take pleasure

English

Verb

take pleasure (third-person singular simple present takes pleasure, present participle taking pleasure, simple past took pleasure, past participle taken pleasure)

(transitive with in) To have enjoyment.
Is it wrong to take pleasure in other people's misfortunes?

Synonyms

delight in

Translations

to have enjoyment

Arabic: تَلَذَّذَ (talaḏḏaḏa), اِلْتَذَّ (iltaḏḏa), تَمَتَّعَ (tamattaʕa)
Finnish: iloita (fi), riemuita (fi), nauttia (fi), ottaa ilo irti
French: prendre du plaisir
Galician: compracerse
Korean: 즐기다 (ko) (jeulgida)
Maori: whakaahuareka
Persian: لذت بردن (fa) (lezzat bordan)
Polish: cieszyć się impf, czerpać przyjemność impf
Sanskrit: उच्यति (sa) (ucyati), रणति (sa) (raṇati)
Spanish: complacerse (es), regodearse (es)
Tajik: лаззат бурдан (lazzat burdan)

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