take heart

take heart

English

Verb

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

1. To be courageous; to regain one's courage.
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

   Synonym: take courage

   Antonym: lose heart

Translations

to be courageous

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: bon courage (fr) 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)