"take pleasure" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes pleasure [present, singular, third-person], taking pleasure [participle, present], took pleasure [past], taken pleasure [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> pleasure}} take pleasure (third-person singular simple present takes pleasure, present participle taking pleasure, simple past took pleasure, past participle taken pleasure)
  1. (transitive with in) To have enjoyment. Synonyms: delight in Translations (to have enjoyment): تَلَذَّذَ (talaḏḏaḏa) (Arabic), اِلْتَذَّ (iltaḏḏa) (Arabic), تَمَتَّعَ (tamattaʕa) (Arabic), iloita (Finnish), riemuita (Finnish), nauttia (Finnish), ottaa ilo irti (Finnish), prendre du plaisir (French), compracerse (Galician), 즐기다 (jeulgida) (Korean), whakaahuareka (Maori), لذت بردن (lezzat bordan) (Persian), cieszyć się [imperfective] (Polish), czerpać przyjemność [imperfective] (Polish), उच्यति (ucyati) (Sanskrit), रणति (raṇati) (Sanskrit), complacerse (Spanish), regodearse (Spanish), лаззат бурдан (lazzat burdan) (Tajik)

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      "sense": "to have enjoyment",
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      "sense": "to have enjoyment",
      "word": "лаззат бурдан"
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