje
Galician sorriso
German Lächeln
Greek χαμόγελο [chamógelo]
Hungarian mosoly
Icelandic Bros
Irish aoibh gháire
Italian Sorriso
Latvian smaids
Lithuanian šypsena
Luxembourgish laachen
Macedonian насмевка
Maltese daħka
Norwegian smil
Polish uśmiech
Portuguese uśmiech
Romanian zâmbet
Russian улыбка [ulybka]
Scots Gaelic gàire
Serbian осмех [osmeh]
Slovak úsmev
Slovenian nasmeh
Spanish sonreír
Swedish leende
Tatar елмаеп кара
Ukrainian посмішка [posmishka]
Welsh gwenu
Yiddish שמייכל

Smile in Asian Languages

Translation of word Smile in almost 36 Asian languages.

Different Languages Word Smile
Armenian ժպիտ
Azerbaijani təbəssüm
Bengali হাসি
Chinese Simplified 微笑 [wéixiào]
Chinese Traditional 微笑 [wéixiào]
Georgian smile
Gujarati સ્મિત
Hindi मुस्कुराओ
Hmong luag
Japanese スマイル
Kannada ಸ್ಮೈಲ್
Kazakh күлімсіреу
Khmer ស្នាមញញឹម
Korean 미소 [miso]
Kyrgyz жылмаюу
Lao ຮອຍຍິ້ມ
Malayalam പുഞ്ചിരി
Marathi स्मित
Mongolian инээмсэглэл
Myanmar (Burmese) ပွုံးရယျ
Nepali मुस्कान
Odia ହସ
Pashto موسکا
Punjabi ਮੁਸਕਾਨ
Sindhi کلڻ
Sinhala සිනහව
Tajik табассум
Tamil புன்னகை
Telugu స్మైల్
Thai ยิ้ม
Turkish gülümseme
Turkmen ýylgyr
Urdu مسکراہٹ
Uyghur كۈلۈمسىرەڭ
Uzbek tabassum
Vietnamese nụ cười

Smile in Middle East Languages

Translation of word Smile in 4 middle eastern languages.

Different Languages Word Smile
Arabic ابتسامة [aibtisama]
Hebrew חיוך
Kurdish (Kurmanji) kenn
Persian لبخند

Smile in African Languages

Translation of word Smile in almost 13 African languages.

Different Languages Word Smile
Afrikaans glimlag
Amharic ፈገግ በል
Chichewa kumwetulira
Hausa murmushi
Igbo ọchị
Kinyarwanda kumwenyura
Sesotho pososelo
Shona kunyemwerera
Somali dhoola
Swahili tabasamu
Xhosa uncumo
Yoruba smile
Zulu ukumamatheka

Smile in Austronesian Languages

Translation of word Smile in almost 10 Austronesian languages.

Different Languages Word Smile
Cebuano pahiyom
Filipino ngiti
Hawaiian minoʻaka
Indonesian tersenyum
Javanese eseman
Malagasy tsiky
Malay senyuman
Maori ataata
Samoan ataata
Sundanese seuri

Smile in Other Foreign Languages

Different Languages Word Smile
Esperanto rideto
Haitian Creole souri
Latin risus

Video Translation of Smile in 10 Other Languages

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More Information about Smile

While cross-cultural studies have shown that smiling and joy is a form of worldwide contact, there are broad variations between cultures, beliefs and communities with some smiling to express discomfort or embarrassment.

Sign Preuschoft Primatologist remembers the smile of more than 30 million years ago to the’ fear grin’ of apes and monkeys still barely grip their teeth to represent friendly threats or to signalize obedience to more powerful members of this group.

The grin may have evolved differently between animals and humans in particular. Although smiling is seen most of the time as a positive emotion, other people believe that smiling is a derogatory expression, and view it as awkward. There is difference between smile and laugh.

Too much smile can be viewed as a symbol of lack of honesty. Many areas in Asia can be ashamed or mentally pained whenever people smile. Some people might smile at others to say a warm welcome.

To close friends and family, a smile might be maintained. Many in the former Soviet Union feel that it’s odd and even sinister conduct to smile at strangers in public or even a symbol of stupidity.

Systematic cross-cultural studies on the social perception of smiling individuals found that a smiling person may in some societies be deemed less intellectual than a smiling person (and that avoidance of cultural anxiety may explain certain differences).

In addition, the same study found that social bribery can weaken the prosocial understanding of smile–confidence in smiling individuals is undermined in societies with high markers of corruption.

Everyone who doesn’t love a smile has some techniques that they use to cover. Your lips never go anywhere so all your expressions are closely lipped and locked.

You cover your mouth with your hand while you can’t help but grin or chuckle. Most of the time you walk on your mask with serious expression, you fear that somebody is going to see your teeth unintentionally.

Your immune system is enhanced by smiling because the entire body calms when you smile. If you’re in bad humor, smile, although you don’t like it, because it boosts the attitude instantly.

Smiles are beautiful. If you smile, people should smile around you, too. With a healthy smile, you’re going to spread happiness.

The word smile in different languages has many names. Smile is the happiness of mind. You will alleviate stress because it releases endorphins with a smile.

It is better to smile mentally than to frown as smiling requires less muscles.

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  • beam
  • grin
  • laugh
  • smirk
  • simper
  • be gracious
  • express friendliness
  • express tenderness
  • look amused
  • look delighted
  • look happy
  • look pleased

On this page you’ll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to smile, such as: beam, grin, laugh, smirk, simper, and be gracious.

