happily ever after

English

Adverb

happily ever after

1. (idiomatic, often preceded by "to live") happily until one's death (typically used in fairy tales)

   And they lived happily ever after.

Translations

happily until one's death

Arabic: وعاشو عيشة سعيده (ar) (live a happy life) Catalan: i van viure feliços i van menjar anissos (and they lived happy and ate sweets) Chinese: 從此過著幸福快樂的日子 (live happily from now on) Croatian: i živjeli su dugo i sretno (and they lived long and happily) Czech: a žili šťastně až do smrti (and they lived long and happily) Dutch: en ze leefden nog lang en gelukkig (and they lived long and happily) Estonian: ja kui nad surnud pole, siis elavad nad õnnelikult tänase päevani (they live their happy days, if not dead) Finnish: sg. onnellisena elämänsä loppuun asti ([while being] happy till the end of his/her life); pl. onnellisina elämänsä loppuun asti ([while being] happy till the end of their lives) French: ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d’enfants (they lived happily and had many children) German: und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute (and if they have not died, they are still alive today) Goemai: Tamtis noe lat/ dok ba muaan yi wa (My tale has finished, (it) has returned to go (and) come home) Greek: κι έζησαν αυτοί καλά κι εμείς καλύτερα (and they lived well, and we [lived] better) Hungarian: És boldogan éltek, míg meg nem haltak (they lived happily until they died) Icelandic: Og þau lifðu vel og lengi (and they lived well and long); Og þau lifðu hamingjusöm til æviloka (and they lived happily until their death) Iraqw: aa fák (it is finished) In oral literature, endings are often phrases like "Such is the story that our father told us" (Iraqw: a-n ti'itá-r akóo doo-rén na alki'íit).

Italian: e vissero per sempre felici e contenti (and they lived forever happily and merrily) Latvian: un viņi dzīvoja ilgi un laimīgi (and they lived long and happily) Lithuanian: ir jie gyveno ilgai ir laimingai (and they lived long and happily) Norwegian: og så levde de lykkelig alle sine dager (and then they lived happily all their days); og er de ikke døde, så lever de ennå (and [if] they are not dead, then they're still living) Polish: i żyli długo i szczęśliwie (and they lived long and happily) Portuguese: e viveram felizes para sempre (and they lived happily forever) Russian: и жили они долго и счастливо (ru) (and they lived long and happily) Serbian: и живели су срећно до краја живота (and they lived happily till the end of (their) life) Slovene: in živeli so srečno do konca svojih dni (and they lived happily till the end of (their) life) Spanish: Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices (and they lived happily and ate partridges); Y colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado (and colored red, this story has ended); Y vivieron felices por siempre jamás (and they lived happily for ever and ever); Y vivieron felices el resto de sus días (and they lived happily the rest of their days) Swedish: och så levde de lyckliga i alla sina dagar (and then they lived happily in all their days) Turkish: ve hayatlarının sonuna kadar mutlu yaşadılar (and they lived happily till the end of their life), ve sonsuza kadar mutlu yaşadılar (tr) (and they lived happily forever -literally "until forever"-)