happy

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire.

Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them - Boyle
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.

Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord - Psalm 144:15

The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more - Alexander Pope
Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a rejoinder - Jonathan Swift
Content (to do something); having no objection (to something).

Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?

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(favored by hap, luck or fortune): Said of expedients, efforts, ventures, omens, etc.
(experiencing the effect of favorable fortune): Said of people, hours, thoughts, times, etc.

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sad
unhappy

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enjoying peace, comfort, etc; contented, joyous

Afrikaans: bly, gelukkig
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Arabic: سعيد (saʻīd) m., فرحان ar(ar) (farHaan)
Asturian: feliz, contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu
Catalan: feliç ca(ca) m.
Chamicuro: pya'kijnani
Chinese: trad. 高興, simpl. 高兴 (gāoxìng), trad. 愉快, simpl. 愉快 (yúkuài), trad. 快樂, simpl. 快乐 (kuàilè), trad. 幸福, simpl. 幸福 (xìngfú)
Croatian: sretan hr(hr)
Czech: šťastný cs(cs)
Danish: glad da(da), lykkelig da(da)
Dutch: gelukkig nl(nl), blij nl(nl)
Esperanto: feliĉa eo(eo), kontenta eo(eo), gaja eo(eo)
Estonian: ōnnelik
Filipino: masaya
Finnish: onnellinen fi(fi)
French: heureux fr(fr) m., heureuse fr(fr) f., content fr(fr) m., contente fr(fr) f., bienheureux fr(fr) m., bienheureuse fr(fr) f.
Georgian: ბედნიერი ka(ka)
German: glücklich de(de)
Greek: ευχαριστημένος el(el) m. (efcharistiménos), χαρούμενος el(el) m. (charoúmenos)
Hebrew: מאושר (me'ooshar), שָׂמֵחַ (same'akh)
Hindi: ख़ुश (khuś) , प्रसन्न (prasann)
Hungarian: boldog hu(hu)
Icelandic: hamingjusamur
Ido: felica io(io)
Indonesian: senang id(id)

Irish: áthasach ga(ga), sona ga(ga)
Italian: felice it(it) m. and f., lieto it(it) m., lieta it(it) f.
Japanese: 幸せな (しあわせな, shiawase-na), 幸福な (こうふくな, kōfuku-na)
Korean: 행복하다 (haengbok-hada)
Kurdish:

Sorani: دڵ خۆش ku(ku) (dill xosh), خه‌نی ku(ku) (xení)
Latin: laetus la(la)
Lithuanian: laimingas lt(lt)
Norwegian: glad no(no), lykkelig no(no)
Old English: blīþe ang(ang), glæd ang(ang), ēadiġ ang(ang), wynfull ang(ang)
Polish: szczęśliwy m., szczęśliwa f., szczęśliwe n., szczęśliwi plural, szczęśliwe plural,f.
Portuguese: feliz pt(pt)
Romani: baxtalo m., baxtali m., baxtale m.
Romanian: fericit ro(ro) m., bucuros ro(ro) m.
Russian: счастливый ru(ru) (sčastlívyj), радостный ru(ru) (rádostnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: sona, toilichte, àghmhor
Serbian:

Cyrillic: срећан m.

Roman: srećan m.
Slovene: srečen sl(sl)
Spanish: feliz es(es) m. and f., alegre es(es) m. and f., contento es(es) m., satisfecho es(es) m.
Swedish: glad sv(sv) c., glatt sv(sv) n., lycklig sv(sv) c., lyckligt sv(sv) n.
Tagalog: masaya tl(tl)
Thai: มีความสุข (mee kwaam sòok)
Turkish: mutlu tr(tr)
Urdu: جوش (xuś)
Vietnamese: mừng vi(vi)

fortunate

Afrikaans: gelukkig
Arabic: محظوظ (majṭūṭ)
Catalan: feliç
Chinese: trad. 幸運的, simpl. 幸运的 (xìngyùnde)
Czech: šťastný cs(cs)
Danish: heldig da(da)
Dutch: gelukkig nl(nl)
Esperanto: feliĉa eo(eo)
Estonian: õnnelik
Filipino: masaya, suwerte
Finnish: hyvä fi(fi), onnekas fi(fi), onnellinen fi(fi)
French: heureux fr(fr) m., heureuse fr(fr) f., chanceux fr(fr) m., chanceuse fr(fr) f.
German: glücklich de(de)
Greek: ευτυχής (eftikhis) m., ευτυχισμένος (eftikhismenos) m.
Hindi: ख़ुश (khuś) , प्रसन्न (prasann)
Hungarian: szerencsés hu(hu)
Icelandic: heppilegur is(is)
Indonesian: untung, mujur
Irish: séanmhar ga(ga), sona ga(ga)
Italian: fortunato it(it) m., fortunata it(it) f.
Japanese: 幸運な (こううんな, kōunna), 運のよい (うんのよい, un no yoi)

Korean: 운좋은 (unjoheun)
Kurdish:

Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر ku(ku) (bextewer)
Latin: felix la(la)
Lithuanian: laimingas
Norwegian: heldig no(no)
Portuguese: feliz pt(pt)
Romanian: norocos
Russian: удачный ru(ru) (udáchnyj)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: срећан m.

Roman: srećan m.
Slovak: šťastný sk(sk)
Slovene: srečen sl(sl)
Spanish: afortunado es(es), feliz es(es)
Swedish: gynnsam c., gynnsamt n., lyckad c., lyckat n.
Tagalog: masaya tl(tl), suwerte tl(tl)
Turkish: şanslı tr(tr)
Vietnamese: sướng vi(vi), sung sướng vi(vi), may vi(vi), may mắn vi(vi), hạnh phúc vi(vi)

dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous

Afrikaans: handig, kundig, slim
Dutch: handig nl(nl), bedreven nl(nl), kundig nl(nl)
Esperanto: feliĉa eo(eo)

Finnish: kätevä fi(fi), aulis fi(fi)
Greek: ευτυχής (eftikhis) m., ευτυχισμένος (eftikhismenos) m.
Vietnamese: tài tình vi(vi)

content (to do something); having no objection (to something)

Afrikaans: tevrede, gelukkig
Catalan: feliç
Czech: spokojený cs(cs)
Dutch: tevreden nl(nl)
Esperanto: vole (willingly), kun plezuro (with pleasure), kontenta pri (happy with)
Finnish: halukas, suostuvainen
French: satisfait fr(fr) m.
German: mit (etwas) einverstanden sein
Hungarian: elégedett; meg van elégedve
Irish: sásta ga(ga)

Italian: contento it(it) m., contenta it(it) f.
Norwegian: fornøyd
Polish: zadowolony pl(pl) m., zadowolona pl(pl) f., zadowolone pl(pl) n., zadowoleni pl(pl) m. pl., zadowolone pl(pl) f. pl.
Romanian: mulţumit ro(ro)
Scottish Gaelic: toilichte, sàsaichte
Serbian:

Cyrillic: задовољан m.

Roman: zadovoljan m.
Swedish: nöjd sv(sv) c., nöjt sv(sv) n.
Vietnamese: vui lòng

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Arabic: سعيد (sa‘íd)
Konkani: khoxi
Tagalog: maligaya, masaya, kagalakan,
Welsh: dedwydd, gwynfydedig, hapus, swynedig

happy

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