Mar 6, 2019 09:53
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Arabic term
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Native in: Arabic (Variants: Tunisian, Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Yemeni, Saudi , UAE, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan, Syrian, Libyan, Kuwaiti, Algerian, Jordanian) 
Works in: Arabic to Italian, French to Italian, English to Italian, and 10 more.
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I wonder how many languages has a translation for this!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | Gloating |
Amany Saeed
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| 5 +1 | schadenfreude |
Mahmoud Afandy
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Proposed translations
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Amany Saeed
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
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Egypt
ArabicEnglish Senior Translator
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English, and 3 more.
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Gloating
It is usually used to convey the same meaning
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Just being happy for another person's failure, own success has nothing to do with it."
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schadenfreude
schadenfreude: (formal) a feeling of pleasure that you get when something bad happens to someone else.
schadenfreude=epicaricacy=gloating
schadenfreude=epicaricacy=gloating
Example sentence:
I couldn't resist a touch of Schadenfreude when he was defeated so heavily in the election.
The unpleasantness on Wall Street produced a satisfying surge of schadenfreude about Yuppies getting their comeuppances.
Note from asker:
| Schadenfreude is the nearest one to the meaning. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Susan McMillan
: I love this word - it encapsulates so much meaning in a single word. The only thing it lacks is a verb form.
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