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"cute" in esperanto

de AcidRain, 7 d’octubre de 2011

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AcidRain (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 6.46.28

What does "cute" mean in esperanto to describe someone's appearance?

Thank you.

To all who replied, thank you for your suggestions.

FrankoVoglero (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 7.28.28

AcidRain:What does "cute" mean in esperanto to describe someone's appearance?

Thank you.
Eble belaspekta.

novatago (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 7.59.06

Maybe gracia. Maybe you can also use a figurative sense of bebo with the suffixes "ĉjo" or "njo": beĉjo - benjo. I don't know if it's right to use beĉja - benja.

Ĝis, Novatago.

februaro (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 8.53.40

ĉarma

sudanglo (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 10.03.56

Ooh, I like minjona. Would this word be widely understood across Europe? Easy for French speakers, of course.

I suppose, quite a few uses of the English word 'cute' would be covered by 'dorlotinda' or 'aminda'.

For just describing someone's appearance, we have 'pimpa' (smart in a sexy way), eleganta, ŝika, okulplaĉa, belaspekta, belfigura etc.

'Cute' is used by women of men. Men may refer to a woman as 'fit' (at least in British English).

darkweasel (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 11.34.58

In German we can use a word that translates as "sweet" for this meaning - would speakers of other languages understand dolĉa for "cute"?

erinja (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 12.17.14

I speak some French but I wouldn't understand "minjona" if someone said it to me. The connection with French wouldn't occur to me, and I've never heard that word used in Esperanto before.

I use "ĉarma" for "cute" myself, but I think that "dolĉa" would also be widely understood.

ContextSwitch (Mostra el perfil) 7 d’octubre de 2011 13.19.37

I think that "sweet" may mean different things to different people even for denaska English speakers.

To me, saying "sweet" is something an adult would say about a child or an adult about another adult only to sound anachronistic.

ceigered (Mostra el perfil) 8 d’octubre de 2011 8.50.32

ContextSwitch:adult about another adult
Or girly in one of two ways:
"Naw they're so sweet" - I really like them, and they're good in multiple ways but not exceedingly good in any one way that might have lead me to say "they're hot/funny/cute/cool".

"Naw you're so sweet" ((unrelated, single) chick to dude) - I like you, but not enough to spontaneously say anything embarrassing, and I can't be stuffed thinking about any further progressions in this here friendship.

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I think "aminda", "ĉarma" and "dolĉa" work for all, but "dolĉa" seems to imply some form of innocence or kindness, where as "ĉarma" seems more like "likeable/agreeable" in a refined sense, where as "aminda" seems like the English phrase "oh, you'll love (John/Jane), great personality/really likeable".

sudanglo (Mostra el perfil) 8 d’octubre de 2011 8.52.22

Il est mignon M. Pignon!

Have you never watched Le Dîner de Cons, Erinja? If you haven't, then you are in for a real treat.

Pefectly crafted French comedy, but very warm at the same time. Wonderful film.

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