pleasant

pleasant
adjective,
pleasanter, pleasantest angenehm; schön [Tag, Zeit]; nett [Gesicht, Lächeln]
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['pleznt]
adjective
(giving pleasure; agreeable: a pleasant day/person.) angenehm
- academic.ru/90170/pleasantly">pleasantly
- pleasantness
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pleas·ant
<-er, -est or more \pleasant, most \pleasant>
[ˈplezənt]
adj
1. (pleasing) day, experience, sensation, time angenehm, schön, hübsch; chat, smile nett
what a \pleasant surprise! was für eine angenehme Überraschung!
have a \pleasant day/journey! einen schönen Tag/eine gute Reise!
it was \pleasant to sit down es tat gut, sich zu setzen
\pleasant weather schönes Wetter
2. (friendly) freundlich, liebenswürdig
▪ to be \pleasant [to sb] [zu jdm] nett [o freundlich] sein
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['pleznt]
adj
aroma, taste angenehm; surprise also, news erfreulich; person also, face nett; manner also, smile freundlich; building gefällig

to make oneself pleasant to sb — jdn ein wenig unterhalten

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pleasant [ˈpleznt] adj (adv pleasantly)
1. angenehm (Arbeit, Geruch, Leben, Traum, Überraschung etc), erfreulich, wohltuend (Nachricht etc), vergnüglich:
a pleasant breeze eine angenehme oder wohltuende Brise;
pleasant to the taste angenehm im Geschmack;
be pleasantly surprised angenehm überrascht sein; → dream A 1
2. freundlich (Wetter, Person, Zimmer):
be pleasant to sb nett zu jemandem sein
3. obs vergnügt, lustig, heiter
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adjective,
pleasanter, pleasantest angenehm; schön [Tag, Zeit]; nett [Gesicht, Lächeln]
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adj.
angenehm adj.

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