Translation
beautiful
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Examples
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What a beautiful day!
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She has a beautiful face.
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The most beautiful language is the language of the heart.
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Fine words are not enough.
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The world is beautiful.
The opposite is a, ugly, and the superlative is . As with every adjective, agreement is mechanical: -j for plural, -n for accusative, both together as . The root also gives o and o, a good-looking man and woman, via the -- person suffix, and i for to beautify. is an exclamation, so no -n appears.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on bela with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- bela牡onoun
a beautiful thing
bela-a牡-: something beautiful
- beleconoun
beauty
bela-ec-
- belegaadjective
gorgeous, magnificent, stunning
bela-eg-
- beletaadjective
pretty, rather nice
bela-et-: a little beautiful
- belulinonoun
a beauty, a beautiful woman
bela-ul--in-: a beautiful female person
- malbelaadjective
ugly
mal-bela: the opposite of beautiful
Used in
Stories
(4)Grammar articles
(12)Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Esperanto Suffixes -et-, -eg-, -ul-, -ist- and -an-
Esperanto Apposition: la urbon Parizon and the Echoed -n
Esperanto Comparisons: pli, plej, ol and kiel
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Esperanto Language Names: la angla, la anglan and angle
Esperanto Nouns and Adjectives: -o, -a and Agreement
Poetic Esperanto: Elision, Stress and What Verse Can Bend
How to Ask Questions in Esperanto: 膱u, Tags and Answers
The Esperanto Article la: When to Use It and When Not
Esperanto Word Endings: -o, -a, -e and -i
Esperanto Word Order: Emphasis, ne and anka怒
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 5: bela, a怒di, forta and 7 more words.