pretty
gb/pɹˈɪti/ us/pɹˈɪti/
A2
إنجليزي
~ 2900
szép, elég, szépség
A2
1
szép
A1
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone/something] is pretty
She wore a pretty blue dress to the party.
Egy szép kék ruhát viselt a partin.
The garden looks especially pretty in spring.
Tavasszal különösen szép a kert.
He gave her a pretty necklace for her birthday.
The town has many pretty old houses.
That's a pretty little café by the river.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
The flower is pretty.
A virág szép.
She has a pretty smile.
Szép a mosolya.
This is a pretty picture.
Your house is very pretty.
It is a pretty park.
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes confuse 'pretty' meaning 'attractive' with 'pretty' as an adverb meaning 'quite' (e.g., 'pretty good'). Context determines the meaning.
المعنى
attractive in a pleasant way
تراكيب شائعة
pretty girl
|pretty face
|pretty dress
|pretty garden
|pretty picture
مرادفات
beautiful (Stronger and more formal; can imply greater admiration.)
|
lovely (Warm and friendly; often used for both people and objects.)
أضداد
ugly (Describes something unpleasant to look at.)
مواضيع
appearance
|daily life
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
Nice to look at because it is pleasant and delicate.
Physically attractive in a delicate, pleasing, or charming way, often used for people or things.
B1
INFORMAL
2
elég
A2
نمط الاستخدام:
pretty [adjective/adverb]
I'm pretty sure we locked the door.
Elég biztos vagyok benne, hogy bezártuk az ajtót.
That movie was pretty funny.
Az a film elég vicces volt.
She's pretty good at tennis.
The test was pretty easy for me.
It's pretty cold outside today.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
I am pretty tired.
Elég fáradt vagyok.
This food is pretty good.
Ez az étel elég finom.
It is pretty late now.
The game was pretty fun.
He is pretty tall.
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes think 'pretty' here means 'beautiful', but it modifies adjectives/adverbs to mean 'fairly'.
المعنى
to some extent; fairly
تراكيب شائعة
pretty good
|pretty sure
|pretty fast
|pretty easy
|pretty big
مرادفات
fairly (Slightly more formal; similar meaning.)
|
quite (Can mean the same, but in British English sometimes means 'completely' depending on context.)
أضداد
barely (Indicates only just or hardly at all.)
مواضيع
daily life
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
Fairly; more than a little but not very.
To a moderately high degree; fairly or quite.
اسم
C1
3
szépség
B1
نمط الاستخدام:
a pretty / the pretties
She was the prettiest of the village pretties.
A falu szépségei közül ő volt a legszebb.
He's always surrounded by the pretties at school.
Az iskolában mindig szépségek veszik körül.
The film cast was full of young pretties.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
The pretties are at the party.
A szépségek ott vannak a buliban.
She is a pretty in the show.
Ő az egyik szépség a műsorban.
He likes the pretties in class.
غلطة شائعة:
This noun form is less common and can sound old-fashioned; learners may overuse it thinking it's neutral like the adjective form.
المعنى
attractive woman or girl
تراكيب شائعة
the local pretties
|she's a real pretty
مرادفات
beauty (More formal and often implies striking attractiveness.)
أضداد
plain woman (Describes someone without notable beauty.)
مواضيع
appearance
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
A girl or woman who looks nice.
An attractive person, especially a woman or girl, often used in the plural form or as a nickname.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
pretty
IPA
GB/pɹˈɪti/
US/pɹˈɪti/
المقاطع والنبر
pretty (١ مقطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (pretty)
تصريفات الكلمة
Adjective
- Base: pretty
- Comparative: prettier
- Superlative: prettiest
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
prettier
adjective
prettiest
adjective
Related words
prettily
adverb
prettiness
noun
Negative and opposite forms
ugly
adjective A2
Advanced or less common
prettify
verb
تعبيرات
look pretty
1/lˈʊk pɹˈɪti/
fixed phrase
appear attractive visually
To seem nice to look at.
أمثلة
- You look pretty in that dress.
- The mountains look pretty in winter.
pretty much
1/pɹˈɪti mˈʌt͡ʃ/
fixed phrase
informal
almost completely; nearly so
Almost completely; nearly all of something.
أمثلة
- We've pretty much finished the project.
- She pretty much told me she was leaving.
pretty please
1/pɹˈɪti plˈiz/
fixed phrase
informal
polite request with emphasis
Used to ask for something in a very polite or sweet way, often to convince someone.
أمثلة
- Can I borrow your car, pretty please?
- Pretty please, can we go to the park?
sit pretty
1/sˈɪt pɹˈɪti/
idiom
informal
be in a good position
To be in a good, safe, or lucky situation.
أمثلة
- With that promotion, he's sitting pretty now.
- After the win, the team was sitting pretty at the top of the league.