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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.
Smile in All Languages
Translation of word Smile in almost 100+ different languages of the world.
Different Languages | Word Smile |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Esperanto | rideto |
Haitian Creole | souri |
Latin | risus |
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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.
Arslan Hussain, founder of The Different Languages, is an experienced translator passionate about languages and cultures. Through his website, he shares his knowledge and love for different languages, making learning accessible and enjoyable.