curtsy
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The meaning (definition) of the word curtsy
to bend your knees and dip down as a polite greeting
The word curtsy used in a sentence
“The princess made a curtsy to say hello.”
Words that mean the same as curtsy (synonyms)
bow
How the word curtsy is said around the world
| French | faire la révérence (fair lah ray-vay-RAHNS) |
| Spanish | hacer una reverencia (ah-THEHR OO-nah ray-veh-REHN-thyah) |
| Mandarin | 屈膝礼 (chew shee lee) |
| Hindi | झुककर अभिवादन करना (GYUU-kuh-kuhr u-bi-VAH-duhn KUR-nah) |
| Arabic | انحناءة (eenheenah) |
| Russian | делать реверанс (DYEH-laht ree-vee-RAHNS) |
| Portuguese (EU) | fazer uma reverência (fuh-ZAYR OO-muh rruh-vuh-RAYN-syuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | fazer uma reverência (fah-ZEHR OO-mah heh-veh-RAYN-syah) |
| Japanese | ひざを曲げておじぎをする (hee-ZAH oh mah-geh-teh oh-JEE-gee oh su-ru) |
| German | einen Knicks machen (EI-nun knix MAH-khun) |
| Urdu | جھک کر سلام کرنا (jhuk kur sah-LAHM KUR-nah) |
| Punjabi | ਝੁਕ ਕੇ ਸਲਾਮ ਕਰਨਾ (jhuk keh suh-LAHM KUR-nah) |
| Korean | 절하다 (JUL-hah-dah) |
| Hebrew | קידה (KEE-dah) |
| Greek | υποκλίνομαι (ee-poh-KLEE-noh-meh) |
| Dutch | een knix maken (uhn knix MAH-kuhn) |
| Tagalog | yumukod (yoo-MOO-kod) |
| Vietnamese | cúi chào (KOO-ury chow) |
| Turkish | reverans yapmak (reh-veh-RAHNS yahp-MAHK) |
| Persian | تعظیم کردن (ta-ZEEM kar-DAN) |
| Polish | dygnąć (DIG-nownch) |
| Ukrainian | робити реверанс (roh-BEE-tee reh-veh-RAHNS) |
| Bengali | কুর্নিশ (KOOR-neesh) |
| Swedish | niga (NEE-gah) |
| Italian | fare la riverenza (FAH-ray lah ree-vay-REN-tsah) |
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