Sly
//slaɪ//
Translations of "sly" (44 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | κίδαφος(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), πανοῦργος(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | kídaphos, panoûrgos | |
| Arabic | خبيث(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), خَبِيث(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), مكار(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), مَاكِر(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | xabiis, ḵabīṯ, mkaar, mākir | |
| Armenian | խորամանկ(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | xoramank | |
| Basque | azeri(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Belarusian | хі́тры(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | xítry | |
| Bulgarian | изкусен(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy), кова́рен(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), лука́в(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), потаен(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), хи́тър(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | izkusen, kováren, lukáv, potaen, hítǎr | |
| Catalan | astut(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), murri(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 狡猾(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), 狡黠(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), 鬼黠(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | jiǎohuá, jiǎoxiá, guǐxiá | |
| Church Slavic | лѫкавъ(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), хꙑтръ(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | lǫkavŭ, xytrŭ | |
| Czech | lstivý(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), prohnaný(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Dutch | sluw(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Esperanto | ruza(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Finnish | ovela(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), ovela(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy), viekas(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| French | espiègle(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), malin(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), matois(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), rusé(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), sournois(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| German | gerissen(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), listig(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), schlau(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), verschmitzt(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | listeigs | |
| Hungarian | ravasz(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Ingrian | kavala(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), veekas(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Irish | bradach(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), glic(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble) | — | |
| Italian | furbo(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), furtivo(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy), sornione(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), sornione(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), subdolo(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble) | — | |
| Japanese | 狡い(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), 狡猾な(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | zurui, kōkatsu na | |
| Korean | 교활하다(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | gyohwalhada | |
| Latin | callidus(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), vafer(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), versūtus(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Macedonian | лукав(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | lukav | |
| Māori | mūrere(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), tītipa(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Middle English | sleighte(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), sleighty(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), sly(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), sly(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy) | — | |
| Neapolitan | 'mbruglione(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Norman | seurnouais(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Norwegian | listig(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy), sleip(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), slu(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), slu(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), slu(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | آصمق(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), قورناز(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | asmak, kurnaz | |
| Plautdietsch | schlau(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Polish | chytry(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), cwany(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Portuguese | astuto(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), esperto(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), manhoso(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Romanian | viclean(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Russian | иску́сный(done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy), кова́рный(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), ло́вкий(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), лука́вый(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), хи́трый(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | iskúsnyj, kovárnyj, lóvkij, lukávyj, xítryj | |
| Sanskrit | धूर्त(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | dhūrta | |
| Serbo-Croatian | lukav(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), lukav(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), prepreden(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), лукав(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), препреден(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Slovak | chytrý(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), prešibaný(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), prešibaný(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), ľstivý(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Slovene | pretkan(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), zvit(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Spanish | astuto(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), habilidoso(dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble), listo(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), pillo(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Swedish | slug(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Turkish | kurnaz(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | — | |
| Ukrainian | лука́вий(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily), хи́трий(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | lukávyj, xýtryj | |
| Yiddish | כיטרע(artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | khitre |
azeri
astut, murri
lstivý, prohnaný
sluw
ruza
ovela, ovela, viekas
espiègle, malin, matois, rusé, sournois
gerissen, listig, schlau, verschmitzt
ravasz
kavala, veekas
bradach, glic
furbo, furtivo, sornione, sornione, subdolo
callidus, vafer, versūtus
mūrere, tītipa
sleighte, sleighty, sly, sly
'mbruglione
seurnouais
listig, sleip, slu, slu, slu
schlau
chytry, cwany
astuto, esperto, manhoso
viclean
lukav, lukav, prepreden, лукав, препреден
chytrý, prešibaný, prešibaný, ľstivý
pretkan, zvit
astuto, habilidoso, listo, pillo
slug
kurnaz
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