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SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985

WORDS RELATED TO SMILE

  • cackle
  • chortle
  • crow
  • exult
  • guffaw
  • hee-haw
  • laugh
  • smile
  • snicker
  • snigger
  • sniggle
  • tee-hee
  • titter
  • cackled
  • chortled
  • crowed
  • exulted
  • guffawed
  • hee-hawed
  • laughed
  • smiled
  • snickered
  • sniggered
  • sniggled
  • teeheed
  • tittered
  • air
  • aspect
  • cast
  • character
  • contortion
  • countenance
  • face
  • grimace
  • grin
  • look
  • mien
  • mug
  • pout
  • simper
  • smile
  • smirk
  • sneer
  • visage
  • airs
  • aspects
  • casts
  • characters
  • contortions
  • countenances
  • faces
  • grimaces
  • grins
  • looks
  • miens
  • mugs
  • pouts
  • simpers
  • smiles
  • smirks
  • sneers
  • visages
  • face
  • frown
  • moue
  • mouth
  • mouthing
  • mug
  • scowl
  • smile
  • smirk
  • sneer
  • wry face
  • advantage
  • big break
  • blessing
  • break
  • fluke
  • fortunateness
  • godsend
  • good luck
  • happiness
  • health
  • in the cards
  • karma
  • kismet
  • luckiness
  • lucky break
  • occasion
  • opportunity
  • profit
  • prosperity
  • run of luck
  • serendipity
  • smile
  • streak of luck
  • stroke
  • success
  • triumph
  • victory
  • weal
  • wealth
  • win
  • windfall

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

How to say 

«To smile» in Russian

Russian word of the day | Sep 15, 2020 (see all)

улыба́ться

[ u-ly-bá-tsa ]

Verb
, imperfective
Often used with the Dative
Perfective — улыбну́ться (see below)

to smile

The perfective aspect

Examples
of «To smile» in Russian

  • Я всегда́ улыба́юсь на фотогра́фиях.

    ya vseeg-dá u-ly-bá-yus’ na fa-ta-grá-fee-yah

    I always smile on the pictures.

  • Улыба́йтесь бо́льше и бу́дьте сча́стливы!

    u-ly-báî-tyes’ ból’-she ee bút’-tye schás-lee-vy

    Smile more and be happy!

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улыбка, благоволение, улыбаться, выражать улыбкой

существительное

- улыбка

- pl. расположение, поддержка

the smiles of fortune — улыбка фортуны, милость судьбы

глагол

- улыбаться

to smile at smb., smth. — улыбаться кому-л., чему-л.
to smile ironically — улыбаться иронически
to smile smb. into a good humour — улыбкой развеселить кого-л.
to smile back at smb. — ответить улыбкой на улыбку
to smile one’s tears away — улыбкой прогнать слёзы
to smile smb.’s fears away — улыбкой развеять чьи-л. страхи
he smiled to see her so happy — её счастливый вид вызвал у него улыбку

- (on, upon) одобрять, взирать милостиво

fortune smiles upon us — нам улыбается судьба
the authorities smiled on the project — власти одобрили проект

- (at) относиться презрительно или насмешливо

to smile at the claims [at the efforts] of smb. — а) осмеивать чьи-л. претензии [усилия]; б) игнорировать чьи-л. претензии [усилия]
to smile at one’s own troubles — иронизировать над собственными неприятностями
I smiled at her credulity — её легковерие вызвало у меня улыбку

- выражать улыбкой

to smile assent [forgiveness, thanks, welcome] — улыбнуться в знак согласия [прощения, благодарности, приветствия]

- приятно выглядеть (о чём-л.)

the landscape smiled in the sunshine — ≅ мирный, залитый солнцем пейзаж
to come up smiling — не падать духом после неудачи, не унывать
keep smiling! — а) встречай с улыбкой! (покупателя и т. п.); б) не вешай носа!
to smile like a brewer’s horse — ухмыляться, улыбаться до ушей; расплыться в улыбке

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile — загадочная улыбка Моны Лизы  
a smile on his swarthy face — улыбка на его смуглом лице  
a rather bewitching smile — довольно милая улыбка  
a bland smile — мягкая улыбка  
cattish smile — хитрая улыбка  
cheerful smile — весёлая улыбка  
smile, exposing a set of white teeth — улыбка, обнажающая белоснежные зубы  
faint smile — слабая улыбка  
to smile free — непринуждённо улыбаться  
frosty smile — ледяная улыбка  
beguiling / intriguing smile — заманчивая, интригующая улыбка  

Примеры с переводом

She has a sweet smile.

У неё милая улыбка.

She smiled her thanks

Она благодарно улыбнулась. / Она улыбнулась в знак благодарности.

He always wears a smile.

На его лице всегда улыбка. (досл. «Он всегда носит улыбку»)

A smile lit her face.

Её лицо осветила улыбка.

She sketched a smile.

Она изобразила улыбку.

She gave a wan smile.

Она через силу улыбнулась.

He gave her a shy smile.

Он одарил её застенчивой улыбкой.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Her smile said it all.

She gave them a little smile.

Susan smiled at him and waved.

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Фразовые глаголы

smile on — благоприятствовать, выказывать благоволение

Возможные однокоренные слова

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: smile
he/she/it: smiles
ing ф. (present participle): smiling
2-я ф. (past tense): smiled
3-я ф. (past participle): smiled

noun
ед. ч.(singular): smile
мн. ч.(plural): smiles

1

as in to grin

to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward

the soldier smiled in pleasure when he saw the giant sign welcoming him home


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

2

as in to laugh

to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions

smiled at their ridiculous antics and walked away in disgust

as in grin


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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“Smile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smile. Accessed 14 Apr. 2023.

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