delighted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlaɪtəd/

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Adjective

delighted (comparative more delighted, superlative most delighted)

1. Greatly pleased.
   • 1957, “Jailhouse Rock”, Elvis Presley (music):

     Number forty-seven said to number three: / You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see. / I sure would be delighted with your company. / Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.

2. Filled with wonder and delight.

Translations

Greatly pleased

• Arabic: مَسْرُور (masrūr)
• Catalan: encantat
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歡喜／欢喜 (zh) (huānxǐ), 欢喜 (zh) (huānxǐ), 喜幸 (xǐxìng), 痛快 (zh) (tòngkuai), 欣喜 (zh) (xīnxǐ)

• Dutch: verrukt (nl)
• Finnish: hyvillään (fi), iloinen (fi), mielissään
• French: ravi (fr)
• Galician: encantado
• German: erfreut (de), hocherfreut
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• Japanese: 喜ぶ (ja) (よろこぶ, yorokobu) (be delighted), 嬉しがる (うれしがる, ureshigaru) (be delighted)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ра́достный (ru) (rádostnyj), восто́рженный (ru) (vostóržennyj)
• Spanish: encantado (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

Filled with wonder and delight

• Finnish: hyvillään (fi), iloinen (fi), mielissään
• French: ravi (fr)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Russian: восхищённый (ru) (vosxiščónnyj), восто́рженный (ru) (vostóržennyj)
• Spanish: encantado (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} joyoza (io)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} deliziato (it)
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• Norman: ^{(please verify)} ravi (Jersey)

Verb

delighted

1. simple past and past participle of delight