How to say

Serious

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Amharic አማርኛ am

ቁም ነገር ያለው (ḳum neger yalew)

Koom ne-GER yah-lew

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Arabic العربية ar

جَدِّيّ / ة

Jid-DEE / Jid-dee-YAH (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Bangla বাংলা bn

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

Gu-rut-to-POR-no

Use this to describe the importance or seriousness of something.

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Catalan català ca

Seriós/a

Seh-ree-OS/Seh-ree-O-sah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Czech čeština cs

Vážný/á

VAHZH-nee/VAHZH-nah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Danish dansk da

Alvorlig

Al-VOR-lee

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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German Deutsch de

Ernst

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Σοβαρός/ή/ό

So-vah-ROS/ee/OH (masculine/feminine/neuter)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Spanish Español es

Serio/a

SEH-ree-oh/SEH-ree-ah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Estonian eesti et

Tõsine

Tuh-SEE-neh

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Basque Basque eu

Larria

La-REE-ah

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Persian فارسی fa

جدی

Jeh-DEE

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Finnish suomi fi

Vakava

VAH-ka-vah

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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French Français fr

Sérieux/se

Seh-ree-UH/Seh-reez (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's character, a situation, or a topic of importance.

Galician Galician gl

Serio/a

Seh-REE-oh/Seh-REE-ah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

ગંભીર

Gum-BHEER

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Mai tsanani

My tsa-NA-nee

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Hebrew עברית he

רְצִינִי / ת

Re-tsee-NEE / Re-tsee-NEET (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

गंभीर

Gum-BHEER

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Hungarian magyar hu

Komoly

KOH-moy

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Serius

Seh-ree-US

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Alvarlegur/Alvarleg

Al-var-LEH-gur/Al-var-LEH (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Italian Italiano it

Serio/a

SEH-ree-oh/SEH-ree-ah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Japanese 日本語 ja

真面目 (まじめ) (majime)

Mah-jee-meh

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Korean 한국어 ko

진지한 (jinjihan)

Jin-jee-han

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Rimtas/a

REEM-tas/REEM-tah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Nopietns/a

NOH-pyetns/NOH-pyet-nah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Marathi मराठी mr

गंभीर

Gum-BHEER

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Malay Melayu ms

Serius

Seh-ree-us

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Serieus

Seh-REE-uhs

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Norwegian norsk no

Alvorlig

Al-VOR-lig

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਗੰਭੀਰ

Gum-BHEER

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Polish polski pl

Poważny/a

Po-VAHZH-ni/VAHZH-nah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Portuguese Português pt

Sério/a

SEH-ree-oo/SEH-ree-ah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Romanian română ro

Serios/oasă

Seh-ree-OS/Seh-ree-OAS-ah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Russian русский ru

Серьёзный/ая

Sehr-YOZ-niy/AH-yah (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

Swedish svenska sv

Allvarlig

All-VAR-lig

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Sawa

Sah-WAH

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

சீரியஸ்

See-ree-yas

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

తీవ్రమైన

Tee-vra-MAI-na

Use this to describe the seriousness of a situation or a person's demeanor.

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Thai ไทย th

จริงจัง (jing-jang)

Jing-jang

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Seryoso

Seh-RYO-so

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Ciddi

JID-dee

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Серйозний/а

Sehr-yoz-NIY/AH (masculine/feminine)

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Urdu اردو ur

سنجیدہ

Sun-JEE-dah

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Nghiêm túc

Ngee-em tooc

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Oníwọ̀nbà

O-nee-wo-BAH

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Chinese 中文 zh

严肃 (yánsù)

Yan-soo

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

認真 (yihm-jān)

Yihm-jaan

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Oqotho

O-KOH-tho

Use this to describe someone's demeanor or the gravity of a situation.

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