well done

See also: well-done

English

Alternative forms

well-done

Pronunciation

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Adjective

well done (comparative more well done, superlative most well done)

(idiomatic) Performed well.
It was a job well done.
- 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52:
  "We've never looked on the Borders Railway as it stands as a job well done. It's part one of a job well done."
(cooking) Well-cooked.
1. (specifically, of meat) Cooked through to the center.
  She liked her steaks well done.

Coordinate terms

(of cooked meat): medium well, medium, pink, medium rare, rare, bloody, raw, underdone

Translations

performed well

Chinese:
Mandarin: 做得好 (zuò de hǎo)
Danish: velgjort
Finnish: hyvin tehty
French: bien fait (fr)
Hungarian: jól végzett/elvégzett
Japanese: よくできた (yoku dekita)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: velgjort
Spanish: bien hecho

well cooked

Bulgarian: добре́ опе́чен (dobré opéčen), добре́ сваре́н (dobré svarén)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 全熟 (zh) (quánshú)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: goed doorbakken
Finnish: kypsä (fi)
French: bien cuit (fr)
German: gut durch, durchgebraten (de)
Greek: καλοψημένος (el) m (kalopsiménos)
Hungarian: jól átsült/átsütött
Japanese: ウェルダン (ja) (werudan)
Manx: mie-choagyrit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: godt stekt (no)
Portuguese: passado (pt), bem passado
Russian: по́лностью прожа́ренный (pólnostʹju prožárennyj)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: välstekt, well done
Vietnamese: chín (vi)

Interjection

well done

An exclamation of praise or endorsement of an achievement.
Well done, John. Here's a biscuit for you.

Synonyms

(exclamation of praise): bravo, encore, see also Thesaurus:well done.

Translations

exclamation of praise — See also translations at way to go,‎ good for someone

Abkhaz: аферы́м (aferə́m)
Arabic: أَحْسَنْتَ‎ (ʾaḥsanta) (to a male), أَحْسَنْتِ‎ (ʾaḥsanti) (to a female)
Armenian: ապրե՛ս (hy) (aprés), (colloquial) մալադե՛ց (maladécʿ)
Azerbaijani: afərin
Bashkir: афарин (afarin), маладис (maladis)
Belarusian: маладзе́ц! (maladzjéc!), бра́ва! (bráva!)
Bengali: শাবাশ (bn) (śabaś)
Catalan: ben fet
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幹得好／干得好 (gàn de hǎo)
Czech: výborně (cs), velmi dobře
Dutch: goed zo (nl), goed gedaan
Esperanto: bone farita
Finnish: hyvin tehty
French: bravo (fr), bien joué (fr)
Georgian: ყოჩაღ (ka) (q̇očaɣ)
German: gut gemacht, gut getan
Greek: εύγε (el) (évge), μπράβο (el) (brávo), συγχαρητήρια (el) (syncharitíria)
Ancient: εὖγε (eûge)
Hebrew: יופי \\ יֹפִי‎ (yófi), כָּל הַכָּבוֹד‎ (he) (kol hakavód)
Hindi: शाबाश (hi) (śābāś)
Hungarian: szép volt, ez igen
Irish: maith thú
Italian: bravo (it)
Japanese: 良くやった！ (よくやった！, yoku yatta!), 善哉！ (ja) (ぜんざい！, zenzai!), 天晴れ！ (ja) (あっぱれ！, appare!), よくできました (yoku dekimashita)
Kazakh: жарайсың (jaraisyñ)
Korean: 잘 하셨습니다 (jal hasyeotseumnida) (honorific, formal), 잘 하셨어요 (jal hasyeosseoyo) (honorific, less formal), 잘 했어요 (jal haesseoyo) (less formal), 잘 했어 (jal haesseo) (informal)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەس خۆش‎ (des xoş), لەشت ساغ بێت‎ (leşt saẍ bêt)
Latin: mactē
Malay: syabas
Norwegian: godt gjort
Persian: آفرین‎ (fa) (âfarin)
Portuguese: parabéns (pt), muito bem!
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (pa) (śābāś)
Russian: молоде́ц! (ru) (molodéc!), бра́во! (ru) (brávo!)
Sanskrit: साधु (sa) (sādhu)
Scottish Gaelic: 's math a rinn thu!, sin thu fhèin
Spanish: ¡bien hecho!, ¡muy bien!, ¡bravo! (es)
Swedish: bra jobbat, bra (sv), bra gjort
Tajik: офарин (ofarin)
Turkish: aferin (tr)
Ukrainian: молоде́ць! (uk) (molodécʹ!), бра́во! (uk) (brávo!)
Uzbek: ofarin (uz), barakalla (uz)
Vietnamese: làm tốt lắm
Welsh: da iawn, go dda
Yiddish: אַ לעבן אויף דײַן קאָפּ‎ (a lebn oyf dayn kop)

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