have fun

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

have fun (third-person singular simple present has fun, present participle having fun, simple past and past participle had fun)

1. To enjoy oneself; to experience enjoyable activities.

   Blondes have more fun.

   Person 1: I'm going to the bathroom.
   Person 2: Don't have too much fun.

   • 1979, Robert Hazard, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, in She's So Unusual‎, performed by Cyndi Lauper, published 1983:

     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

Derived terms

• time flies when you're having fun

Translations

enjoy oneself

Arabic: مَرِحَ (mariḥa) Azerbaijani: əylənmək Catalan: divertir-se, entretenir-se Chinese: Mandarin: 玩得開心 / 玩得开心 (wán de kāixīn) Czech: bavit se (cs) Dutch: lol maken Esperanto: amuziĝi Finnish: pitää hauskaa (fi), huvitella (fi), rillutella (colloquial) French: s'amuser (fr), s'égayer (fr) Galician: divírtete German: Spaß haben Greek: διασκεδάζω (el) (diaskedázo) Hebrew: נֶהֱנָה (he) (nehená), כִּיֵּף (he) (kiyyéf) (informal) Hindi: मस्ती करना (mastī karnā) Hungarian: szórakozik (hu), jól szórakozik, jól érzi magát Italian: divertirsi (it) Japanese: 楽しむ (ja) (たのしむ, tanoshimu) Korean: 즐기다 (ko) (jeulgida) Latin: oblector Polish: bawić się impf Portuguese: divertir-se Romanian: se distra (ro) Russian: наслажда́ться (ru) (naslaždátʹsja), весели́ться (ru) (veselítʹsja), развлека́ться (ru) (razvlekátʹsja), забавля́ться (ru) (zabavljátʹsja) Spanish: divertirse (es), pasárselo bien, gasajarse (es) Swedish: ha roligt (sv), ha kul, ha skoj Turkish: eğlenmek (tr)

Interjection

have fun

1. Used to wish somebody a good and enjoyable time when they are about to do something.

Translations

wish someone a good time

Arabic: اِسْتَمْتِعْ (istamtiʕ) Catalan: diverteix-te Chinese: Mandarin: 祝你玩得開心 / 祝你玩得开心 (zhù nǐ wán de kāixīn) Czech: bav se (unformal), bavte se (formal) Dutch: veel plezier Finnish: pidä hauskaa sg, pitäkää hauskaa pl French: amuse-toi bien !, amusez-vous bien ! German: viel Spaß!, gönn dir Greek: καλή διασκέδαση f (kalí diaskédasi) Hungarian: jó szórakozást (independent of formality and number), érezd jól magad (singular, informal), érezze jól magát (singular, formal), érezzétek jól magatokat (plural, informal), érezzék jól magukat (plural, formal) Icelandic: góða skemmtun (is) Italian: divertiti (singular), divertitevi (plural), buon divertimento Norwegian: Bokmål: kos deg! (singular), kos dere! (plural) Nynorsk: kos deg! (singular), kos dykk! (plural) Persian: خوش بگذره (xoš begzare) Polish: baw się dobrze!, dobrej zabawy! Portuguese: divirta-se, se divirta Romanian: distracție plăcută Russian: (жела́ю/жела́ем) хорошо́ повесели́ться (xorošó poveselítʹsja), (жела́ю/жела́ем) хорошо́ провести́ вре́мя (xorošó provestí vrémja) Scottish Gaelic: feuch gun còrd e riut (informal and singular), feuch gun còrd e ribh (formal singular; plural), gabh spòrs (colloquial) Spanish: diviértete! (es), pásatelo bien Swedish: ha det så roligt, ha det så kul Turkish: çok eğlen, çok eğlenin pl, iyi eğlenceler Ukrainian: (бажа́ю/бажа́ємо) до́бре повесели́тися (dóbre poveselýtysja), (бажа́ю/бажа́ємо) до́бре провести́ ча́с (dóbre provestý čás)