cheer up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

cheer up (third-person singular simple present cheers up, present participle cheering up, simple past and past participle cheered up)

(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 (de) (transitive), aufmuntern (de) (transitive)
Greek: χαροποιώ (el) (charopoió)

Italian: incoraggiare (it), sostenere (it), invogliare (it)
Japanese: 勇む (いさむ, isamu), 勇み立つ (いさみたつ, isamitatsu)
Norwegian: muntre opp
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 (cs)
Finnish: piristää (fi), ilahduttaa (fi)
French: remonter le moral
German: aufmuntern (de), ermuntern (de), ermutigen (de), erheitern (de)
Greek: ενθαρύνω (entharýno)
Hungarian: jókedvre derít
Ido: joyigar (io)
Italian: sollevare il morale

Japanese: 元気づける (げんきづける, genki-dzukeru)
Latin: hilarō
Norwegian: muntre opp
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

cheer up

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

Translations

an encouragement

Czech: hlavu vzhůru!
Dutch: kop op
Finnish: piristy!
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!)

Korean: 힘내라! (Himnaera!), 기운내라! (Giunnaera!)
Latin: relaxō
Norwegian: opp med hodet
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)

Anagrams

Pecheur, upcheer

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