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)

1. (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."

   • 2023 March 26, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     They survived a poor second half in Italy and a drab first half-hour here but the end results certainly count as a job well done.

2. (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), bien joué (fr)
• Hungarian: jól végzett/elvégzett
• Japanese: よくできた (yoku dekita)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: velgjort

• Romanian: bine făcut, bine lucrat
• 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)
• Hawaiian: moʻa loa
• Hungarian: jól átsült/átsütött
• Italian: ben cotto
• Japanese: ウェルダン (ja) (werudan)
• Macedonian: до́бро зго́твен (dóbro zgótven)
• Manx: mie-choagyrit
• Maori: totokore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: godt stekt (no)

• Polish: dobrze wysmażony
• Portuguese: passado (pt), bem passado
• Romanian: bine fiert, bine gătit, bine prăjit
• Russian: по́лностью прожа́ренный (pólnostʹju prožárennyj)
• Spanish: bien hecho, bien cocido
• Swedish: välstekt, well done
• Vietnamese: chín (vi)
• Yiddish: דערבראָטן (derbrotn), גוט אויסגעבראָטן (gut oysgebrotn)

Interjection

well done

2. 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 way to go,‎ good for someone

• Abkhaz: аферы́м (aferə́m)
• Arabic: أَحْسَنْتَ (ʔaḥsanta) (to a male), أَحْسَنْتِ (ʔaḥsanti) (to a female), عَفَارِم (ʕafārim)
• Armenian: ապրե՛ս (hy) (aprés), (colloquial) մալադե՛ց (maladécʻ)
• 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 (he) (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) (formal), よくできた (yoku dekita) (informal)
• 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
• Macedonian: бра́во! (brávo!)
• Malay: syabas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: godt gjort

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: آفَرین (fa) (âfarin), شاباش (fa) (šâbâš)

• Polish: dobra robota f
• Portuguese: parabéns (pt), muito bem!
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ (pa) (śābāś)
• Romanian: foarte bine, bravo (ro), bună treabă, bine jucat, felicitări
• Russian: молоде́ц! (ru) (molodéc!), бра́во! (ru) (brávo!), так держа́ть (tak deržátʹ)
• 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!), так трима́ти (tak trymáty)
• Urdu: شاباش (śābāś), آفْرِین (āfrīn), اَحْسَنْت (ahsant)
• 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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