thumbs up
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The meaning (definition) of the word thumbs up
to point your thumb up to show that something is good.
The word thumbs up used in a sentence
“Carlos gave a thumbs up to say the pizza was yummy.”
Words that mean the same as thumbs up (synonyms)
goodyes
Words that mean the opposite of thumbs up (antonyms)
thumbs down
How the word thumbs up is said around the world
| French | lever le pouce (luh-VAY luh POOS) |
| Spanish | levantar el pulgar (lay-vahn-TAHR ehl POOL-gahr) |
| Mandarin | 竖起大拇指 (shoo chee dah moo jee) |
| Hindi | अंगूठा ऊपर करना (un-GOO-thah OO-pur KUR-nah) |
| Arabic | يرفع إبهامه (YAR-fa ib-HAA-mah) |
| Russian | показать большой палец (pah-kah-ZAHT bahl-SHOY PAH-lets) |
| Portuguese (EU) | fazer sinal de positivo (fuh-ZAYR see-NAHL duh poo-zee-TEE-voo) |
| Portuguese (BR) | fazer joinha (fah-ZEHR ZHOH-ee-nyah) |
| Japanese | 親指を立てる (oh-YAH-yu-bee oh tah-teh-ru) |
| German | Daumen hoch (DOW-muhn hohkh) |
| Urdu | انگوٹھا اپ (ahn-GOH-tah ahp) |
| Punjabi | ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਉੱਪਰ ਕਰਨਾ (ung-GUU-tah UP-puhr KUH-ruh-nah) |
| Korean | 엄지를 올리다 (um-JEE-reul ol-lee-dah) |
| Hebrew | לְהָרִים אֲגוּדָל (leh-hah-REEM ah-goo-DAHL) |
| Greek | σηκώνω τον αντίχειρα (see-KOH-noh tohn ahn-DEE-khee-rah) |
| Dutch | duim omhoog steken (duym om-HOHKH STAY-kuhn) |
| Tagalog | thumbs up (thoombs oop) |
| Vietnamese | giơ ngón tay cái lên (zur NGAW-urn tahy kah-ury layn) |
| Turkish | başparmak havaya (bahsh-pahr-MAHK hah-vah-YAH) |
| Persian | شست را بالا گرفتن (shast rah bah-LAH ge-ref-TAN) |
| Polish | pokazać kciuk w górę (poh-KAH-zahch kchook v GOO-reh) |
| Ukrainian | підняти палець вгору (peed-NYAH-tee PAH-lets VHOH-roo) |
| Bengali | থাম্বস আপ (TAHM-bawsh ahp) |
| Swedish | visa tummen upp (VEE-sah TUM-en up) |
| Italian | alzare il pollice (ahl-TSAH-ray eel POHL-lee-chay) |
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