take heart

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌteɪk ˈhɑːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌteɪk ˈhɑɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Verb

take heart (third-person singular simple present takes heart, present participle taking heart, simple past took heart, past participle taken heart)

1. (intransitive) To be courageous; to regain one's courage.

   Synonyms: take courage; buck up

   Antonym: lose heart

   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.

Related terms

• have a heart
• heartiness
• hearty

 

Translations

to be courageous

• Finnish: rohkaistua (fi)
• Galician: ser valente
• Greek: αναθαρρεύω (el) (anatharrévo), αναθαρρώ (el) (anatharró)
• Hungarian: felbátorodik (hu)
• Icelandic: herða sig upp, herða upp hugann, safna kjarki, öðlast kjark, taka í sig kjark, hleypa í sig kjarki, hleypa í sig hörku, (take heart to do something) manna sig upp í að gera eitthvað, taka á öllu sínu, mjálma í sig móðinn, setja í sig móð, brynja sig þolinmæði
• Italian: farsi coraggio, prendere il coraggio a due mani
• Japanese: 頑張る (ja) (がんばる, ganbaru)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одва́жити pf, јуна́чити impf

  Roman: odvážiti (sh) pf, junáčiti (sh) impf

• Swedish: hålla ut (sv)

Interjection

take heart

1. Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation.

   Take heart, help will arrive shortly and everything will be fine.

Translations

Translations

• French: courage (fr)
• Galician: sé valente sg, sede valentes pl
• German: sich ein Herz nehmen
• Greek: καλό κουράγιο (kaló kourágio)
• Italian: forza e coraggio
• Japanese: (more common when encouraging an individual) 頑張って (がんばって, ganbatte), (more common when cheering a team) 頑張れ (がんばれ, ganbare)
• Polish: głowa do góry (pl)