Meanings
verbhave fun (third-person singular simple present has fun, present participle having fun, simple past and past participle had fun)
present singular third person has fun · participle present having fun · participle past had fun · past had fun
- To enjoy oneself; to experience enjoyable activities.
Blondes have more fun.
2 more examples
Person 1: I'm going to the bathroom. Person 2: Don't have too much fun.
I come home, in the mornin' light / My mother says "when you gonna live your life right" / Oh momma, dear, we're not the fortunate ones / And girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have fun
1979, Robert Hazard, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, in She's So Unusual, performed by Cyndi Lauper, published 1983
interjection
- Used to wish somebody a good and enjoyable time when they are about to do something.
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Translations
Arabic مَرِحَ, اِسْتَمْتِعْ
- مَرِحَ (mariḥa)enjoy oneself
- اِسْتَمْتِعْ (istamtiʕ)wish someone a good time
Catalan divertir-se, entretenir-se
- divertir-seenjoy oneself
- entretenir-seenjoy oneself
- diverteix-tewish someone a good time
Chinese Mandarin 玩得開心 /玩得开心, 祝你玩得開心 /祝你玩得开心
- 玩得開心 /玩得开心 (wán de kāixīn)enjoy oneself
- 祝你玩得開心 /祝你玩得开心 (zhù nǐ wán de kāixīn)wish someone a good time
Czech bavit se, bav se
- bavit seenjoy oneself
- bav sewish someone a good time
- bavte sewish someone a good time
Dutch lol maken, veel plezier
- lol makenenjoy oneself
- veel plezierwish someone a good time
Esperanto amuziĝi
- amuziĝienjoy oneself
Finnish pitää hauskaa, huvitella
- pitää hauskaaenjoy oneself
- huvitellaenjoy oneself
- rillutellaenjoy oneself
- pidä hauskaawish someone a good time
- pitäkää hauskaawish someone a good time
French s'amuser, s'égayer
- s'amuserenjoy oneself
- s'égayerenjoy oneself
- amuse-toi bien !wish someone a good time
- amusez-vous bien !wish someone a good time
German Spaß haben, viel Spaß!
- Spaß habenenjoy oneself
- viel Spaß!wish someone a good time
- gönn dirwish someone a good time
Greek διασκεδάζω, καλή διασκέδαση
- διασκεδάζω (diaskedázo)enjoy oneself
- καλή διασκέδαση (kalí diaskédasi)wish someone a good time
Hebrew נֶהֱנָה, כִּיֵּף
- נֶהֱנָה (nehená)enjoy oneself
- כִּיֵּף (kiyyéf)enjoy oneself
Hindi मस्ती करना
- मस्ती करना (mastī karnā)enjoy oneself
Hungarian szórakozik, jól szórakozik
- szórakozikenjoy oneself
- jól szórakozikenjoy oneself
- jól érzi magátenjoy oneself
- jó szórakozástwish someone a good time
- érezd jól magadwish someone a good time
- érezze jól magátwish someone a good time
- érezzétek jól magatokatwish someone a good time
- érezzék jól magukatwish someone a good time
Icelandic góða skemmtun
- góða skemmtunwish someone a good time
Italian divertirsi, divertiti
- divertirsienjoy oneself
- divertitiwish someone a good time
- divertiteviwish someone a good time
- buon divertimentowish someone a good time
Japanese 楽しむ
- 楽しむ (tanoshimu)enjoy oneself
Korean 즐기다
- 즐기다 (jeulgida)enjoy oneself
Latin oblector
- oblectorenjoy oneself
Norwegian Bokmål kos deg!, kos dere!
- kos deg!wish someone a good time
- kos dere!wish someone a good time
Persian خوش بگذره
- خوش بگذره (xoš begzare)wish someone a good time
Polish bawić się, baw się dobrze!
- bawić sięenjoy oneself
- baw się dobrze!wish someone a good time
- dobrej zabawy!wish someone a good time
Portuguese divertir-se, divirta-se
- divertir-seenjoy oneself
- divirta-sewish someone a good time
- se divirtawish someone a good time
Romanian se distra, distracție plăcută
- se distraenjoy oneself
- distracție plăcutăwish someone a good time
Russian наслажда́ться, весели́ться
- наслажда́ться (naslaždátʹsja)enjoy oneself
- весели́ться (veselítʹsja)enjoy oneself
- развлека́ться (razvlekátʹsja)enjoy oneself
- забавля́ться (zabavljátʹsja)enjoy oneself
- хорошо́ повесели́ться (xorošó poveselítʹsja)wish someone a good time
- хорошо́ провести́ вре́мя (xorošó provestí vrémja)wish someone a good time
Scottish Gaelic feuch gun còrd e riut, feuch gun còrd e ribh
- feuch gun còrd e riutwish someone a good time
- feuch gun còrd e ribhwish someone a good time
- gabh spòrswish someone a good time
Spanish divertirse, pasárselo bien
- divertirseenjoy oneself
- pasárselo bienenjoy oneself
- gasajarseenjoy oneself
- diviértete!wish someone a good time
- pásatelo bienwish someone a good time
Swahili jibambe
- jibambewish someone a good time
Swedish ha roligt, ha kul
- ha roligtenjoy oneself
- ha kulenjoy oneself
- ha skojenjoy oneself
- ha det så roligtwish someone a good time
- ha det så kulwish someone a good time
Turkish eğlenmek, çok eğlen
- eğlenmekenjoy oneself
- çok eğlenwish someone a good time
- çok eğleninwish someone a good time
- iyi eğlencelerwish someone a good time
Ukrainian до́бре повесели́тися, до́бре провести́ ча́с
- до́бре повесели́тися (dóbre poveselýtysja)wish someone a good time
- до́бре провести́ ча́с (dóbre provestý čás)wish someone a good time
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Chicago
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