you are beautiful in Esperanto

“You are beautiful” in Esperanto is Vi estas bela (vee EHS-tahs BEH-lah), from bela “beautiful, pretty, handsome”. The word has no gender, so it fits a woman, a man or a child. For “very beautiful” say Vi estas tre bela, and for “gorgeous” Vi estas belega (-eg- makes a word stronger).

Other ways to say it

• Vi estas tre bela.You are very beautiful.
• Vi estas belega.You are gorgeous.
• Vi belas.You are beautiful. (with the verb beli)
• Vi estas belaj.You are beautiful. (to several people)

Example sentences

• Vi estas bela kiel ĉerizfloro.You are pretty, like a cherry blossom.
• Vi estas bele vestita.You are beautifully dressed.

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Bela is the adjective, and bele is the adverb, as in bele vestita “beautifully dressed”.

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