He is proficient in English.
Source: tatoeba (26342)
Proficient
//pɹəˈfɪʃ.ənt//
Synonyms for "proficient" (159 found)
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3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 29 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- tatao adj (skilled)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изкусен adj (skilled)
- опитен adj (skilled)
- умел adj (skilled)
- специалист noun (expert)
Catalan
3 entries- capaç adj (skilled)
- perit adj (skilled)
- versat adj (skilled)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 嫻熟的 /娴熟的 adj (skilled)
- 熟嫻的 /熟娴的 adj (skilled)
- 熟練的 /熟练的 adj (skilled)
- 純熟的 /纯熟的 adj (skilled)
Dutch
4 entries- bekwaam adj (skilled)
- competent adj (skilled)
- geoefend adj (skilled)
- expert noun (expert)
Esperanto
1 entries- lerta adj (skilled)
Finnish
3 entries- sujuva adj (skilled)
- taitava adj (skilled)
- taituri noun (expert)
French
1 entries- compétent adj (skilled)
Galician
1 entries- competente adj (skilled)
German
4 entries- befähigt adj (skilled)
- bewandert adj (skilled)
- erfahren adj (skilled)
- fähig adj (skilled)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रवीण adj (skilled)
- पारंगत noun (expert)
- प्रवीण noun (expert)
Icelandic
2 entries- fær adj (skilled)
- snjall adj (skilled)
Indonesian
1 entries- mahir adj (skilled)
Italian
4 entries- competente adj (skilled)
- esperto adj (skilled)
- proficuo adj (skilled)
- esperto noun (expert)
Japanese
2 entries- 上手な adj (skilled)
- 熟練な adj (skilled)
Kazakh
2 entries- білікті adj (skilled)
- жетік adj (skilled)
Malayalam
1 entries- നിപുണൻ noun (expert)
Manx
1 entries- aghtal adj (skilled)
Māori
2 entries- kaiaka adj (skilled)
- matatau adj (skilled)
Norwegian
1 entries- flink adj (skilled)
Polish
1 entries- biegły adj (skilled)
Portuguese
4 entries- competente adj (skilled)
- perito adj (skilled)
- proficiente adj (skilled)
- perito noun (expert)
Russian
4 entries- иску́сный adj (skilled)
- компете́нтный adj (skilled)
- уме́лый adj (skilled)
- специали́ст noun (expert)
Spanish
4 entries- competente adj (skilled)
- facundo adj (skilled)
- perito adj (skilled)
- proficiente adj (skilled)
Swedish
2 entries- erfaren adj (skilled)
- sakkunnig adj (skilled)
Tagalog
1 entries- dalubhasa adj (skilled)
Turkish
4 entries- becerikli adj (skilled)
- ehliyetli adj (skilled)
- kabiliyetli adj (skilled)
- mahir adj (skilled)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вмі́лий adj (skilled)
- досві́дчений adj (skilled)
- компете́нтний adj (skilled)
- е́ксперт noun (expert)
Uyghur
1 entries- پۇختا adj (skilled)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Proficient in English, he is looked on as a good teacher.
Source: tatoeba (26388)
The international situation had become so tense, it would require proficient diplomats to handle it with kid gloves.
Source: tatoeba (241417)
We are looking for someone who is proficient in French.
Source: tatoeba (262844)
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