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Definition 2024

cheer_up

cheer up

English

Verb

(intransitive, idiomatic) to become happy
I cheered up after seeing the results.
(transitive, idiomatic) to make someone happy
The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.

Translations

to become happy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 振作 (zh) ‎(zhènzuò), 振作起來 (zh), 振作起来 (zh) ‎(zhènzuò qǐlái)
Czech: pookřát, vzmužit se
Finnish: piristyä (fi), ilahtua (fi)
German: bessere Laune bekommen, aufheitern (transitive), aufmuntern (de) (transitive)

Japanese: 勇む ‎(いさむ, isamu), 勇み立つ ‎(いさみたつ, isamitatsu)
Portuguese: animar-se
Romanian: bucura (ro), înveseli (ro), dispune (ro)
Russian: утеша́ться (ru) impf ‎(utešátʹsja), уте́шиться (ru) pf ‎(utéšitʹsja), развесели́ться (ru) pf ‎(razveselítʹsja), воодушевля́ться (ru) impf ‎(vooduševljátʹsja), воодушеви́ться (ru) pf ‎(vooduševítʹsja)
Spanish: animarse (es)

to make someone happy

Bulgarian: ободрявам (bg) ‎(obodrjavam)
Czech: povzbudit
Finnish: piristää, ilahduttaa
French: remonter le moral
German: aufmuntern (de), ermutigen (de), erheitern
Greek: ενθαρύνω ‎(entharýno)
Ido: joyigar (io)

Japanese: 元気づける ‎(げんきづける, genki-dzukeru)
Polish: rozweselić (pl)
Portuguese: animar (pt)
Russian: ободря́ть (ru) impf ‎(obodrjátʹ), ободри́ть (ru) pf ‎(obodrítʹ), уте́шить (ru) pf ‎(utéšitʹ), развесели́ть (ru) pf ‎(razveselítʹ), воодушевля́ть (ru) impf ‎(vooduševljátʹ), воодушеви́ть (ru) pf ‎(vooduševítʹ)
Spanish: animar (es)
Swedish: muntra upp (sv)

Interjection

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an encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy
Cheer up! Things could be worse.

Translations

an encouragement

Czech: hlavu vzhůru!
French: courage (fr) m
German: Kopf hoch! (de)
Greek: κουράγιο! (el) ‎(kourágio!)
Italian: coraggio! (it), forza! (it)
Japanese: 元気出して！ (ja) ‎(げんきだして！, genki dashite!)
Latin: relaxō

Portuguese: anime-se
Romanian: hai (ro)ǃ, curaj (ro)ǃ, nu te daǃ, capul susǃ
Russian: вы́ше го́лову! ‎(výše gólovu!), не па́дайте ду́хом! ‎(ne pádajte dúxom!) (formal), не па́дай ду́хом! ‎(ne pádaj dúxom!) (informal), не уныва́йте! (ru) ‎(ne unyvájte!) (formal), не уныва́й! (ru) ‎(ne unyváj!) (informal)
Spanish: ánimo (es)

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